Analysis of a single kick sample from a 2 order stream in Guilford, NY of known water quality showed slight variation among three 100 fixed-count subsamples in calculating EPT Richness at family and genus level of taxonomic resolution. EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) richness of one subsample varied enough to assign the site to a water quality level below other subsamples when c...

We identified a new species, Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) shigaensis, from Shiga and Gifu Prefectures, Japan, whose larvae are phoretic on nymphs of Plecoptera. Although this new species is morphologically similar to Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) asiaticus Hayashi (1998), which is phoretic on Megaloptera larvae, it differs from N. (P.) asiaticus: the color of the larval head capsule is l...

A field biorecon, short for bioreconnaissance, was performed in English Creek in order to gain further information on the ecological health of the watershed for use in the administration of Florida's Ecosystem Management Water Quality Assessment (EMWQAS) and Total Maximum Daily Loads programs. Surface water samples were also collected. All work conducted by EMWQAS was conducted according to est...

Collections of aquatic insect larvae in Norway, over a 40 d period in May and Aug 2002, resulted in finding more than 25 species and one new genus of Harpellales (Trichomycetes). Nine new fungal symbionts are described and named: Ephemerellomyces aquilonius (a new monotypic genus), Glotzia stenospora and Legeriosimilis europaeus in mayfly nymphs (Ephemeroptera); Genistelloides amplispora and G....