Publication details
Mayfly Ephemera glaucops (Ephemeroptera, Ephemeridae) recorded in the Czech Republic after almost a century
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Biodiversity Data Journal |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e90950 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e90950 |
| Keywords | aquatic insects; distribution; faunistics; mayflies |
| Description | The mayfly Ephemera (Sinephemera) glaucops Pictet, 1843 has been considered regionally extinct in the Czech Republic, with the last occurrence dating from 1933. Its extinction was connected with the anthropogenic changes of lowland rivers, forming the original habitat of E. glaucops within the area of the Czech Republic. However, the species has been reported as spreading in man-made, often post-industrial waterbodies in Germany, The Netherlands and Austria since the 1970s. the importance of post-industrial sites for aquatic biodiversity as surrogate biotopes for degraded original habitats. |