HR: 1330h
AN: NB33A-15    [Abstracts]
TI: The Mayflies of Florida - Revisited
AU: * Pescador, M L
EM: manuel.pescador@famu.edu
AF: Florida A&M University, Entomology, Center for Water Quality, Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100 United States
AU: Richard, B A
EM: barton.richard@famu.edu
AF: Florida A&M University, Entomology, Center for Water Quality, Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100 United States
AB: The last comprehensive review of the mayfly fauna of the state of Florida was the book The Mayflies of Florida: Revised Edition by L. Berner and M. L. Pescador published in 1988. In the years since then, many changes have occurred in Ephemeroptera taxonomy and much more has been learned about the mayfly fauna and its distribution in Florida. We have recently reviewed and updated what is known of the taxonomy of Florida mayfly taxa and have produced the Guide to the Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) Nymphs of Florida for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Presently, Florida has 76 mayfly species representing 41 genera in 15 families. Seven species have been newly recorded in the state and one new species is to be established. Species diversity is much higher in the Panhandle region of the state than in the Peninsula with 75 of the 76 known species present in the Panhandle and 27 of the 76 known species present in the Peninsula. Florida appears to have 5 endemic species and 10 species recorded only in the Southeast. Mayfly diversity "hotspots" in Florida are discussed.
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
SC: North American Benthological Society [NB]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly