Pentagenia robusta

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA INSECTA EPHEMEROPTERA EPHEMERIDAE

Scientific Name: Pentagenia robusta
Species Authority: McDunnough, 1926
Common Name/s:
English – Robust Burrowing Mayfly, Robust Pentagenian Burrowing Mayfly
Synonym/s:
Pantagenia robusta McDunnough, 1926 [orth. error]
Taxonomic Notes: Note correction to scientific spelling of Pantagenia to Pentagenia.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Justification:
Known only from the Ohio River area. The type specimen was collected in 1926 (McCafferty 1994). This riverine species was probably sensitive to changes in river flow and water quality, especially increasing sedimentation.
History:
1996 – Extinct
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Regionally extinct:
United States (Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Pentagenia robusta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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