Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoIntroduction to the mayfly genus Rhithrogena
Red QuillsEaton 1881
Updated 5 Feb 2010
TSN 100572
The recently emerged Rhithrogena female subimago or dun was photographed in the Cement Creek drainage on 21July2008. This animal will molt once more to become a sexually mature imago.
Species List
References
Allen,RK; Chao,ESM 1978 Mayflies of the Southwest: new species and records of Heptageniidae. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54, 311-315.
Brinkman,SF and Johnston,WD 2008 Acute toxicity of aqueous copper, cadmium, and zinc to the mayfly Rhithrogena hageni. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 54:3, 466-472. Abstract
Buchwalter,DB; Cain,DJ; Martin,CA; Xie,L; Luoma,SN; Garland,JT 2008 Aquatic insect ecophysiological traits reveal phylogenetically based differences in dissolved cadmium susceptibility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 24, 8321-8326.
Dodds,GS 1923 Mayflies from Colorado: descriptions of certain species and notes on others. Transactions of American Entomological Society 69, 93-116.
Eaton AE. 1881 An announcement of new genera of the Ephemeridae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 18:21-27.
The genus Rhithrogena is described on pages 23 and 24.
Stanford JA; Gaufin AR. 1974 Hyporheic communities of two Montana rivers. Science 185:700-702.
The authors report Rhithrogena nymphs from the hyporheic zone of the Flathead River in Montana, USA.
|