Aquatic Insects of Michigan

by Ethan Bright, Museum of Zoology Insect Division and School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan

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Baetidae

There are 29 species in 8 genera recorded for Michigan, with another 13 species and 4 new genera that are likely to also occur given their known regional distribution.

Acentrella Bengtsson, 1912

Acentrella ampla (Traver), 1932 Baetis - IN, OH, WI
Acentrella parvula (McDunnough), 1932 Pseudocloeon
     • Baetis armillatus
McCafferty and Waltz, 1990
     • Plauditus armillatus
McCafferty and Waltz, 1990
     • Plauditus parvulus
McDunnough, 1932
Acentrella turbida
(McDunnough), 1924 Pseudocloeon
     • Acentrella carolina Banks, 1924
     • Cloeon carolina Banks, 1924
     • Pseudocloeon carolina Banks, 1924

Acerpenna Waltz and McCafferty, 1987

Acerpenna macdunnoughi (Ide), 1937 Baetis
Acerpenna pygmaea (Hagen), 1861 Cloe
     . Acerpenna sp. 1 McCafferty and Davis, 1992
     • Acerpenna harti (McDunnough), 1924
     • Baetis harti McDunnough, 1924
     • Baetis pygmaeus (Hagen), 1861
     • Baetis spiethi Berner, 1940

Baetis Leach, 1815

Baetis brunneicolor McDunnough, 1925
     • Baetis anachris Burks, 1953
     • Baetis hiemalis Leonard, 1950
     • Baetis phyllis Burks, 1953
Baetis flavistriga McDunnough, 1921
     • Baetis cingulatus McDunnough, 1925
     • Baetis levitans McDunnough, 1925
     • Baetis nanus McDunnough, 1923
     • Baetis ochris Burks, 1953
     • Baetis pallidula McDunnough, 1924
     • Baetis pallidulus McDunnough, 1924
     • Baetis phoebus McDunnough, 1923
     • Baetis quebecensis Hubbard, 1974
     • Baetis sinuosus Navas, 1924
Baetis intercalaris McDunnough, 1921
     • Baetis lasallei Banks, 1924
Baetis pluto McDunnough, 1925
Baetis tricaudatus Dodds, 1923
     • Baetis incertans McDunnough, 1925
     • Baetis intermedius Dodds, 1923
     • Baetis jesmondensis McDunnough, 1938
     • Baetis moffati Dodds, 1923
     • Baetis moffatti Dodds, 1923
     • Baetis sp. No. 1 Traver, 1932
     • Baetis vagans McDunnough, 1925

Callibaetis Eaton, 1881

Callibaetis ferrugineus ferrugineus (Walsh), 1862 Cloe
     • Baetis ferrugineus (Walsh), 1862
Callibaetis fluctuans (Walsh), 1862 Cloe
     • Baetis fluctuans Walsh, 1862
     • Callibaetis traverae Upholt, 1937
Callibaetis pretiosus Banks, 1914 - N. Br. AuSable River nr. Lovells, Crawford Co. 24 May 1936; Paw Paw, Van Buren Co. 12 July 1940
INHS
Callibaetis skokianus Needham, 1903
     • Callibaetis brevicostatus Daggy, 1945

Centroptilum Eaton, 1881

Centroptilum alamance (Traver), 1932 Neocloeon
     . Cloeon alamance Traver, 1932
Centroptilum album (McDunnough), 1926 Procloeon
     . Procloeon sp. 2 McCafferty and Davis 1992
Centroptilum convexum (Ide), 1930 Procloeon
Centroptilum victoriae McDunnough, 1938 - N. A. Wiersema, UMMZINS-01528
Centroptilum walshi (McDunnough, 1929) - IL, IN, WI
     . Procloeon walshi McDunnough, 1929

Cloeon Leach, 1815

Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus), 1761 – IL, IN, OH
     . Cloeon cognatum Stephens, 1835

Diphetor Waltz and McCafferty, 1987

Diphetor hageni (Eaton), 1885 Baetis - IL, IN, OH, WI
     . Baetis herodes Burks, 1953
     . Baetis parvus Dodds, 1923
     . Baetis unicolor Hagen, 1861

