Traverina oriente (Kluge, 1994)

L, Carlos Naranjo, Peters, Janice G., del, Pedro López & Castillo, 2019, Ephemeroptera (Insecta) in Cuba, Insecta Mundi 2019 (736), pp. 1-52 : 16

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scientific name	Traverina oriente (Kluge, 1994)
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A.25. Traverina oriente (Kluge, 1994) View in CoL

Figures 12 View Figures 10–13 , 36, 39a View Figures 36–40 .

Hagenulus (Traverina) oriente Kluge 1994:282 (male and female imagos, nymph, egg).

Holotype. Male imago, Province Guantánamo, Río Naranjal (Baracoa), 15–III–1989, N. Kluge.

Traverina oriente was described from the Río Naranjal in the Eastern Region (Kluge 1994). It is distinguished from T. cubensis by the relatively shorter, rounded lateral processes of the gills.

Ecology. Aldana and Fonseca (2001) collected nymphs in rapids but more commonly in pools with sandy bottoms; Hernández and Bauta (2003) found them more frequently in rapids. Our experience is that they are more common in rapids than backwaters, but the form of the abdominal gills aids them to survive in lentic waters. Although present in a broad altitudinal range (sea level to 900 m), they are most frequent below 250 m. Mature nymphs have been found throughout the year, indicating that emergence of adults is non-seasonal.

Geographic distribution. The species is uniquely found in the Eastern Region of the country (Kluge 1994; Naranjo and Cañizares 1999). Deposited in the collections are 127 specimens: 24 nymphs from the Río Mayarí , 9 from Río Cuzco in Guantánamo, 54 from the Río La Mula (Turquino), 2 from the Río Gibara , 30 from the Río San Juan , 4 from the Río Sevilla , 2 from the Río Guantánamo, and 2 from the Río Guamá. This demonstrates the broad distribution of the species across the Eastern Region of Cuba ( Fig. 12 View Figures 10–13 ) .

References

Aldana, M., and L. Fonseca. 2001. Caracterizacion ecologica de la macrofauna del rio Mayari. Tesis de Grado, Universidad de Oriente; Santiago de Cuba. 76 p.

Hernandez, Y., and Y. Bauta. 2003. Caracterizacion de la macrofauna dulceacuicola de los rios Gibara y Cacoyuguin, Municipio Gibara (Holguin). Tesis de Grado, Universidad de Oriente; Santiago de Cuba. 64 p.

Naranjo, C., and M. Canizares. 1999. Situacion actual del orden Ephemeroptera en Cuba. Cocuyo 8: 17 - 19.

Figures

Figures 10–13. Distribution records for Ephemeroptera in Cuba.10) Careospina hespera hespera, C.h. sierramaestrae, C. minuta. 11) Careospina baconaoi, C. evanescens. 12) Traverina cubensis, T. oriente. 13) Mesoplocia inaccessibile.

Figures 36–40. Leptophlebiidae.36) Traverina oriente. 36a) Habitus.36b) Abdominal gill.37) Traverina cubensis, abdominal gill. 38) Poecilophlebia pacoi, lateral abdominal gills 5–7. 39) Claw of Traverina. 39a) T. oriente. 39b) T. cubensis. 40) Farrodes bimaculatus. 40a) Habitus. 40b) Sterna 7–9. 40c) Male abdominal color. 40d) Female habitus. 40e) Claw.