Ephemeroptera: Baetidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoFallceon quilleri - Small Minnow Mayfly(Dodds 1923)Updated 2 June 2010
TSN 568601 NotesRare.Good LinksOn this website:Introduction to Baetidae 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/88.htm ReferencesDodds,GS 1923 Mayflies from Colorado: descriptions of certain species and notes on others. Transactions of American Entomological Society 69, 93-116.Described from South Boulder Creek on the Front Range of Colorado as Baetis quilleri. Gray,LJ 1981 Species composition and life histories of aquatic insects in a lowland Sonoran desert stream. American Midland Naturalist 106 (2) 229-242. Discussed as Baetis quilleri. Quote from page 231: "Baetis quilleri eggs, obtained from reared adults, hatched in 1 or 2 days. Subimagos emerged in 9-11 days. Larvae with fully developed wing pads were present after 6 days at 17-25 C in trays. " 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. Page 351, Figure 14 is an illustration of the left mandible of F. quilleri, showing the setal tuft. |