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Bioindicators of Water Quality
Ephemeroptera | Mayflies ACE-11 Coleoptera | Beetles Using this guide Coleoptera with the data sheets Bioindicators of Water Quality Beetles Quick–Reference Guide Coleoptera (Beetles) Authors: Julie Speelman and Natalie Carroll | Photographer (unless otherwise noted): Julie Speelman | Design and Layout: Purdue Agricultural Communication Family Tolerance Number Family Tolerance 4 3 7 Value Found Score 5 5 5 Dryopidae 5 0 0 Dryopidae (larvae) Baetidae Baetiscidae Dytiscidae Dytiscidae (adult) Caenidae Dytiscidae 5 2 10 This publication shows aquatic insects that can be used as Long-toed Water Beetle Predaceous Diving Beetle Predaceous Diving Beetle Small Minnow Mayfly Armored Mayfly Small Square-gill Mayfly Biotic Water Quality Degree of Organic Elmidae 5 0 0 bioindicators of water quality in Indiana waterways. Bioindicators 5 are biological systems that are sensitive to environmental changes Index Rating Pollution Gyrinidae 4 0 0 organic pollution Dryopidae and, therefore, can indicate when pollution is present in the water. 0.00–3.75 excellent Long-toed Water Beetle Haliplidae 7 0 0 unlikely A tolerance score is included for each insect in this publication. Hydrophilidae 5 3 15 slight organic The tolerance score, ranging from 0–10, represents the insect’s 3.76–4.25 very good Psephenidae 4 0 0 sensitivity to pollution and can be used to estimate the quality of pollution possible the water in which the insect was found. Insects with a score of some organic Order Total 5 25 4.26–5.00 good 0 are intolerant to pollution, meaning they cannot tolerate any pollution probable water pollution, while insects with a score of 10 are very tolerant of fairly substantial 5 5 4 1 polluted water. -
Synopsis of the Hydrometridae of Arkansas George L
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 39 Article 37 1985 Synopsis of the Hydrometridae of Arkansas George L. Harp Arkansas State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Harp, George L. (1985) "Synopsis of the Hydrometridae of Arkansas," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 39 , Article 37. Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol39/iss1/37 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 39 [1985], Art. 37 General Notes LITERATURE CITED FARRIS, J. L.,and G. L. HARP. 1982. Aquatic macroinvertebrates HARP, G. L., and P. A. HARP. 1980. Aquatic macroinvertebrates ofthree acid bogs onCrowley's Ridge innortheast Arkansas. Proc. of Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. Ark. Acad. Sci. 36:23-27. 34:115-117. FOTI, T. L.1974. Natural divisions ofArkansas, p. 15. In: Arkansas HUGGINS, J. A., and G. L. HARP. 1983. Aquatic macroinvertebrates Natural Area Plan. -
The Semiaquatic Hemiptera of Minnesota (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Donald V
The Semiaquatic Hemiptera of Minnesota (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Donald V. Bennett Edwin F. Cook Technical Bulletin 332-1981 Agricultural Experiment Station University of Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ...................................3 Key to Adults of Nearctic Families of Semiaquatic Hemiptera ................... 6 Family Saldidae-Shore Bugs ............... 7 Family Mesoveliidae-Water Treaders .......18 Family Hebridae-Velvet Water Bugs .......20 Family Hydrometridae-Marsh Treaders, Water Measurers ...22 Family Veliidae-Small Water striders, Rime bugs ................24 Family Gerridae-Water striders, Pond skaters, Wherry men .....29 Family Ochteridae-Velvety Shore Bugs ....35 Family Gelastocoridae-Toad Bugs ..........36 Literature Cited ..............................37 Figures ......................................44 Maps .........................................55 Index to Scientific Names ....................59 Acknowledgement Sincere appreciation is expressed to the following individuals: R. T. Schuh, for being extremely helpful in reviewing the section on Saldidae, lending specimens, and allowing use of his illustrations of Saldidae; C. L. Smith for reading the section on Veliidae, checking identifications, and advising on problems in the taxon omy ofthe Veliidae; D. M. Calabrese, for reviewing the section on the Gerridae and making helpful sugges tions; J. T. Polhemus, for advising on taxonomic prob lems and checking identifications for several families; C. W. Schaefer, for providing advice and editorial com ment; Y. A. Popov, for sending a copy ofhis book on the Nepomorpha; and M. C. Parsons, for supplying its English translation. The University of Minnesota, including the Agricultural Experi ment Station, is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, national origin, or handicap. The information given in this publication is for educational purposes only. -
Taxonomic Overview of the Family Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) in Mexico
