Species: Caenis latipennis
A Mayfly
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Ephemeroptera
Family
Caenidae
Genus
Caenis
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Mayflies
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Caenidae - Caenis
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Taylor and Kennedy (2006) studied life history of this species in Oklahoma and found it has an extended emergence with five peaks. Females emerged, molted, mated, and oviposited in 37 minutes. Mean fecundity was 888.4 +-291.9 eggs per individual (range 239-1576). Fecundity was higher in early summer when densities were lowest. The species exhibited a multivoltine life cycle with five overlapping generations.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-03-13
Global Status Last Changed
1999-11-30
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - This species is widespread and occurs in almost every state and province in North America.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)