Life stage descriptions, taxonomic notes, and new records for the mayfly family Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera)
Author
Baumgardner, David E.
Author
Burian, Steven K.
Author
Bass, David
text
Zootaxa
2003
332
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journal article
51261
10.5281/zenodo.156667
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Allenhyphes flinti
(Allen)
Allenhyphes flinti
was described in
Leptohyphes
by
Allen (1973)
, based upon larvae from the island of
Dominica
in the West Indies.
Hofmann et al. (1999)
later reared this species, associated the adult, and listed new distributions records of the species from the island of
Guadeloupe
.
Molineri and Flowers (2001)
recently discovered this species in
Panama
and
Venezuela
. Their report was the first known instance of a leptohyphid mayfly from both Continental
America
and the Caribbean Islands. Records given below extend the known range of this species in the Caribbean region to include the islands of
Montserrat
and
St. Kitts
.
On the island of
Montserrat
,
A. flinti
was collected from a very small stream on a steep slope at about
100 m
elevation. Stream channel substrates included rocks and sand with some leaf debris. In
Dominica
A. flinti
was collected from very small to mediumsized forested streams between 130 and
330 m
elevation. Substrate in these streams included boulders, rocks, cobble, and sand with rooted aquatic vegetation along the shorelines and some leaf debris.
On the island of
St. Kitts
A. flinti
was collected from a small permanently flowing stream in undisturbed forest with a bed composed mostly of rocks and sand, with some leaf debris. Regardless of site, larvae of
A. flinti
were collected from submerged leaf debris.
Material Examined:
MONTSERRAT
: Lawyers River, Woodlands,
22vi1996
, D. Bass, 1L, 1 slide (
TAMU
);
DOMINICA
: Blenheim River, Blenheim Estate,
16vi1996
, D. Bass, 3L (
TAMU
); same but, Check Hall River, Springfield Estate, 89
vi1996, 6
L (
TAMU
); same but, Banana Gutter Creek, Stonefield Estate,
11vi1996
, 3L, 1 slide (
TAMU
); same but, L’Or River, Fond Melle, 2L (
TAMU
).
ST. KITTS
: West Farm Gut, West Farm Estate,
19v1997
, D. Bass, 2L (
TAMU
).