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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-04-30
Page range: 398–400
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Further notes on South American species of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) assigned to Moribaetis Waltz & McCafferty, 1985

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amazonas—IFAM, Lábrea, AM, Brazil / Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), CEP 69060–001, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Insetos, Depto de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil.
American Interchange New Combination Nomen Dubium Camelobaetidius

Abstract

The types of the remaining two South American species classified in Moribaetis Waltz & McCafferty, 1985 were studied. Moribaetis comes (Navás, 1912) is designated as a nomen dubium based on the lack of information in the original description, the damaged type and the resultant improbability of assigning specimens to this species. The type-material of M. aneto (Traver, 1971), on the other hand, is well-preserved. Based on the morphology of males and females, we propose a new combination, Camelobaetidius aneto. In conclusion, we consider the genus Moribaetis to be absent from South America.