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Baetis bundyae (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), described from Arctic Canada is found in northernmost Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

Eino Savolainen*
Affiliation:
Kuopio Natural History Museum, Myhkyrinkatu 22, FI-70100, Kuopio, Finland
Marcus K. Drotz
Affiliation:
Lake Vänern Museum of Natural and Cultural History, SE-53154 Lidköping, Sweden
Anssi Saura
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
Gunilla Ståhls
Affiliation:
Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
*
1 Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).

Abstract

The taxonomy and identification of mayflies of the Baetis vernus group (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) represents a major challenge in both Europe and North America. The recent description of B. jaervii Savolainen from Finland, a species taxonomically close to the Palaearctic taxon Baetis macani Kimmins and the Nearctic B. bundyae Lehmkuhl, called for clarification of the status and distribution of these species in northernmost Europe. We generated mtDNA COI sequences for establishing the identity of the collected samples. Based on these data we conclude that B. bundyae does occur in northeastern Finland in sympatry with B. macani. Accordingly, this taxon shows a highly interesting distributional pattern across the Nearctic and western Palaearctic regions.

Type
Systematics & Morphology
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2014 

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