Ephemeroptera - mayflies
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Ephemeroptera - mayflies
Intro(from Merritt and Cummins)
http://www.entomology.umn.edu/midge/VSMIVP%20Key/English/VSMIVP.htm
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Lotic and lentic
• Highest diversity in rocky-bottom, 2nd and 3rd order headwater streams
• Information primarily from larvae - why?
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Repro?
• Eggs laid at surface
• In some (Baetis), females crawl under water and lay eggs on stems
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Eggs hatch in 3 - 9 months
• Larval life ~ 3-6 months – Hexagenia in Lake Winnipeg = 1-2 years
• Many molts (12 - 30)
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Collectors or scrapers usually
• Detritus, algae, macrophytes, etc.• Few carnivores• Usually shift diet with size
• Subimago (winged, sexually immature form)
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Mating
• Males usually emerge after dusk, females shortly before dawn
• Mating swarms
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Morphology of larvae
• Large eyes, outer position• Antennae anterior or ventral
to eyes• Mouthparts:
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Thorax
• Wingpads: on meso- and metathorax
• Pair of legs on each thoracic segment
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Abdomen
• 10-segmented
• Gills usually on abdomen
• 3 caudal filaments usually
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Adult mayfly
• Males have large eyes
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You will need to be comfortable with key to family• 13 families:• Baetiscidae, Potamanthidae,
Ephemeridae, Polymitarcyidae, Tricorythidae, Caenidae, Ephemerellidae, Heptageniidae, etc.
• http://www.entomology.umn.edu/midge/VSMIVP%20Key/English/VSMIVP.htm
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Ephemeroptera key
• Baetiscidae = large thoracic notum
• Armored mayflies
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Mandibular tusks?• Yes? Abdominal gills held laterally =
Potamanthidae = hacklegill mayflies
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Mandibular tusks?• Yes, pointed upward,
abdominal gills held dorsally = Ephemeridae
• Common burrowing mayflies
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Mandibular tusks?• Yes, project downward, abdominal gills
held dorsally = Polymitarcyidae• Pale burrowing mayflies
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No mandibular tusks?
• Abdominal gills on segment 2 plate-like, operculate, triangular = Tricorythidae
• Little stout crawler mayflies
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No mandibular tusks?• Abdominal gills on segment 2 plate-like,
operculate, square = Caenidae • Small square-gill mayflies
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No mandibular tusks?• Abdominal gills on segment 2 similar to
other gills if present, or gills operculate and no gills on segment 2 = Ephemerellidae = spiny crawler mayflies
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No mandibular tusks?
• Abdominal gills on segment 2 similar to other gills if present, or gills operculate
• gills present on segments 1-7 or 2-7• Flattened head and body =
Heptageniidae = flathead mayflies
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No mandibular tusks?• Abdominal gills on segment 2 similar to
other gills if present, or gills operculate• gills present on segments 1-7 or 2-7• Head and body not flat• Abdominal gills forked = Leptophlebiidae• Prong-gilled mayflies
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Same characters as last slide:Head and body not flatGills oval or heart-shapeForeleg claws forked = MetretopodidaeCleft-footed minnow mayflies
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Same characters as last slide:
• Head and body not flat• Gills oval or heart-shape• Foreleg claws simple• Long setae on inner fore legs =
Isonychiidae = brush-legged mayflies
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Same characters as last slide:
• Head and body not flat• Gills oval or heart-shape• Foreleg claws simple• No long setae on inner fore legs • Labrum w/deep notch = Baetidae• Small minnow mayflies
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Same characters:• Head and body not flat• Gills oval or heart-shape• Foreleg claws simple• No long setae on inner fore legs, spine • Labrum entire = Siphlonuridae• Primitive minnow mayflies
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Today:
Get comfortable with all mayfly families = run them through key