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 35 species in 11 genera recorded for Michigan, with another 15 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

Apobaetis Day, 1955

Apobaetis etowah (Traver), 1937 Pseudocloeon (McCafferty 2009)
     • Apobaetis indeprensus Day, 1955 (syn.)

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 pallidus
Banks, 1900 (McCafferty 2009)
  • Callibaetis semicostatus Banks, 1914
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 triangulifer (McDunnough), 1931 Cloeon
  • Centroptilum sp. 1 McCafferty & Davis, 1992
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

Iswaeon McCafferty and Webb, 2005

Iswaeon anoka (Daggy), 1945 Pseudocloeon
  • Cloeon alamance Traver, 1932

  • Heterocloeon anoka (Daggy), 1945 (comb.)
  • Pseudocloeon edmundsi Jensen, 1969

Paracloeodes Day, 1955

Paracloeodes fleeki McCafferty & Lenat 2003 - OH (expect in s. MI)
Paracloeodes minutus
(Daggy), 1945 Pseudocloeon - IN, WI, OH
  • Paracloeodes abditus Day, 1955

Plauditus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty, 1998

Plauditus cingulatus (McDunnough), 1931 Pseudocloeon
  • Baetis cinctutus McCafferty & Waltz, 1990
  • Plauditius cinctutus McCafferty & 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 & 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 & McCafferty, 1995
  • Acentrella sp. 2 Lugo-Ortiz & 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 rivulare
(Traver), 1935
Centroptilum - ON (McCafferty et al. 2008)
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 & McCafferty, 1989 – (McCafferty 2009)

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 -
collected on St. Clair River on Canadian side (McCafferty et al. 2008)
  • 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 & McCafferty), 1979 Baetis - IN, WI
  • Labiobaetis longipalpus (Morihara & 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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