Mayflies (Insecta : Ephemeroptera) of the Kiamichi River watershed, Oklahoma

Authors
Baumgardner, DE Kennedy, JH
Citation
De. Baumgardner et Jh. Kennedy, Mayflies (Insecta : Ephemeroptera) of the Kiamichi River watershed, Oklahoma, J KAN ENT S, 72(3), 1999, pp. 297-305
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00228567 → ACNP
Volume
72
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
297 - 305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-8567(199907)72:3<297:M(:EOT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The biodiversity of Ephemeroptera in the Kiamichi River watershed is descri bed. Fifty-six species, 29 genera, and 11 families of Ephemeroptera are doc umented in the Kiamichi River watershed. The family Baetidae accounts for a lmost one-third of the total number of species collected. Fourteen species are reported for the first time from the Interior Highlands, and thirty spe cies represent new state records for Oklahoma. Seventy-five percent of the mayfly species collected from this watershed have strong affinities with ea stern North America.