Check List 6(2): 311-313, doi: 10.15560/6.2.311
Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae, Attenella margarita (Needham, 1927): southeastern range extension to North Carolina, USA
Luke M. Jacobus,
Eric D. Fleek
Corresponding author:
Luke Jacobus
(
lukemjacobus@alumni.purdue.edu
)
© 2017 Luke Jacobus, Eric Fleek. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Jacobus L, Fleek E (2010) Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae, Attenella margarita (Needham, 1927): southeastern range extension to North Carolina, USA. Check List 6(2): 311-313. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.2.311 |  |
Abstract
New data from the Great Smoky Mountains, in Swain County, North Carolina, USA, extend the geographic range of Attenella margarita (Needham, 1927) (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae) southeast by approximately 1,300 km. We confirm that A. margarita has a disjunct east-west distribution in North America, which is rare among mayflies. Head, thoracic and abdominal characters for distinguishing larvae of A. margarita from the sympatric species, A. attenuata (McDunnough, 1925), are illustrated and discussed.