Check List 11(1): e19096, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1498
Plauditus cestus (Provonsha & McCafferty, 1982) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Baetidae): New records from Virginia and the Northwest Territories, with notes on color variation
Melissa R. Gorski‡, Autumn D. E. Fox‡, Jordan I. McQueen‡, Luke M. Jacobus‡‡ Indiana University Purdue University Columbus, United States of America
Corresponding author: Luke Jacobus ( lukemjacobus@alumni.purdue.edu ) © 2017 Melissa Gorski, Autumn Fox, Jordan McQueen, Luke Jacobus. 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, Gorski M, McQueen J, Fox A (2014) Plauditus cestus (Provonsha & McCafferty, 1982) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Baetidae): New records from Virginia and the Northwest Territories, with notes on color variation. Check List 11(1): 1498. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1498 |  |
Abstract
Plauditus cestus (Provonsha & McCafferty, 1982) is widespread in eastern and central North America. We provide new data from Virginia that fill a gap in the range of distribution and new data from the Northwest Territories that extend the range of the species by over 1900 km to the northwest. The Northwest Territories specimen represents a new larval color variant, with pronounced coloration of abdominal segment 6. We emphasize the need for additional sampling of aquatic habitats in the Far North.
Keywords
Baetidae, Ephemeroptera; North America; Plauditus cestus; distribution