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The Mayfly Newsletter Volume 13 Issue 1 Article 1 12-1-2003 The Mayfly Newsletter Peter M. Grant Southwestern Oklahoma State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mayfly Recommended Citation Grant, Peter M. (2003) "The Mayfly Newsletter," The Mayfly Newsletter: Vol. 13 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mayfly/vol13/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Newsletters at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Mayfly Newsletter by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE MAYFLY NEWSLETTER Vol. 13 No. 1 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096-3098 USA December 2003 2004 Joint International Conference Colleagues: XI International Conference on The faculty and staff at the Flathead Lake Biological Ephemeroptera Station (FLBS) are pleased to host the 2004 XV International Symposium on Plecoptera-Ephemeroptera Conferences. FLBS is Plecoptera located on the east shore of Flathead Lake. Our facilities include fully-equipped labs and accommodations to house and feed up to 100 people. 22-29 August 2004 A mid-meeting tour is scheduled to our floodplain research site on the Middle Fork of the Flathead Flathead Lake Biological Station River. We have recently been awarded a $2.6M NSF grant to work on biogeochemical cycling and The University of Montana biodiversity relationships on this big gravel-bed flood Poison, Montana, USA plain and look forward to showcasing this project. Collecting opportunities are abundant and available in a wide variety of habitats. In addition, the Station grounds are spacious (ponderosa pine - grand fir forest) and collecting may be done on the lakeshore and in several local streams. See our web site for many pictures of the Station and area. The web site provides all the information you need for abstracts and registration (www.umt.edu/flbs). In an effort to be environmentally-friendly, no printed information will be sent unless specifically requested. Meeting website www.umt.edu/flbs Please plan to join us in Montana in August, 2004! Abstracts and early registration are due 8 March 2004 Jack A. Stanford Bierman Professor and Director Inside This Issue 2004 Conference Auction.................................... 2 Travel Scholarships................. 2 2001 Proceedings........................ 2 Granada Proceedings..................2 2002 Mayfly Bibliography.........3 Nesameletidae Revision.......... 11 Address Updates..................... 12 The Mayfly Newsletter is printed on recycled paper with vegetable-based ink. 2004 Conference News Auction at Conference to Two Travel Scholarships Benefit W. L. Peters Available for Xlth Travel Scholarship International Conference An auction will be held at the Xlth International The Scholarship Subcommittee of the Conference in Montana to benefit the William L. Permanent Committee of the International Peters Travel Scholarship Fund. Conferences on Ephemeroptera will accept For now we are asking you to think about what applications from all interested persons who you might like to donate to this auction. wish to apply for 2 travel scholarships to attend Certainly anything with a mayfly theme would the Xlth International Conference on be appropriate, such as books or other Ephemeroptera, which will be held 22-29 August publications, color slides, photographs, artwork 2004 in Montana, USA. or jewelry. Collecting equipment, rare or The purpose of this award is to defray some of unusual mayfly specimens, and tied flies for fly the travel expenses, rather than to pay for them fishing would be good options, too. entirely (i.e., maximum scholarship will be $Can Donated items do not have to deal with 800 plus registration fees). mayflies, though. For example, consider Applicants should include the following donating interesting art or craft work from your information: 1) name and date of birth, 2) country or possibly souvenirs of Montana or the mailing address (including telephone/fax USA. numbers and email), 3) affiliation and present The next issue of the newsletter will provide position, 4) reason(s) for the application, 5) title more details about the auction. and summary of proposed presentation, 6) a Let me know what you plan to donate to this resume and list of publications as a separate auction. I will make a list of these items for the document. next newsletter. If you would like to make Applications will be reviewed by the suggestions about some interesting items to Subcommittee and should reach Prof. Javier donate, send me a note and I’ll list them in the Alba-Tercedor (Departamento de Biologia spring issue of the newsletter. Animal y Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias, In the meantime, if you have any suggestions or Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain) questions about this auction, please contact either before 31 March 2004. Applications may also be me (see publication box on p.ll) or Eduardo sent by email [email protected]. Dominguez, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Recipients of scholarships will be notified on or Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo before 31 May 2004. 