Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoAmeletus similiorMcDunnough, 1928Updated 10 Dec 2009
TSN 101012 NotesSometimes misspelled Ameletus similor.LinksOn this website:Ameletus Introduction Other Websites: Map - Kondratieff, Boris C. (coordinator). 2000. Mayflies of the United States. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version 12DEC2003). http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/mfly/usa/20.htm ReferencesBenton,MJ and Pritchard,G 1990 Mayfly locomotory responses to endoparasitic infection and predator presence: the effects on predator encounter rate. Freshwater Biology 23(2) 363-371 AbstractMcCafferty,WP; Durfee,RS; Kondratieff,BC 1993 Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera): an annotated inventory. Southwestern Naturalist 38 3, 252-274. The Purdue University Entomological Collection (PERC) has specimens from the Gunnison River. Quote from page 254: "This species was previously known from Alberta, and the first author has seen specimens from Idaho. There is a possibility that A. celer and A. similior represent varients of the same species." McDunnough,J 1928 The Ephemeroptera of Jasper Park, Alta. Canadian Entomologist 60, 8-10. Newell,RL and Hossack,BR 2009 Large, wetland-associated mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Glacier National Park, Montana. Western North American Naturalist, 69(3) 335-342. Abstract and PDF Pritchard,G; Zloty,J 1994 Life histories of two Ameletus mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in two mountain streams: the influence of temperature, body size, and parasitism. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 13 4, 557-568. Abstract and First Page Discusses Ameletus similior in Alberta, Canada. Both A similior and A. celer were parasitized by Mermithid nematodes. Zloty,J 1996 A revision of nearctic Ameletus mayflies based on adult males, with descriptions of seven new species (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae). Canadian Entomologist 128, 293-346. Brown, Wendy S. 2004 Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA www.gunnisoninsects.org |