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31 OCTOBER 1997 no 4 creatgreat basin naturalist 574 0 1997 appp 283 314 MAYFLY FAUNA OF NEW MEXICO WP McCaffermccaffertylMcCaffertymccafferty1tyl1 CRC R lugo ortizl and GZG Z jacobiajacobi2 ABSTRACT an inventory and analysis of the mayfly insecta ephemeroptera fauna of new mexico based on the published literature and study of extensive matematerialsnalsnais from diverse collections indicate the pieplesencepresencesencesenee of 12 families 37 genera and 81 species of these species 25 presentrepresentle new state records acentrella turturbidasurbidabida ameletusfalsusamelettisAmelettis falsusbalsus A sparsatussparsatus babtisbaetis adonis B bicaudatus B flaviflavistngaflavistrigastriga baetodesBaetodes deficiensdefiniens caeniscanniscaems latipennislatzpenmslatiiatipennis callibaetis fluctuantfluctuans cinygmula par ephemera simsimulantsimulansulans hexageniahexagemahexagyniaHexageniaagema bilbilineatebilineataineata Isonychia sicca labiobaetis propinquuspropinquous lachlaniaLachlania saskatchewanensis lepto phlebiaaphlebia bradleyi leucrocuta pelersipetersipetersi neochoroterpes nanita paraleptophlebia dabilisdebilisdebilis P heteroneaheteronea procloeon conturba tum rhithrogena plana R robusta R vitta and thraulodes gonzgonzalesigonzalesmalesi baetodesBaetodes deficiensdefiniens representslepieleplesents a new USA record for 37 of the 56 previously reported and confirmed species 124 new county records are provided with respect to conti- nental affinities 34 species are western 27 southwestern 13 widespread I1 is a southern USA species and I1 eastern of the major drainagediainage systems in the state the gila system is the most species rich with 48 species followed by the rio grande 46 pecos 39 canadian 28 and san juan 25 relationships between drainage systems and between new mexico and broadly adjoining states are discussed lachlaniaLachlania dencyannaedency annae the only endemic species in new mexico occuisoccurs in the gila system and is lareiarerare and endangered certaingertain other species from the gila system are also noted as being at risk flomfrom other drainages B adonis Epheephemerellamerella mollitiamollitia and L pelersipetersi also aiealeare of some concern at the national level additional species that are rare in new mexico and are of concern at least at the state level include ametropusAmetropus albrighti C fluctuantfluctuans H bilineatebilineatabilineata L bradleyi N nanita P conturbatumconturbacontuicongui batumtum and R hagenihagemhagenl key words ephemeroptera new mexico species inventory the first report of a mayfly from new mex- mainly piecemeal first reports of species were ieoicoleo was that of ephemerellaEphemerella sp by needham contributed by 21 authors since the descrip- 1905 which was taken from the upper pecos tion of R undundulataungulataulata needham 1927 traver river in san miguel county this record later 1935 alienallenailen and edmunds 1959 1961 1963 proved to be applicable to the common west- 1965 peters and edmunds 1961 koss 1966 ern mountain species drunella grandis eaton 1972 alienallenailen 1968 1978 koss and edmunds the next species was recorded when banks 1970 kilgore and alienallenailen 1973 allenalienailen and chao 1924 described ephorus undulatesundulatus now rhithchithbhith 1978a 1978b morihara and mccafferty 1979a rogena undulataundungulataulata banks from the jemez river pescador and peters 1980 alienallenailen and murvosh in sandoval county the discovery of additional 1983 Kondratieffkondratieffandand voshell 1984 waltz and species of maymayfliesflies in new mexico has been mccafferty 1987 provonsha 1990 henry 1993 ldepartmentepaitmentottntomologyof entomology purduepin due umveiuniversityumpei sitygitsgity west lafayette IN 47907 nvnonmcntal2environniental science and management new mexico highlands university las vegasvcgasvagas NM 87701 283 284 GREAT BASIN naturalist volume 57 durfee and kondratieff 1995 lugoortizlugo ortiz and whole with respect to faunal elements within mccafferty 1995c zloty 1996 based on reports it importantly our data have served as the of these workers 56 species of maymayfliesflies have bases for evaluating a number of new mexico been known from new mexico prior to this species that can now be seen to be at environ- study mental risk either within the state or nation- six species of maymayfliesflies were described orig- ally A fine account of the history of new mex- inally from new mexico and thus have their icoleoieo s hydrologic setting beginning with the type localities within the state these species influences of the 12th century pueblo dwell are ametropusAmetropus albhghtialbnghti traver cloeodesCloeodes macro ing native americans can be found in the lamellus waltz and mccafferty homoeoneunahomoeoneuria fishes of new mexico by sublette et al 1990 allem pescador and peters lachlanialachlamaLachlanialamaiamaiania den cyannae koss rhithrogena undundulataungulataulata banks STUDY AREA and thraulodes brunbrunneusbrunneousneus koss only L den cyannae has proven to be endemic to new new mexico fig 1 is the ath5th largest state mexico in the USA covering some 195685 km2 it our interests in the new mexico mayfly possesses a diverse geologic and topographic fauna first developed in the mid 1960s when landscape with elevations ranging from slightly one of us WPM became involved in exten- less than 1050 m at red bluff reservoir in the sive collecting excursions across the state with southeastern part of the state where the pecos arwin provonsha and dick koss all of the river enters texas to over 4550 m at wheeler material from those trips eventually came into peak in the sangre de cristocastocnstogristo mountains the possession of WPM and purdue university approximately 50 km south of the colorado in the 1970s those collections and another border although new mexico is the ard3rd most collection made by WPM arwin provonsha and state in the USA it does