Dugesiana 26(1): ISSN 1405-4094 (edición impresa) Fecha de publicación: 2019 ISSN 2007-9133 (edición online) ©Universidad de Guadalajara Taxonomic overview of the family Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) in Mexico Sinopsis de la familia Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) en México Daniel Reynoso-Velasco1* and Robert W. Sites2 1Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Instituto de Ecología A.C. (INECOL), Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, MÉXICO. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, U.S.A. E-mail: sitesr@missouri. edu. *Corresponding author. ABSTRACT The state of taxonomy of the Mexican fauna of the family Naucoridae is summarized and is fairly complete as a result of recent research. Currently, 71 species from six genera and four subfamilies have been recorded from the country. Species richness is distributed in the subfamilies Cryphocricinae: Ambrysus Stål (53), Cataractocoris Usinger (3), Cryphocricos Signoret (2); Laccocorinae: Interocoris La Rivers (1); Limnocorinae: Limnocoris Stål (10); and Naucorinae: Pelocoris Stål (2). Recent works have focused on the fauna of the genus Ambrysus. Additionally, studies are required for the genera Cryphocricos and Pelocoris, while a taxonomic revision of the genus Limnocoris is close to completion. A key to the subfamilies and genera of Naucoridae from Mexico is provided. Key words: distribution, aquatic insects, Hemiptera, North America. RESUMEN Se resume el conocimiento taxonómico de la fauna Mexicana de la familia Naucoridae, el cual es bastante completo debido a estudios recientes. Actualmente se encuentran registradas para el país 71 species pertenecientes a seis géneros y cuatro subfamilias. -
San Marcos Springs/River Ecosystem
HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN BIOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM San Marcos Springs/River Ecosystem ANNUAL REPORT December 2020 Prepared for: Prepared by: Edwards Aquifer Authority BIO-WEST, Inc. 900 East Quincy 1812 Central Commerce Court San Antonio, Texas 78215 Round Rock, Texas 78664 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 METHODS ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Study Location ............................................................................................................................ 2 Sampling Strategy ....................................................................................................................... 2 San Marcos River Discharge ....................................................................................................... 6 Water Temperature ...................................................................................................................... 6 Aquatic Vegetation Mapping ...................................................................................................... 6 Texas Wild-Rice Annual Observations ....................................................................................... 7 Texas Wild-Rice Mapping....................................................................................................... 7 Texas Wild-Rice Physical Observations ................................................................................ -
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Section a Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (Exclusive of Mosquitoes)
I LLINOI S UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007. \oc iatural History Survey. Library iiAOs (ClSCi;; ILLINOIS - NATURAL HISTORY Ai . .ý . - I-w. Iv mk U16 OL SURVEY CHAPTER 9 AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES SECTION A AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES (EXCLUSIVE OF MOSQUITOES) Final Report October, 1985 Section of Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification Technical Report by Allison R. Brigham, Lawrence M. Page, John D. Unzicker Mark J. Wetzel, Warren U. Brigham, Donald W. Webb, and Liane Suloway Prepared for Wetlands Research, Inc. 53 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604 Arjpp, Section of Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification Technical Report 1985 (6) 6'Wa- CHAPTER 9 AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES SECTION A AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES (EXCLUSIVE OF MOSQUITOES) Allison R. Brigham, Lawrence M. Page, John D. Unzicker Mark J. Wetzel, Warren U. Brigham, Donald W. Webb, and Liane Suloway INTRODUCTION Aquatic macroinvertebrates are primary and secondary level consumers that play an important role in transferring energy through the different trophic levels of the food chains of aquatic ecosystems. These animals feed upon submerged and emergent macrophytes, plankton, and organic material suspended in the water column. Burrowing and feeding activities aid in the decomposition of plant and animal matter and the eventual recycling of nutrients. In addition, these organisms prey upon each other and serve as food for fishes, certain birds, and other animals. In general, aquatic macroinvertebrates have not been systematically surveyed in Illinois, and rarely have individual species been studied ecologically. This is due, in part, to the inconspicuous nature of most freshwater inverte- brates and the many taxonomic problems which preclude distributional, ecologi- cal, and other studies. -
Adult Nepidae of Florida
