New records of Paraleptophlebiawerneri Ulmer, 1920 and Paraleptophlebiastrandii (Eaton, 1901) from Finland (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae)
Author
Salmela, Jukka
Author
Savolainen, Eino
Author
Hoeksema, Bert W.
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2013
1
969
969
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e969
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e969
1314-2828-1-969
Rank: SpeciesType of treatment: Redescription or species observationextantHabitat: terrestrialRoot classification: 8
Paraleptophlebia strandii (Eaton, 1901)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
Occurrence: recordedBy:
J. Salmela
; individualCount:
5
; sex:
males
; Location: verbatimLocality: Lapponia kemensis pars orientalis:
Sodankylae
, Satovaara; locationRemarks: rich flark fen; verbatimLatitude:
67.6777 N
; verbatimLongitude:
27.0878 E
; Event: eventDate:
20.8.2012
Type status:
Other material
Occurrence: recordedBy:
J. Salmela
; individualCount:
5
; sex:
males
; Location: verbatimLocality: Lapponia kemensis pars orientalis:
Sodankylae
, Sonniharju SE; locationRemarks: rich flark fen; verbatimLatitude:
67.6823 N
; verbatimLongitude:
27.0926 E
; Event: eventDate:
20.8.2012
Type status:
Other material
Occurrence: recordedBy:
J. Salmela
; individualCount:
10
; sex:
males
; Location: verbatimLocality: Lapponia kemensis pars orientalis:
Sodankylae
,
Postoselkae
E; locationRemarks: rich flark fen; verbatimLatitude:
67.7978 N
; verbatimLongitude:
26.6655 E
; Event: eventDate:
9.8.2012
Notes
All sampling localities are aapamires, i.e. fens that receive water and nutrient input from the surrounding mineral lands (versus raised bogs that only receive rain water). The mires are lying on bedrock which consists of calcareous or non-acidic rocks such as ultramafic volcanic rock, gabbro and schists (Geological Survey of Finland, http://en.gtk.fi/). The calcareous influence can be seen in the bryophyte flora, which includes species such as
Campylium stellatum
,
Scorpidium revolvens
,
Tomentypnum nitens
and
Hamatocaulis vernicosus
. The fens were characterized by wet flarks (i.e. inundated moss cover) and mud-bottom pools. The collecting sites were hard to access and difficult to walk on. There were no available mineral substrates for aquatic insects. However, due to their wetness and sloping profile (most notably in Sonniharju), there were some shallow surface flows on the fens.
Adults of
Paraleptophlebia strandii
were very numerous at the collecting sites. Males formed huge swarms consisting of thousands of specimens. Swarming took place over narrow strings with sedge (
Carex
) shoots in the vicinity of the pools. Swarming was observed approximately within 0.6 and 2 m of height, in the afternoon during sunny weather. The minimum distance to the nearest stream was one kilometer.