Plauditus punctiventris (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) of Gunnison County, Colorado

Ephemeroptera: Baetidae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Plauditus punctiventris (McDunnough) 1923

Blue Winged Olive, Small Minnow Mayfly

Updated 1 July 2009

Links

On this website:
Introduction to the Baetidae
Plauditus virilis

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/100.htm
Synonyms from the Mayflies of North America accessed 4 June 2009.

Plauditus punctiventris (McDunnough), 1923 [CAN:NE,NW;USA:NE,NW,SE,SW]
    * Baetis punctiventris (McDunnough), 1923 (comb.)
    * Baetis sp. 1 McCafferty and Davis, 1992 (syn.)
    * Cloeon punctiventris McDunnough, 1923 (orig.)
    * Pseudocloeon anoka Daggy, 1945 (syn.)
    * Pseudocloeon edmundsi Jensen, 1969 (syn.)
    * Pseudocloeon myrsum Burks, 1953 (syn.)
    * Pseudocloeon punctiventris (McDunnough), 1923 (comb.)

References

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. Abstract
     Page 347, Figures 1-11 has many illustrations of P. punctiventris.

McCafferty,WP; Durfee,RS; Kondratieff,BC 1993 Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera): an annotated inventory. Southwestern Naturalist 38 3, 252-274.
     Discussed as Baetis punctiventris. Quote from page 255 in the discussion of Baetis bicaudatus: "Another "two-tailed," trout-stream species of Baetis that may eventually be confirmed from Colorado is B. punctiventris (McDunnough), which has often been incorrectly known as Pseudocloeon edmundsi to Salmon River and Yellowstone fly fishermen." Then in the discussion about Baetis virile, which has since been renamed Plauditus virilis, they note "There remains, however some possibility that it (Plauditus virilis) is either a color variant of B. punctiventris or that it is an undescribed species."

McDunnough,J 1923 New Canadian Ephemeridae with notes. Canadian Entomologist 55, 39-50.
     Described as Cloeon punctiventris.

Brown, Wendy S. 2006 Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
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