Graduate Student Project – Insect Classification – ENY 6166 University of Florida - Kendra Pesko - December 8, 2004 Adult Nepidae of Florida The family Nepidae, common name “waterscorpions”, is an aquatic insect family in the order Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera). Of 13 species and three genera known throughout the United States and Canada, only five species in one genus (Ranatra) occur in Florida. Ranatra species are found in aquatic vegetation and debris, and can be collected by sweeping an aquatic net through vegetation along the edges of lakes. They will cling to emergent vegetation such as cattails to hide during the day, and return to the water surface at night. Ranatra species also make night time flights in order to colonize new areas, and will often end up on car windshields, which they may mistake for open water. Nepidae are unique among water bugs in possessing a stridulatory mechanism which consists of serrations on their fore-coxal cavity that contact coarse ridges which appear to be sclerotized setae. Both nymphs and adults of Ranatra possess these structures. Checklist of Species of Florida Ranatra Fabricius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepidae) R. australis Hungerford R. buenoi Hungerford R.drakei Hungerford R. kirkaldyi Torre-Bueno R. nigra Herrich-Schaeffer Key to Species of Adult Florida Nepidae (adapted from Sites and Polhemus 1994) 1. Prothorax with mid-ventral hollow groove (fig. 6)…Ranatra buenoi Hungerford 1’. Prothorax without mid-ventral hollow groove, but may be ventrally flattened or have a paired ventro-lateral longitudinal depressed lines .........................................................2 2. Penultimate antennal segment with lateral projection absent or if present, < ½ length of terminal antennal segment (Figs. -
Great Lakes Entomologist the Grea T Lakes E N Omo L O G Is T Published by the Michigan Entomological Society Vol
The Great Lakes Entomologist THE GREA Published by the Michigan Entomological Society Vol. 45, Nos. 3 & 4 Fall/Winter 2012 Volume 45 Nos. 3 & 4 ISSN 0090-0222 T LAKES Table of Contents THE Scholar, Teacher, and Mentor: A Tribute to Dr. J. E. McPherson ..............................................i E N GREAT LAKES Dr. J. E. McPherson, Educator and Researcher Extraordinaire: Biographical Sketch and T List of Publications OMO Thomas J. Henry ..................................................................................................111 J.E. McPherson – A Career of Exemplary Service and Contributions to the Entomological ENTOMOLOGIST Society of America L O George G. Kennedy .............................................................................................124 G Mcphersonarcys, a New Genus for Pentatoma aequalis Say (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) IS Donald B. Thomas ................................................................................................127 T The Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Missouri Robert W. Sites, Kristin B. Simpson, and Diane L. Wood ............................................134 Tymbal Morphology and Co-occurrence of Spartina Sap-feeding Insects (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) Stephen W. Wilson ...............................................................................................164 Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae) Associated with the Dioecious Shrub Florida Rosemary, Ceratiola ericoides (Ericaceae) A. G. Wheeler, Jr. .................................................................................................183 -
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Joey Steil From: Leslie Jordan <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 1:13 PM To: Angela Ruberto Subject: Potential Environmental Beneficial Users of Surface Water in Your GSA Attachments: Paso Basin - County of San Luis Obispo Groundwater Sustainabilit_detail.xls; Field_Descriptions.xlsx; Freshwater_Species_Data_Sources.xls; FW_Paper_PLOSONE.pdf; FW_Paper_PLOSONE_S1.pdf; FW_Paper_PLOSONE_S2.pdf; FW_Paper_PLOSONE_S3.pdf; FW_Paper_PLOSONE_S4.pdf CALIFORNIA WATER | GROUNDWATER To: GSAs We write to provide a starting point for addressing environmental beneficial users of surface water, as required under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). SGMA seeks to achieve sustainability, which is defined as the absence of several undesirable results, including “depletions of interconnected surface water that have significant and unreasonable adverse impacts on beneficial users of surface water” (Water Code §10721). The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a science-based, nonprofit organization with a mission to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Like humans, plants and animals often rely on groundwater for survival, which is why TNC helped develop, and is now helping to implement, SGMA. Earlier this year, we launched the Groundwater Resource Hub, which is an online resource intended to help make it easier and cheaper to address environmental requirements under SGMA. As a first step in addressing when depletions might have an adverse impact, The Nature Conservancy recommends identifying the beneficial users of surface water, which include environmental users. This is a critical step, as it is impossible to define “significant and unreasonable adverse impacts” without knowing what is being impacted. To make this easy, we are providing this letter and the accompanying documents as the best available science on the freshwater species within the boundary of your groundwater sustainability agency (GSA). -
Taxonomic Overview of the Family Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) in Mexico
