Ephemeroptera (Insecta) in Cuba
Author
L, Carlos Naranjo
Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO) Museo de Historia Natural Tomás Romay Saco 601, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Author
Peters, Janice G.
Entomology, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences 1740 S. MLK Blvd, Florida A & M University Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
Author
del, Pedro López
Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Museo de Historia Natural Saco 601, Santiago de
Author
Castillo
Biodiversidad (BIOECO) Tomás Romay Cuba, Cuba
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-12-03
2019
736
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52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5170691
1942-1354
5170691
A4EC11F3-CEF9-4AC9-B221-5F8FD03EA391
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
).