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Ephemeroptera: Baetidae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Baetis virilis (McDunnough) 1923

Small Minnow Mayflies, Blue-winged Olive

Notes

Name changed from Baetis virile to Baetis virilis by McCafferty 1997, then moved to the genus Plauditius by Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty, 1998, see Plauditus virile.

References

Lugo-Ortiz,CR; McCafferty,WP 1998 A new North American genus of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) and key to Baetis complex genera. Entomological News 109 (5) 345-353.

McCafferty,WP 1997 Name adjustments and a new synonym for North American Ephemeroptera species. Entomological News 108 (4)318, 320. PDF
     Baetis is treated as masculine, so the epithet in this combination should be virilis rather than virile

McDunnough,J 1923 New Canadian Ephemeridae with notes. Canadian Entomologist (55) 39-50.
     



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