Dugesiana 26(1): ISSN 1405-4094 (edición impresa) Fecha de publicación: 2019 ISSN 2007-9133 (edición online) ©Universidad de Guadalajara Taxonomic overview of the family Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) in Mexico Sinopsis de la familia Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) en México Daniel Reynoso-Velasco1* and Robert W. Sites2 1Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Instituto de Ecología A.C. (INECOL), Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, MÉXICO. E-mail: [email protected]; 2Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, U.S.A. E-mail: sitesr@missouri. edu. *Corresponding author. ABSTRACT The state of taxonomy of the Mexican fauna of the family Naucoridae is summarized and is fairly complete as a result of recent research. Currently, 71 species from six genera and four subfamilies have been recorded from the country. Species richness is distributed in the subfamilies Cryphocricinae: Ambrysus Stål (53), Cataractocoris Usinger (3), Cryphocricos Signoret (2); Laccocorinae: Interocoris La Rivers (1); Limnocorinae: Limnocoris Stål (10); and Naucorinae: Pelocoris Stål (2). Recent works have focused on the fauna of the genus Ambrysus. Additionally, studies are required for the genera Cryphocricos and Pelocoris, while a taxonomic revision of the genus Limnocoris is close to completion. A key to the subfamilies and genera of Naucoridae from Mexico is provided. Key words: distribution, aquatic insects, Hemiptera, North America. RESUMEN Se resume el conocimiento taxonómico de la fauna Mexicana de la familia Naucoridae, el cual es bastante completo debido a estudios recientes. Actualmente se encuentran registradas para el país 71 species pertenecientes a seis géneros y cuatro subfamilias. -
MORPHOLOGY of ACERCARIA: INVESTIGATIONS of the OVIPOSITOR and INTERNAL ANATOMY by CHIP AUSTIN THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfil
MORPHOLOGY OF ACERCARIA: INVESTIGATIONS OF THE OVIPOSITOR AND INTERNAL ANATOMY BY CHIP AUSTIN THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Entomology in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016 Urbana, Illinois Adviser: Professor Christopher H. Dietrich ABSTRACT Acercaria, which includes Psocodea, Thysanoptera and Hemiptera, is a group that encompasses substantial diversity and has generated equally substantial debate about its higher-level phylogeny. The advent of molecular phylogenetics has done little to resolve arguments about the placement of various infraorders within Hemiptera, in spite of general confidence about their monophyly, which illustrates the need to take integrative approaches that include morphology as well as conduct more analyses across these higher groups as a whole. This thesis will attempt to address some of these issues in hemipteroid morphological research through projects covering two main topics. The first chapter reviews and updates previously described morphology with a treatment focusing on the ovipositor. By comparing ovipositors among representatives of Hemiptera’s infraorders and describing their character states using a common lexicon for homologous structures, it became apparent that “laciniate” (plant-piercing) ovipositors vary in such a way that implies such a phenotype was independently derived in the lineages that have them. This not only demonstrates the limited usefulness in the terms “laciniate” and “platelike” to describe hemipteran ovipositor types, but also provides support to the historically-held hypothesis that the earliest heteropterans had substantially different a life history and reproductive ecology from its relatives in Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha. The second chapter describes an effort to investigate digestive and nerve tissue morphology, which has previously been hypothesized to be phylogenetically informative ii in acercarians (Goodchild 1966; Niven et al 2009). -
An Overview of the Heteroptera of Illinois
The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 22 Number 4 - Winter 1989 Number 4 - Winter Article 1 1989 December 1989 An Overview of the Heteroptera of Illinois J. E. McPherson Southern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation McPherson, J. E. 1989. "An Overview of the Heteroptera of Illinois," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 22 (4) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol22/iss4/1 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. McPherson: An Overview of the Heteroptera of Illinois 1989 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 177 AN OVERVIEW OF THE HETEROPTERA OF ILLINOIS l J. E. McPherson ,2 ABSTRACT A key to adults of all heteropteran families known to occur in Illinois is presented together with general information on the biologies of these families. Also included are general references on Heteroptera and on individual families, particularly if those references involve studies of fauna that were conducted in Illinois, adjacent states, or nearby parts of Canada. The Heteroptera (true bugs) is a large insect order that occurs worldwide and is represented in America north of Mexico by about 45 families. Of these, 36 are known to occur in Illinois. The order is a well defined group characterized by (1) a segmented beak that arises from the front of the head and (2) wings that, when present and well developed, lie flat on the abdomen with the first pair usually leathery basally and membranous distally.