Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) This is the most widespread species of burrowing mayflies in North America.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.1 - 11.6
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.1 - 11.6
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Population Biology
Number of Occurrences
Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: > 300
Comments: This species was recently reported from a few southern river sites in New Hampshire (Chandler et al., 2006). It was recently confirmed in Washington in the Snake River, Benton Co.; Lake Chelan, Chelan Co.; Tochet River, Columbia Co.; and historically in Spokane, Spokane Co. (McCafferty and Meyer, 2007). In Oregon, it occurs in Clackamas, Clatsop, Douglas, Gilliam, Klamath, Lane, Linn, Multnomah, Polk, and Umatilla Cos. (Meyer and McCafferty, 2007). In South Dakota, it occurs in Bon Homme, Brule, Clay, Corson, McCook, Meade, Moody, Turner, and Yankton Cos. (Guenther and McCafferty, 2008). In Washington, it occurs in Benton, Chelan, Columbia, and Spokane Cos. (Meyer and McCafferty, 2007). It was recently documented in the Humboldt River (just below the confluence of the North Fork), Nevada (Baumann and Kondratieff, 2000). In South Carolina, it occurs in Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Greenville, Hampton, Lexington, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg, and York Cos. (McCafferty and Meyer, 2008). McCafferty et al. (1997) cited occurrences in Oklahoma from Mayes Co. It was recently found in Fort Sill, Lawton, Camanche Co. Oklahoma (Zuellig et al., 2006). In California, it occurs in Butte, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glennk Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Merced, Modoc, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Shasta, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba Cos. (Meyer and McCafferty, 2008). It has been documented in South Milford, Nova Scotia (Jacobus and McCafferty, 2001).
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Life History and Behavior
Reproduction
Univoltine life history with adult emergence peaking in August (Lobinske et al., 1996.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Hexagenia limbata
There are 140 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Hexagenia limbata
Public Records: 52
Specimens with Barcodes: 145
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: This is the most widespread species of burrowing mayflies in North America.
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