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Show SUMMARY NE> previoLl;s (Ephemeroptera) presents studies have of been made of ever Central American country. any preliminary investigation a the of that mayflies thesis This re order found insect in Honduras. This study the climate and of limited was Except where in Honduras it is mountain somewhat raInfalL of situation for several factors, Honduras. Mot and ranges continous the wet in mainly Central America usually type of topography alternating ·high by comes in inhabitants. stream a the tuation and to be severly populations collecting rapidly more are limiting were was at the were common Because made accompanying destructive to the done in power of most undergo of high this during not taken previous to that season. in this and unique a on the fluctuations rapid water fluc appear Mayfly region. the of Honduras, which coincided termination of The rain This season. falls rain runoff rapid a streams aquatic fauna extremely meager during Coast, topography, presents the rainy throughout coastlines. narrow tropical cloudbursts, Because of were country consists October. to period that with most of Populations of mayflies and other aquatic season. nymphs of hours period May the steep (oftentimes· barren) mountains, the within this the Atlantic on intense in combination with of valleys with from season foremost of which insects the rainy increased Very few adults and mature that time, but these stages became much in November. most of the rainy the collections season, and of the the fact mayflies that roads extensive, reasonably complete collecting in in Honduras in all this were country parts of the |
