fl~ . ' •) ,•) :J .j I It' ( r-'-! t'.I ('., ~nl~?. \ vu.1.~1 314 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS I Vol. 113, No. 5, November & December, 2002 315 .:• I ' I \~1 ;I ,___.-·/ ; 0\ LG , v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS }tROVANCHER'S QUEBECENSJS MAYFLY SPECIES We thank Scotl H. O'Dee (The Ohio State University, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory) fbrcollec­ ~PHEMEROPTERA:LEPTOPHLEBUDA~ tion assistance and the late Antti Jansson (University of Helsinki, Finland) for verifying all 14 1 Corixidae species identifications. We are indebted to Dave J. Horn and Foster F. Purrington (The \.:' SIPHLONURIDAE) Ohio State University, Entomology) for graciously donating Corixidae (specifically the Sigara Luke M. Jacobus, W. P. McCafferty2 decoratella specimen) from their black-light samples used for Lcpidoptera collection from a south­ ABSTRACT: Examination of the lcctotype of Ephemere/la quebecensis shows it to be a junior ern Ohio bum project (supported by the U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Sta­ synonym of Leptophlebia rnpida [ =E. <Jllebece11sis, n. syn.]. Historical confusion and mistakes tion) and to Gary Coovert (Boonshoft Museum, Dayton, Ohio) who provided the Hocking County, with respect to the dates of names and the possible cquivalcncy of Ephemerella q11ebecensis and Ohio records of C. edulis. We greatly appreciate John T. Polhemus (Colorado Entomological Mu­ Siph/01111rus q11ebece11sis arc discussed. S1j1h/01111rus q11ehece11sis is a valid species that was named seum, Englewood, Colorado) & Austin B. Richards (Lakewood, Colorado) for reviewing an early in 1878. Updated synonymies arc provided for L. cupida and S. quebecensis. draft of this manuscript. Contribution 1237 of the Great Lakes Science Center, United States Geo­ logical Survey, 1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. As part of our study of the systematics of ephemerelline mayflies (Ephe­ LITERATURE CITED meroptera: Ephemerellidae), we recently obtained and studied the female adult Chordas, S.W. III. 1999. Hesperocori.rn se111i/11cicfo (Hemiptera: Corixidae) new to Ohio, with lectotype of the poorly known species, Ephemerel/a quebecensis (Provancher). notes on distribution, habitat and color dimorphism. Ohio Biol. Surv. Notes 2. 39-42. Provancher ( 1876) originally described this species from Quebec as Cloe Chordas,S.W. III and B. J. Armitage. 1998. New Ohio records ofCorixidac (llemiptcra). Entomol. quebecensis, and he later (Provancher 1878) transferred it to the genus News. 109(5):339-342. Heptagenia Walsh. Burks ( 1953) examined the lectotype of this species and Chordas, S.W. III and P.L. Hudson. 1999. A list of Michigan Corixidae (Hcmiptcra) with four new state records from the great lakes of Michigan. Entomol. News. 110(4):246-250. placed it in the genus l!.phemerel/a Walsh, where it has resided since that Chordas, S. W. III, R. L. Stewart Jr. and L. Butler. 1999. First records of the family Notoncctidae time (Edmunds and Allen 1957, Edmunds 1962, McCafferty 1996, McCafferty (Insecta: Hcmiptera) from West Virginia. Entomol. News. 110(2):99-102. and Randolph 1998). Edmunds and Allen ( 1957) regarded £. quebecensis as I;rocschner, R.C. 1962. Contributions to a synopsis of the Hemiptera of Missouri, Part V. Am. a nomen dubium, because the lectotype was, at that time, not identifiable to Mid. Nat. 67(1):208-240. Henry, T.J. and R.C. Froeschner. 1988. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the species level. Tlrns, the species was not assigned to a subgenus by Edmunds the continental United States. E.J. Brill. New York. 958 pages. (1959, 1962), nor was it treated in the revision ofNorth American Ephemerella, llilscnhoff, W. L. 1984. Aquatic Hemiptera of Wisconsin. Great Lakes Entomol.17( I ):29-50. sensu stricto, by Allen and Edmunds ( 1965). Ilungerford, H.B. 1934. The genus Notonecta of the world. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. XX1:5-J 95. Our examination of the lectotype of E. quebecensis revealed characters Hungerford, H.B. 1948. The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptcra). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. 32:1-827. associated with the wings and abdomen that indicate the species belongs to Polhemus, J.T., R.C. Froeschner and D.A. Polhemns. 1988. Family Corixidae Leach, 1815, the the genus Leptoph/ebia Westwood (Leptophlebiidae). A recent study of water boatman, pp 93-118. In: T.J. Henry and R.C. Froeschner, Eds., Catalog of the Heteroptera, Nearctic Leptophlebia species by Burian (200 I) included for the first time or true bugs, of'Canada and the continental United States. E.J. Brill. New York. 958 pages. comparative descriptions of female adults and eggs. Comparison of the lecto­ Polhemus, J.T. and D.A. Polhemus. 1988. Family Notonectidae Latreille, 1802, the back­ type of£. quehecensis to these descriptions and to material identified by swimmers, pp 533-540. In: T.J. Henry and R.C. Froeschner, Eds., Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the continental United States. E.J. Brill. New York. 958 pages. S. K. Burian suggested to us that E. quebecensis is conspecific with the com­ Williams, R.N., M.S. Ellis and D.S. Fickle. 