Plauditus cestus (Provonsha & McCafferty, 1982) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Baetidae): New records from Virginia and the Northwest Territories, with notes on color variation

• Published in: Check List
• Main Authors: Melissa Gorski, Autumn Fox, Jordan McQueen, Luke Jacobus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
• Subjects: Baetidae; Ephemeroptera; North America; Plauditus; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1498; https://doaj.org/article/d17e639909704a0bbf98cc36cff73ab7

Plauditus cestus (Provonsha & McCafferty, 1982) is widespread in eastern and central North America. We provide new data from Virginia that fill a gap in the range of distribution and new data from the Northwest Territories that extend the range of the species by over 1900 km to the northwest. The Northwest Territories specimen represents a new larval color variant, with pronounced coloration of abdominal segment 6. We emphasize the need for additional sampling of aquatic habitats in the Far North.