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: Gorski,Melissa, Fox,Autumn, McQueen,Jordan, Jacobus,Luke
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
• Subjects: Baetidae; Ephemeroptera; North America; Plauditus cestus; distribution; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1498; https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19096/

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.