1996. Insects in the Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Arca, mon eastern species L. rnpida (Say). We dissected the abdomen of the pinned, Ohio: 1994 survey. Ohio lour. Science. 96(3):34-40. dry lectotype or E. q11ebece11sis and removed eggs for examination. Micro­ scopic comparison of the chorionic structure or these eggs, which we rehy­ drated, with that of eggs dissected from L. cupida, showed no differences between them and confirmed the equivalency of the two species. Therefore, we formally place E. quebecensis as a subjective junior synonym of L. cupida: Leptophlehia rnpida (Say), 1823 [=Ephemerella quebecensis (Provancher), 1876, NEW SYNONYM]. I Received March 23, 2002. Accepted May 17, 2002. 2 Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lai'ayctlc, Indiana 47907-1158, USA. ENT. NEWS 113(5): 315-317, November & December, 2002 316 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Vol. 113, No. 5, November & December, 2002 317 An up-to-date alphabetical synonymy of L. cupida is as follows: Leptophlebia cupida: seven female adults (eggs dissected from one specimen), three male adults, leptophlebia cupida (Say) 1823 /leptagenia quebecensis (Provancher), associated exuviac, lab reared 29-IV/4-V-1978, Indiana, Brown Co., pond on road lo Yellowwood /Jaetis ignava Hagen, 1861 l 876, n. syn. Stale Forest from 1N46, 29-lV-1978, M. Minna, B. Stiles; one female adult, associated cxuviae, one Blas/urus a11stri1111s Traver, l 932 Leplophlebia a11stri11a (Traver), l 932 male larva, Indiana, Fountain Co., Bear Cr. at the Portland Arch, I 9-IV-1979, D. Bloodgood; two /Jlasturus colli1111.1· Traver, 1932 Leptophlebia collina {Traver), 1932 female adults, Montana, Lake Co., Swan R., Big Fork, 23-Vl-l 963, A. R. Gaufin; one female adult, /Jlasturus co11ci111111s (Walker), l 853 Leptophlebia concinna (Walker), 1853 one male adult, one male subimago, two sets larval exuviac, New York, Hamilton Co., Lake on Bla.1·turus rnpidus (Say), l 823 Leptophlebia gravastella (Eaton), 1884 Sacandaga R. at Wells, emerged in lab on 2/3-Vl-l 970, R. W. Koss [Purdue University Entomologi­ /Jlasturus gravastel/11s Eaton, l 884 Leptophlebia ltebes (Walker), 1853 cal Research Collection, West Lafayette, Indiana]. Cloe quebecensis Provanchcr, 1876, Leptophlebia ignava (Hagen), l 861 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS n. syn. Leptophlebia pallipe.1· (Walker), 1853 Epltemerella q11ebece11sis (Provanchcr), Palingenia co11ci1111a Walker, 1853 Henri Goulet (Canadian National Collection). Jean-Marie Perron (Laval University), and Gisele l 876, n. syn. Palingenia pallipes Walker, 1853 Wagner (Laval University) helped us locate and obtain type material, and Ed Becker (Canadian b'pltemera cupida Say, 1823 Potamantltus co11ci111111s (Walker), l 853 National Collection) provided assistance with some literature. We thank Steven Burian (Southern Epltemern ltebes Walker, 1853 Potamantlws cupidus (Say), 1823 Connecticut State University) for discussion and an anonymous reviewer for constructive criticism. This study is funded in part by US EPA fellowship 91601701-0 to LMJ and NSF grant DEB-9901577 Provancher ( 1876) also described another species, Ba et is canadensis. This to WPM. name was preoccupied by Bae tis canadensis Walker ( 1853 ), and Provancher LITERATURE CITED (1878) renamed the species Siphlurus quebecensis, which was later emended Allen, R. K. and G. F. Edmunds, Jr. I 965. A revision of the genus Eplzemerella (Ephcmeroptera, to Siphlonurus quebecensis (Provancher). The 1878 naming of S. quebecensis Ephcmerellidac) VIII. The subgenus Eplzemerella in North America. Misc. Pub!. Entomol. subsequently appeared verbatim in Provancher's ( 1883) second volume of Soc. Am. 4: 243-282. "Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada." The first volume (Provancher 1877) Burian, S. IC 2001. A revision of the genus Leptophlebia Westwood in North America (Ephcmeroptcra: Leplophlcbiidac: Lcptophlebiinac). Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull. NS 13(3): i-vi + 1- was published six years before the second volume, and Eaton (1886) and 80. Traver ( 1935), in synonymies of S. quebecensis, incorrectly assigned this ear­ Burks, B. D. 1953. The mayflies, or Ephcmcroptcra, oflllinois. Bull. Ill. Nat. His. Surv. 26: 1-216. lier date to the second volume. Thus, we reiterate that 1878 is the year in Eaton, A. E. I 883-1888. A revisional monograph of recent Ephemeridae or mayflies. Trans. Linn. which the name S. quebecensis first appeared, not 1877. Soc. Lond., Sec. Ser. Zoo!. 3: 1-352. McDunnough ( 1925) and Traver ( 1935) (following McDunnough) incor­ Edmunds, G. F., Jr. 1959. Subgeneric groups within the may!ly genus Ephemerella (Ephe­ meroptcra: Ephcmcrcllidac). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 56: 236-240. rectly considered Cloe quebecensis to be a synonym of S1j1hlo1111rus quehe­ Edmunds, G. F., Jr. 1962. The type localities of the Ephcmcroptera of North America north of censis. Mc Dunno ugh ( 1925) had examined a specimen of Provancher's Mexico. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 12: 1-45. material with a blue "38" label that was identified as Heptagenia quebecensis Edmunds, G. F., Jr. and R. K. Allen. l 957. A checklist of the Ephcmcroptera of North America (the species named as Cloe quebecensis in 1876 and herein considered a north of Mexico.