PROCEEDINGS of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Volume 94 2014 EDITOR: Mostafa Elshahed Production Editor: Tammy Austin Business Manager: T. David Bass The Official Organ of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Which was established in 1909 for the purpose of stimulating scientific research; to promote fraternal relationships among those engaged in scientific work in Oklahoma; to diffuse among the citizens of the State a knowledge of the various departments of science; and to investigate and make known the material, educational, and other resources of the State. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Publication Date: January 2015 ii POLICIES OF THE PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science contains papers on topics of interest to scientists. 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A primary research report must contain be available for noncommercial sufficient details and reference to public purposes to all qualified investigators. sources of information to permit other 3. Authors of manuscripts reporting nucleic scientists to repeat the work. acid sequence(s) must be prepared to 8. Any unusual hazard encountered or submit relevant data to GenBank. Au- anticipated in using chemicals, thors of manuscripts reporting crystal- equipment, or procedures in the lographic studies must be prepared to investigation should be clearly submit the relevant structural data to the identified in the manuscript. Protein Data Base and/or other Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 94: pp i-iv (2014) iii PROCEEDINGS OF THE OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Volume 94 CONTENTS REPORTS 70 Haemogamasus harperi Keegan A. Applied Ecology & Conservation 1 Surveys of Basking Turtles in the Rivers of (Arthropoda: Acari: Laelapidae): New to the Northeastern Oklahoma, with Emphasis Mite Fauna of Oklahoma on Graptemys geographica (Common Chris T. McAllister and Lance Durden Map Turtle) Peter V. Lindeman 73 Isospora scinci (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Five-Lined Skinks, Plestiodon fasciatus 10 Late Pleistocene Remains of an American (Sauria: Scincidae): Additional Records from Black Bear (Ursus americanus) and Two Arkansas and First Report from Oklahoma Small Vertebrates from an Oklahoma Chris T. McAllister, R. Scott Seville, and Ozark Cave Matthew B. Connior Nicholas J. Czaplewski and William L. Puckette 76 New County Records for the Eastern Mole, Scalopus aquaticus (Soricimorpha: Talpidae) 28 Macroinvertebrate Community Structure and Woodland Vole, Microtus pinetorum and Physicochemical Conditions of Three (Rodentia: Cricetidae), in Oklahoma Southeastern Oklahoma Springs Chris T. McAllister and Lynda S. Loucks Kambridge Brown and David Bass 79 Record of North American porcupine 39 Records for Fox Squirrels in the Oklahoma (Erethizon dorsatum) from Tulsa Co. Panhandle J. Thomas Curtis and Kathleen S. Curtis Jack D. Tyler 81 Helminth Parasites of Select Cyprinid Fishes 40 New Records of Chiggers and Ticks from from the Red River Drainage of Southeastern an Oklahoma Amphibian and Reptile Oklahoma Chris T. McAllister and Lance A. Durden Chris T. McAllister, William F. Font, Thomas J. Fayton, and Henry W. Robison 44 New Geographic Distribution Records for Centipedes (Chilopoda: B. Microbiology Scolopendromorpha) from Oklahoma 87 Comparison of Antibiotic Susceptibility Chris T. McAllister, Henry W. Robison, and Patterns between Serratia marcescens Strain Matthew B. Connior Isolated in 1920 versus 2008 Derek Afflu and Joel Gaikwad 48 Reproductive Notes on the Western Painted Crayfish, Orconectes (Buannulifictus) 96 Detection of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin palmeri longimanus (Decapoda: (PVL) Genes within CA-MRSA Carriers of Cambaridae), from Southeastern Oklahoma the Oral Roberts University Community Chris T. McAllister and Henry W. Robison Philipa Osafo-Ampadu and Joel Gaikwad 51 Myxozoan and Helminth Parasites of the Dwarf American Toad, Anaxyrus C. Chemistry 104Synthesis of meso-Substituted Porphyrin americanus charlesmithi (Anura: Metal Complexes Bearing Multiple Bufonidae), from Arkansas and Oklahoma Functional Groups Chris T. McAllister, Charles R. Bursey, Lakshmi C. Kasi Viswanath, Suaad M. Matthew B. Connior, and Stanley E. Trauth Abuskhuna, Laura D. Shirtcliff, and K. Darrell 59 A Floristic Inventory of Six Tracts of the Berlin Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge, Adair County, Oklahoma Mary E. Gard, Charriss R. H. York, Will F. Lowry, Steve Hensley, and Ronald J. Tyrl Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 94: pp i-iv (2014) iv ABSTRACTS of papers presented at the 2014 Technical Meeting ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Officers and Section Chairs (2014) Financial Statement (2014) Membership Application Form Editorial Policies and Practices Instructions for Authors Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 94: pp i-iv (2014) 1 Surveys of Basking Turtles in the Rivers of Northeastern Oklahoma, with Emphasis on Graptemys geographica (Common Map Turtle) Peter V. Lindeman Department of Biology and Health Services, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444 Abstract: I used binoculars and a spotting scope with a built-in digital camera to survey basking turtles at 29 sites on tributary drainages of the Arkansas River in four counties of northeastern Oklahoma and one county of southeastern Kansas. The predominant species recorded were Graptemys ouachitensis (Ouachita map turtle; 57% of all turtles) and Trachemys scripta (slider turtle; 25%), typical of results for rivers with similar assemblages of turtle species in the central United States. There were two notable results of the surveys. First, I photographed a male Graptemys geographica (common map turtle) twice at a site on the Spring River in Ottawa County; the record is only the third locality reported for the species in Oklahoma and is the first vouchered locality since the initial report of the species in Oklahoma in 1927. Prospects for finding additional localities for G. geographica in eastern Oklahoma are discussed, based on records in adjacent Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri. Second, I observed Apalone spinifera (spiny softshell) at a higher frequency compared to basking turtle surveys that have been conducted elsewhere within its range. ©2014 Oklahoma Academy of Science Introduction turtles with high-power binoculars or a Management of biodiversity requires that spotting scope allows collection of large data on occurrence, relative abundance, and amounts of data from multiple sites relatively absolute abundance be collected over time, to quickly (Vogt 2012). Basking surveys are allow assessment of trends. This requirement particularly effective when information is represents a daunting task given the diversity sought on the distribution and relative of species and myriad habitats that exist. abundance of rare species (Lindeman 1997, Because resources to support data collection 1998, 1999; Selman and Qualls 2009). are limited, efficiency is paramount. The need In recent years, concerns over the for rapid and efficient assessment is especially exploitation of turtles for