Northern Primitive Mayfly

Siphlonurus alternatus

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Northern Primitive Mayfly
Scientific Name: 
Siphlonurus alternatus
Naming References: 
A359
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Mayfly
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Ephemeroptera
Family: 
Siphlonuridae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Insufficient survey effort. Data: Edmunds 1962 (recorded); Harper & Harper 1981 (Reindeer depot); Cobb & Flannigan 1980 (Mackenzie mainstream and tributaries); Mackenzie mainstem nr Ft.Good HopeNT:Rae 11 mi south (4) NT:Hay River nr border (1) NT:StaggR nr YellKnf (1) NT:MacR.Delta.E.chan(1)
References: 
H285
R238
A343
H329
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Synonyms = S. annulata, Baetis femorata, B. alternata, B. alternatus, B. annulata, B. annulatus, Siphlurella alternata, Siphlurus alternans, S. alternatus (ITIS) ;; General Status rank in 2013 (by Colin Curry) = 5 = undetermined ;; Ref = Edmunds, G.F. 19; rarely collected (Giberson 2017)
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Colin Curry for the National General Status Ranking Program (2013)
Last Updated: 
May 12, 2017

References

Naming

  • McCafferty, W.P., and R.P. Randolph (1998) Canada mayflies: a faunistic compendium. Proc. Of the Ent. Soc. Of Ontario 129: 47-97 - A359 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Curry, Colin (2014) Two e-mails from R Hebert to S Carriere: GS EPTM NT and GS mayflies stoneflies caddisflies scorpionflies - Éphémères plécoptères trichoptères mécoptères SG:. received 13/05/2014: Curry, Colin mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies e-copy - H285 Return
  • Cobb, D.G. & Flannagan, J.F. (1980) The distribution of Ephemeroptera in northern Canada in Flannagan, J.F. & K.E. Marshall, eds.. Plenum Press New York Advances in Ephemeroptera Biology 155-166 - R238 Return
  • Harper, F. & Harper, P.P. (1981) Northern Canadian mayflies (Insecta; Ephemeroptera), records and descriptions.. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59 :1784-1789 - A343 Return
  • Giberson. D. (2017) How valid are old species lists? How archived samples can be used to update Ephemeroptera biodiversity information for Northern Canada.. Can Entomologist https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/how-valid-are-old-species-lists-how-archived-samples-can-be-used-to-update-ephemeroptera-biodiversity-information-for-northern-canada/F420368A7A35D60EDF6A5EB7826F1BA6 - H329 Return