Caribaetis grandis ( González-Lazo and Salles, 2007 )

L, Carlos Naranjo, Peters, Janice G., del, Pedro López & Castillo, 2019, Ephemeroptera (Insecta) in Cuba, Insecta Mundi 2019 (736), pp. 1-52 : 8

A.7. Caribaetis grandis ( González-Lazo and Salles, 2007)

Figure 4 .

Fallceon grandis González-Lazo and Salles 2007:52 (nymph).

Caribaetis grandis ; Kluge and Novikova 2014:232.

Holotype. Mature nymph, Province Granma, Río Yara , 6-VI-99, P. López.

The species was described from the Río Yara, Granma Prov., by Gonzalez-Lazo and Salles (2007). It is similar to C. planifrons in coloration but distinguished from it by its larger size (> 7.5 mm).

Ecology. Little is known about the ecology of this species. It was collected on stones in rapids at an altitude between 300 and 400 m ( López 2001).

Geographic distribution. Distribution of this species is limited to the type locality in the Eastern Region ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Figures 1–5. Distribution records for Ephemeroptera in Cuba. 1) Major geographic regions of Cuba (Núñez 1989). 2) Americabaetis naranjoi, Callibaetis floridanus. 3) Cloeodes inferior, C. superior. 4) Caribaetis alcarrazae, C. planifrons, C. grandis. 5) Fallceon longifolius, F. poeyi, F. testudineus, F. sextus.