A revision of the nearctic Ameletus mayflies based on adult males, with descriptions of seven new species (ephemeroptera: ameletidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-346

  Zloty, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELETIDAE; AMELETUS; AMELETUS ANDERSONI; AMELETUS BELLULUS; AMELETUS CELER; AMELETUS DODDSIANUS; AMELETUS EDMUNDSI; AMELETUS MAJUSCULUS; AMELETUS PRITCHARDI; AMELETUS SHEPHERDI; AMELETUS SIMILIOR; AMELETUS SPARSATUS; AMELETUS TOLAE; AMELETUS VANCOUVERENSIS; AMELETUS VELOX; EPHEMEROPTERA; NEARCTIC; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 0001451213     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128293-2     Document Type: Article

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