Tasmanian Mayflies : Identification, Ecology, Behaviour and Imitation / Ron Thresher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thresher, Ron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

An essential reference on Tasmania's diverse mayflies, ideal for aquatic biologists and flyfishers.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

1: Why mayflies?

2: The biology of mayflies

The mayfly life cycle

The ecology of mayflies

3: Identifying mayflies

Not mayflies

Using this book to identify a mayfly

Parts of a mayfly

Taxonomic terminology

4: Keys to the mayfly families of south-east Australia

Nymphs

Sub-adults and adults

Mainland families not found in Tasmania

5: Primitive Minnow Mayflies - Oniscigastridae

Highland Dun and allies - Tasmanophlebia

6: Primitive Minnow Mayflies - Nesameletidae

Ameletoides spp.

7: Small Minnow Mayflies - Baetidae

Keys to the genera of Tasmanian baetids

Baetid genera not found in Tasmania

Bungona

Little Green Duns - Skolomystax tasmaniensis

Cloeon

Blue-winged Olives (sort of) - Offadens

Keys to the Tasmanian Offadens

8: Prong-gilled Mayflies - Leptophlebiidae

Keys to genera of Tasmanian leptophlebiids

The Lambda Duns - Atalophlebia

Keys to Tasmanian Atalophlebia

Black Spinner - Atalophlebia albiterminata

Red Spinner - Atalophlebia australis

Brown Spinner - Atalophlebia superba

Rusty Spinner and allies - Austrophlebioides

White-spot Duns - Garinjuga

Little Brown Spinners - Koorrnonga

Koorrnonga brunnea?

Koorrnonga Sp 2 - Anncy's Mayfly

Koorrnonga Sp 3

Orange Spinners - Loamaggalangta pedderensis

Speckled Spinners/Duns - Marmenuera

Keys to the species of Marmenuera

Little Black (or brown or multicoloured) Spinners - Nousia

Little Black Spinner (#1) - Nousia delicatula

Little Black Spinner (#2) - Nousia fuscula

Bicoloured Nousia

Other Nousia

Elbow Patch Dun - Nousia Sp 3

Olive Nousia - Sp 4

Possibly also Nousia Sp 4

Nousia Sp 5

Nousia Sp 6

Nousia Sp 7

Nousia Sp 8

Nousia Sp 9

Nousia Sp 10 - Everett's Mayfly

Nousia Sp 11.

Other other Nousia

Golden Brown Spinners - Tillyardophlebia

Leptophlebiid Genus Z

New leptophlebiid genus? - 'robusta'

9: Small Squaregills - Caenidae

Tasmanocoenis

10: The status of mayflies in Tasmania

Why the decline?

Are there any endangered or vulnerable mayfly species in Tasmania?

11: Mayfly hatches - where, when and what

12: Fly patterns that have worked for me

Lambda Duns

Little Black Spinners

Blue-winged Olives

Caenids

Highland Dun

Glossary

Further reading

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781486316120

1486316123

OCLC:

1396062041