Heterocloeon McDunnough, 1925

Heterocloeon curiosum (McDunnough), 1923 Baetis - WI
     . Centroptilum curiosum McDunnough, 1923
     . Rheobaetis traverae Muller-Liebenau, 1974

Paracloeodes Day, 1955

Paracloeodes minutus (Daggy), 1945 Pseudocloeon - IN, WI
     . Paracloeodes abditus Day, 1955

Plauditus Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty, 1998

Plauditus cingulatus (McDunnough), 1931 Pseudocloeon
     . Baetis cinctutus McCafferty and Waltz, 1990
     . Plauditus cinctutus McCafferty and Waltz, 1990
Plauditus dubius (Walsh), 1862 Cloe
     . Baetis dubius Walsh, 1862
     . Cloeon chlorops McDunnough, 1923
     . Cloeon dubium Walsh, 1862
     . Pseudocloeon chlorops McDunnough, 1923
     . Pseudocloeon dubium Walsh, 1862
Plauditus punctiventris (McDunnough), 1923 Cloeon
     . Baetis punctiventris McDunnough, 1923
     . Baetis sp. 1 McCafferty and Davis, 1992
     . Psuedocloeon anoka Daggy, 1945
     . Pseudocloeon edmundsi Jensen, 1969
     . Pseudocloeon myrsum Burks, 1953
     . Pseudocloeon punctiventris (McDunnough), 1923
Plauditus virilis (McDunnough), 1923 Cloeon - IN, OH
     . Acentrella sp. 1 Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty, 1995
     . Acentrella sp. 2 Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty, 1995
     . Baetis virile, virilis McDunnough, 1923
     . Cloeon virilis McDunnough, 1923
     . Pseudocloeon virile, virilis McDunnough, 1923

Procloeon Bengtsson, 1915

Procloeon bellum (McDunnough), 1924 Centroptilum
Procloeon fragile (McDunnough), 1923 Centroptilum
Procloeon mendax (Walsh), 1862 Cloeon
Procloeon pennulatum (Eaton), 1870 Centroptilum - Mackinaw Co. (Merritt et al. 2002)
     . Centroptilum infrequens McDunnough, 1924
     . Pseudocentroptilum pennulatum Eaton, 1870
Procloeon quaesitum (McDunnough), 1931 Centroptilum - IN
Procloeon rubropictum
(McDunnough), 1923 Cloeon
Procloeon rufostrigatum (McDunnough), 1924 Centroptilum
     . Centroptilum bistrigatum Daggy, 1945
Procloeon simplex (McDunnough), 1925 Cloeon
Procloeon viridoculare (Berner), 1940 Centroptilum

Pseudocentroptiloides Jacob, 1986

Pseudocentroptiloides usa Waltz and McCafferty, 1989 – IN, OH

Pseudocloeon Klapálek, 1905

Pseudocloeon dardanum (McDunnough), 1923 Baetis - IL, IN, OH, WI
     . Baetis elachistus Burks, 1953
     . Labiobaetis dardanus McDunnough, 1923
Pseudocloeon ephippiatum (Traver), 1935 Baetis - IN
     . Labiobaetis ephippiatus Traver, 1935
Pseudocloeon frondale (McDunnough), 1923 Baetis - IL, IN, OH, WI
     . Baetis australis Traver, 1932
     . Baetis baeticatus Burks, 1953
     . Labiobaetis frondalis McDunnough, 1925
Pseudocloeon longipalpus ((Morihara and McCafferty), 1979 Baetis - IN, WI
     . Labiobaetis longipalpus (Morihara and McCafferty), 1979
Pseudocloeon propinquum (Walsh), 1863 Cloe
     . Baetis propinquus (Walsh), 1863
     . Baetis spinosus McDunnough, 1925
     . Cloe vicina Walsh, 1862 (hom. C. vicina Hagen, 1861)
     . Labiobaetis propinquus Walsh, 1863

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