251,4.000 Tucuman, Argentina, fax For more details, please contact Dr. Alba- 54(81)248025, [email protected]. Tercedor at the above address. Proceedings of the 2001 Joint Copies of the Granada International Conference Conference Are Still Available Now Available Proceeds Benefit Travel Scholarship The proceedings of the 2001 Joint International Conference in Perugia, Italy, have been mailed to Copies of the Proceedings of the 6th participants. Elda Gaino and her associates have Ephemeroptera Conference and 10th Plecoptera produced a wonderful publication. Conference (Granada, Spain) are available for In January 2004, articles from the proceedings US$50 + $5.00 postage. All proceeds will be will be on the conference website (www.unipg.it/ placed in the travel scholarship fund. maystone) in pdf format for authors to download To purchase a copy, contact John Flannagan. 45? and distribute as reprints. Isabella Point Road, Salt Spring Island. British For further information, contact Elda at Colombia, Canada V8K 1V4, email [email protected]. jpflannagan @ saltspring.com. 2 2002 Mayfly Bibliography [Editor’s note: This bibliography was published as the Ephemeroptera portion of the 2002(2003) North American Benthological Society’s (NABS) Current and Selected Bibliography on Benthic Biology.] The following is a list of current publications on Ephemeroptera that have been published up to and during 2002 and have not appeared in previous NABS Bibliographies. I would appreciate receiving a reprint or complete bibliographic reference of any article about mayflies, especially if it contains scientific names, so that it may be included in next year’s bibliography Also, I would like to be informed of any corrections or omissions in this or past bibliographies. Suggestions are always welcome. Please send all correspondence to Peter M. Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096-3098 USA, phone (580) 774-3294, fax (580) 774-7140, email [email protected]. If you would like an electronic copy of this year’s mayfly bibliography, simply send me a request via email. I will send this file to you as an attachment. This bibliography is also available on my website: http://www.swosu.edu/~grantp/research.htm. Abdoli, A.; Rahmani, H.; Rasooli, P. 2002. On the occur­ lowland stream (Costa Rica). Dissertation: University of rence, diet and reproduction of Neogobius fluviatilis in California, Santa Barbara. Madarsoo stream, Golestan National Park (north eastern Barthelemy, G.; Brulin, M. 2000. Additions to the Iran). Zool. Middle East 26: 123-128. Ephemeroptera fauna of France (6): Electrogena ujhelyii Ahn, B. 2002. Macroinvertebrate relationship to the (Sowa, 1981) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Ephemera temporal and spatial heterogeneity of lotic waters. Essener 2(1): 3-5. (In French, English summary) Oekologische Schriften. 17: 1-226. (In German) Bartosova, A. 2002. Estimating ecological risk to aquatic Alba-Tercedor, J. 2002. A new synonymy in Baetis: Baetis biota from physical and chemical impairment due to nexus Navas, 1918 is the valid name of Baetis urbanization. Dissertation: Marquette University. pentaphlebodes Ujhelyi, 1966 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Bauernfeind, E.; Humpesch, U. H. 2001. The mayflies of Aquat. Insects 24(1): 77-79. Central Europe (Insecta: Ephemeroptera): Identification Alba-Tercedor, J.; Jaimez-Cuellar, P. 2001. First record of and ecology. Verlag Naturhistorischen Mus. Wien 2001:1- Caenis pseudorivulorum Keffermuller, 1960 239. (In Austrian). (Ephemeroptera, Caenidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Bol. Bechly, G.; Brauckmann, C.; Zessin, W.; Groening, E. 2001. Asoc. Espanola Entomol. 25(3-4): 132. (In Spanish) New results concerning the morphology of the most Andrew, R. H. 2001. Two mayflies newly recorded for ancient dragonflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera) from the Orkney together with a note on Heptagenia lateralis. Namurian of Hagen-Vorhalle (Germany). J. Zool. Syst. Orkney Field Club Bull. 2001:54. Evol. Res. 39(4): 209-226. Baker, R. 2001. Miscellaneous observation. Norfolk Begnaud, J. A. 2002. The effect of prescribed burning on Norwich Natur. Soc. Trans. 34(1): 54. benthic macroinvertebrate communities of two
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