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PARTHENOGENESIS IN THE BURROWING MAYFLY HEXAGENIA RIGIDA (EPHEMEROPTERA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. K. Friesen  and
J. F. Flannagan
M. K. Friesen
Affiliation:
Freshwater Institute, Department of the Environment, Winnipeg, Manitoba
J. F. Flannagan
Affiliation:
Freshwater Institute, Department of the Environment, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Parthenogenesis in North American mayflies occurs in Ameletus ludens Needham (Clemens 1922), Ephoron album (Say) (Britt 1962), Stenonema fermoratum (Say) (McCafferty and Huff 1974), S. interpunctatum (Say), S. pulchellum (Walsh), and S. vicarium (Walker) (Huff and McCafferty 1974). Attempts to determine its occurrence in the genus Hexagenia are reported for H. limbata occulta Walker (Neave 1932), H. limbata (Serville) (Hunt 1953), and H. bilineata (Say) (Thomforde and Fremling 1968). The purpose of this note is to report hatching in unfertilized eggs of H. rigida McDunnough.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 11 , November 1976 , pp. 1295
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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