Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoParaleptophlebia debilis
Dark Blue Quill, Blue Dun, Mahogany Dun(Walker) 1853
Updated 5 Feb 2010
TSN 101193
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Introduction to Paraleptophlebia
Key to Leptophlebiidae Nymphs
Key to Leptophlebiidae Adults
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/403.htm
References
McCafferty,WP; Durfee,RS; Kondratieff,BC 1993 Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera): an annotated inventory. Southwestern Naturalist 38 3, 252-274.
Quote from page 263: "This species is apparently continental being known from Nova Scotia to California"
Harper, PP and Harper, F 1997 Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the Yukon. Pp. 152-167 In: H.V. Danks and J.A. Downes, eds. Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/pdf/harper.pdf
Nelson,SM; Roline,RA 1999 Relationships between metals and hyporheic invertebrate community structure in a river recovering from metals contamination. Hydrobiologia 397, 211-226.
They found Paraleptophlebia pr. debilis primarily in the hyporheic samples. The mean density in the surface samples was only 796 animals/meter² while in the hyporheic zone there was a mean of 17,532 animals/meter².
Walker, F. 1853 Ephemerinae. List of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part III (Termitidae- Ephemeridae).533-585.
Described as Baetis debilis.
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