The Family Baetidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Venezuelan Guayana’s Uplands
Author
Nieto, Carolina
Author
Grillet, Maria-Eugenia
Author
Domínguez, Eduardo
Author
Molineri, Carlos
Author
Guerrero, Edmundo
text
Zootaxa
2011
2808
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.277093
aca35c15-3819-4824-9995-a4af1b0d91ac
1175-5326
277093
Baetodes proiectus
Mayo 1973
(
Figs. 2
,
8–16
)
Taxonomy.
This species, described based on nymphs from
Bolivia
, can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: 1) two finger-like gills on each coxa (
Fig. 14
); 2) abdominal terga with tubercles posteromedially (
Fig. 2
); 3) labrum with dorsal surface with a subapical row of 7–9 spine-like setae near midline, alternating one long and one short (
Fig. 8
a), anterior margin with bipectinate setae (
Fig. 8
b); 4) hypopharynx with lingua subequal to superlinguae (
Fig. 11
); 5) maxillae with palpi subequal to galea-lacinia (
Fig. 12
); 6) labium with glossae shorter than paraglossae (
Fig. 13
); 7) dorsal edge of femora with 7–8 setae (
Fig. 14
); 8) tarsal claws with 8–9 denticles (
Fig. 15
); 9) paraprocts as in
Fig. 16
.
Variation.
The original description mention pronotum and metanotum with tubercles. Some nymphs examined have tubercles clearly defined, while others not.
Distribution.
Bolivia
and
Venezuela
.
Material examined.
35 nymphs: Tarotá river, 5º 49´15´N,
61º 25´W
,
1324 m
,
27/ 6/ 2007
, EG, AMO, CA and MEG cols.; 5 nymphs same locality except EG, AMO, and MEG cols.,
18/3/2006
. Four nymphs: river close to Paují locality,
4º 29´N
,
61º 34´W
,
917 m
,
17/ 3/ 2006
, EG, AMO, and MEG cols. Six nymphs: Kaimorán river,
5º 37´N
;
61º 21´W
,
1313 m
,
29/ 6/ 2007
, EG, AMO, CA and MEG cols. One nymph: Aponwao river,
5º 51´N
;
61º 27´W
,
1340 m
,
18/ 3/ 2006
, EG, AMO, and MEG cols. One nymph: Kako-Parú stream,
4º 54´N
,
61º 05´W
,
913 m
,
21/ 3/ 2006
, EG, AMO, and MEG cols. One nymph: stream close to Paují locality,
4º 36´N
,
61º 05´W
;
942 m
,
17/ 3/ 2006
, EG, AMO, and MEG cols. One nymph: Maremán-Parú river,
5º 44´N
,
61º 24´W
;
1308 m
,
28/ 6/ 2007
, EG, AMO, CA and MEG cols. Material housed at
IML
except 10 nymphs housed at
MLBV
.