Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

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Dorsal view of a Epeorus albertae (Heptageniidae) (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph from the East Fork Issaquah Creek in Washington

This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.

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Mayfly Species Plauditus veteris

Where & when

In 2 records from GBIF, adults of this species have been collected during May (100%).

Species Range

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Map of specific collection sites

Physical description

Most physical descriptions on Troutnut are direct or slightly edited quotes from the original scientific sources describing or updating the species, although there may be errors in copying them to this website. Such descriptions aren't always definitive, because species often turn out to be more variable than the original describers observed. In some cases, only a single specimen was described! However, they are useful starting points.

Male Spinner

Described in Needham et al (1935) as Pseudocloeon veteris

Body length: 4.5 mm
Wing length: 6 mm

Abdominal tergites 2-6 of male imago yellowish, semi-hyaline; submedian minute reddish dots in the central portion of each.

Turbinate eyes large, circular, much larger than in P. dubium (now a synonym of Plauditus dubius). Thorax deep brown; pleural sutures and scutellum of the mesonota and metanota paler. Legs yellowish. Wings hyaline. Abdominal tergites 2-6 semi-hyaline, yellowish; submedian rows of minute reddish dots in the center of each, one on each side of the median line. Tergites 7-10 light chocolate brown; sternites paler. On the pale sternites 2-6, a mid-ventral row of brown spots, one on the posterior margin of each sternite. Genitalia as in fig. 168.

The presence of the reddish dorsal dots on the abdomen separates this species from P. punctiventris (now a synonym for Plauditus punctiventris); P. virile (now a synonym for Plauditus punctiventris), which likewise has red dorsal dots, possesses red median dots ventrally only on sternites 5 and 6, and is also a smaller species.

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References

Needham, James G., Jay R. Traver, and Yin-Chi Hsu. 1935. The Biology of Mayflies. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc.