Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoAmeletus validus McDunnough 1923Under Construction :-) Updated 4 June 2009
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/26.htm ReferencesHill,WR and Knight, AW 1987 Experimental analysis of the grazing interaction between a mayfly and stream algae. Ecology (68)6:1955-1965.AbstractMcCafferty,WP; Durfee,RS; Kondratieff,BC 1993 Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera): an annotated inventory. Southwestern Naturalist 38 (3) 252-274. Quote from page 254: "This species is known from northern California north through western Canada, and the first author has seen specimens from Idaho." McDunnough,J 1923 New Canadian Ephemeridae with notes. Canadian Entomologist 55, 39-50. 
Zloty,J 1966 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 |