Mayfly Central Taxonomic Updates

[Taxon]

Mayfly Central’s North American Master Species List was updated on August 30, 2006. Thankfully, there were very few updates, and none of any consequence to fly fishers.

In any event, these were the updates:

Family: Baetidae

• Heterocloeon amplum (Acentrella ampla) - species moved from Acentrella to Heterocloeon, ending changed to conform with gender of target genus

• Acentrella barbarae - new species, Jacobus & McCafferty, 2006 [USA:SE]

• Heterocloeon davidi - new species, Waltz & McCafferty 2005 [USA:SE]

• Apiobaetis futilis (Pseudocloeon futile) - species moved from Pseudocloeon to Apobaetis, ending changed to conform with gender of target genus

• Heterocloeon grande (Plauditus grande) - species moved from Plauditus to Heterocloeon

• Heterocloeon rubrolaterale (Pseudocloeon rubrolaterale) - species moved from Pseudocloeon to Heterocloeon

Family: Caenidae

• Americaenis cusabo - new species, Provonsha & McCafferty, 2006 [USA:SE]

Family: Heptageniidae

• Epeorus vitreus (Epeorus rubidus) - became subordinate synonym of Epeorus vitreus

 

[dcabarle]

Do you do all of the updating on that site?

 

[Taxon]

Do you do all of the updating on that site?

Dennis-

Goodness no. I have nothing whatsoever to do with Mayfly Central. However, it is the definitive source for N. American mayfly taxonomy. Whenever it is updated, customarily once or twice a year, I compare the current version with the previous version in order to understand the specific changes. This allows me to make updates to my website, as appropriate. And, having gone to that work, I attempt to share the changes on fly fishing entomology forums. In any event, thanks for asking.