Ephemeroptera of Gunnison County, ColoradoIntroduction to Baetidae
Small Minnow Mayflies, Blue-Winged Olives, BWO
Updated 23 July 2008
Provisional Species List
Links
On this website:
Baetis Introduction
Keys
Baetidae nymphs to species
Baetis nymphs to species
Other species that may be present
Centroptilum Introduction
Fallceon quilleri
Other websites:
References
Allen,RK; Murvosh,CM 1987 New Baetidae from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Ephemeroptera: Insecta), with notes. Canadian Entomologist 119, 1095-1099.
Barber-James,HM; Gattolliat,J; Sartori,M and MD Hubbard 2008 Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595(1) 339-350. DOI:10.1007/s10750-007-9028-y Abstract and Full Text
Edmunds Jr.,GF; Jensen,SL; Berner,L 1976 The Mayflies of North and Central America. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 330 pages pages.
Komnick,H; Rhees,RW;Abel,JH 1972 The function of ephemerid chloride cells. Histochemical, autoradiographic and physiological studies with radioactive chloride on Callibaetis. Cytobiologie 5:65-82.
Lugo-Ortiz,CR; McCafferty,WP 1998 A new North American genus of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) and key to Baetis complex genera. Entomological News 109 5, 345-353. PDF
McCafferty,WP; Durfee,RS; Kondratieff,BC 1993 Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera): an annotated inventory. Southwestern Naturalist 38 3, 252-274.
McCafferty,WP; Waltz,RD 1990 Revisionary synopsis of the Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) of North and Central America. Transactions of American Entomological Society 116, 769-799.
Meyer,MD; McCafferty,WP 2001 Hagen's small minnow mayfly (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in North America. Entomological News 112 4, 255-263.
Morihara,DK; McCafferty,WP 1979 The Baetis larvae of North America (Ephemeroptera:Baetidae). Transactions of American Entomological Society 105, 139-221.
Waltz RD. 1986. Revisionary studies of the mayfly family Baetidae (Ephemeroptera). Purdue Univ., dissertation. 259 pp.
Waltz RD; McCafferty WP. 1997. New generic synonymies in Baetidae (Ephemeroptera). Entomological News 108:134-140.
Wang,TQ; McCafferty,WP 1996 New diagnostic characters for the mayfly family Baetidae (Ephemeroptera). Entomological News 107 2, 207-212.
Ward,JV; Kondratieff,BC; Zuellig,RE 2002 An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Stream Insects of Colorado. 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 219 pages.
Very useful. They briefly summarize the recent changes to Baetidae relevent to Colorado on pages 86-88.
Brown, Wendy S. 2005 Baetidae Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Gunnison County, Colorado www.gunnisoninsects.org Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. --Dr. Seuss |