Ephemeroptera: Baetidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoCentroptilum Introduction
Eaton, 1869 Small Minnow Mayflies
Created 24 Jan 2007
Species List
We might have Centroptilum sp. in our basin.
Links
Centroptilum bifurcatum
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/79.htm
Centroptilum album
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/78.htm
References
Argyle,DW; Edmunds,GF 1962 Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the Curecanti Reservoir Basins Gunnison River, Colorado. University of Utah Anthropological Papers 59 8, 178-189.
Quote from page 183: "The members of this genus were restriced to cold waters at high elevations. The single record is from the highest station collected during the study and appears to support the known distribution pattern."
Eaton AE. 1869 On Centroptilum, a new genus of the Ephemeridae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 6:131-132.
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