Life History and Secondary Production of Caenis latipennis Banks (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) in Honey Creek, Oklahoma

A study of the life history and secondary production of Caenis latipennis, a caenid mayfly, was conducted on Honey Creek, OK. from August 1999 through September 2000. The first instar nymph was described. Nymphs were separated into five development classes. Laboratory egg and nymph development rates, emergence, fecundity, voltinism, and secondary production were analyzed. C. latipennis eggs and nymphs take 132 and 1709 degree days to develop. C. latipennis had an extended emergence with five peaks. Females emerged, molted, mated, and oviposited in an estimated 37 minutes. Mean fecundity was 888.4 ± 291.9 eggs per individual (range 239 -1576). C. latipennis exhibited a multivoltine life cycle with four overlapping generations. Secondary production was 6,052.57 mg/m2/yr.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2001

Author dc:creator

• Taylor, Jason M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kennedy, James H.
• Waller, William T.
• Zimmerman, Earl G.

• Mayflies -- Oklahoma -- Honey Creek.
• Caenis latipennis
• life history
• Honey Creek
• fecundity
• Oklahoma

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• Public
• Copyright
• Taylor, Jason M.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 51259662
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2863/
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