References (From My Personal Library) to Kansas and vicinity (Great Plains, Ozarks) Aquatic Insect (and other Invertebrate) Fauna (& some aquatic ecology ref's):

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Last updated 27 Dec. 2005

  1. Abbott, J.C., K.W. Stewart, & S.R. Moulton, II, 1997, "Aquatic insects of the Big Thicket region of east Texas", Texas J. Sci., 49(5) Suppl: 35-50
  2. Alexander, K.D., & M.R. Whiles, 2000, "A new species of Ironoquia (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from an intermittant slough of the central Platte River, Nebraska", Ent. News, 111(1):1-7
  3. Batzer, D.P., R.B. Rader, & S.A. Wissinger (Eds.), 1999, Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of North America: ecology and management, John Wiley & Sons, NY
  4. Baumgardner, D.E., & J.H. Kennedy, 1999, "Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) of the Kiamichi River watershed, Oklahoma", J. Kansas Ent. Soc., 72(3):297-305
  5. Baumgardner, D.E., & N.A. Wiersma, 1999, "Additions to the inventory of Texas mayflies (Ephemeroptera)", Ent. News, 110(1):70-71
  6. Bergman, S.M., M.E. Eberle, & B.K. Obermeyer, 2000, "Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) in streams of northwestern Kansas", The Prairie Naturalist, 32(1):1-15
  7. Bowles, D.E., M.L. Mathis, & S.W. Hamilton, 1993, "A new species of Polycentropus Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Arkansas", Ent. News, 104(1):31-34 [P. stephani n. sp.]
  8. Brown, H.P., & D.G. Huggins, 1977, "Additions and corrections to the list of aquatic beetles of the families Dryopidae and Elmidae from Kansas", pp. 41-44 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1975, Tech. Publ. No. 1 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  9. Coler, B.G., 1983, "Kansas records of Chaoboraus (Diptera: Chaoboridae)", pp. 38-41 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1982, Tech. Publ. No. 13 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  10. Coler, B.G., & A. Slater, 1982, "Additions and corrections to the list of Dytiscidae of Kansas", pp. 43-48 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  11. Cook, R.E. & J.H. Kennedy, 2000, "Biology and energetics of Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in a Playa on the southern High Plains of Texas", Ann. Ent. Soc. Am.  93(2):244-250
  12. Davis, J.R. (Ed.), 1982, "Proceedings of the symposium on recent benthological investigations in Texas and adjacent states", Aquatic Sciences Section, Texas Academy of Science, Austin, TX
  13. Durfee, R.S., & B.C. Kondratieff, 1993, "Description of adults of Baetis magnus, (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)", Ent. News, 104(5):227-232 [Colorado, Nebraska]
  14. Durfee, R.S., & B.C. Kondratieff, 1994, "New additions to the inventory of Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera)", Ent. News, 105(4):222-227
  15. Durfee, R.S., & B.C. Kondratieff, 1999, "Notes on North American Baetis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae): Baetis moffatti new synonym of B. tricaudatus and range extension for B. bundyae", Ent. News, 110(3):177-180 [Colorado, Minnesota]  
  16. Edmonds, W.T., Jr., 1976, Collecting and preserving Kansas invertebrates, Tech. Publ. No. 14, State Biological Survey of Kansas
  17. Ferrington, L.C., Jr., 1981, "Kansas Chironomidae. Part 1.", pp. 45-51 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1980, Tech. Publ. No. 10 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  18. Ferrington, L.C., Jr., 1982, "Kansas Chironomidae. Part II. The Tanypodinae", pp. 49-69 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  19. Ferrington, L.C., Jr., 1983, "Kansas Chironomidae. Part III: The Harnischia complex", pp. 48-62 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1982, Tech. Publ. No. 13 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  20. Ferrington, L.C., Jr., 1987, Freshwater sponges of Kansas and their associated invertebrate fauna, Report No. 36 of the State Biological Survey of Kansas
  21. Finck, D.H., & B.W. Sweeney, 1994, "The larvae of eastern North American Eurylophella Tiensuu (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 120(3):209-286
  22. Flint, O.S., & P.A. Harp, 1990, "Lepidostoma (Nosopus) ozarkense (Trichoptera: Lepidostomatidae), a new species from Arkansas", Ent. News, 101(2):81-87
  23. Frania, H.E., & G.B. Wiggins, 1997, Analysis of morphological and behavioural evidence for the phylogeny and higher classification of Trichoptera (Insecta), Royal Ont. Museum Life Sciences Contr. 160, ROM, Toronto
  24. Galatowitsch, S.M., & A.G. van der Valk, 1998,  "Restoring prairie wetlands: an ecological approach", Iowas State Univ. Press, Ames, IA
  25. Gelhaus, J.K., 1982, "New records and distribution notes for Kansas craneflies excluding Limonia (Diptera: Tipulidae)", pp. 70-88 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of KansasGelhaus, J.K., & E.M. May, 1983, "New records and distributional notes for Kansas craneflies (Diptera: Tipulidae)", pp. 42-47 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1982, Tech. Publ. No. 13 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  26. Gilbert, C., 1979, "New records of Kansas Hydrophilidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)", pp. 23-30 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1978, Tech. Publ. No. 8 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  27. Gilbert, C., 1980, "New records of Kansas Hydrophilidae: Epimetopus, Helocharus, Hydrochus, Laccobius,, and Tropisternus (Insecta: Coleoptera)", pp. 54-59 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1979, Tech. Publ. No. 9 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  28. Glover, J.B., & M.A. Floyd, 2004, Larvae of the genus Nectopsyche (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) in eastern North America, including a new species from North Carolina, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 23(3):526-541
  29. Gupta, T.S. & K.W. Stewart, 2000, "Life history and case building behavior of Molanna tryphaena (Trichoptera: Molannidae) in two east Texas spring-fed streams", Ann. Ent. Soc. Am.  93(1):65-74
  30. Hamilton, S.W., & G.A. Schuster, 1979, "Records of Trichoptera from Kansas, II. The families Glossosomatidae, Helicopsychidae, Hydropsychidae, and Ryacophilidae", pp. 15-22, in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1978, Tech. Publ. No. 68of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  31. Hamilton, S.W., & G.A. Schuster, 1980, "Records of Trichoptera from Kansas. III. The families Limnephilidae, Phryganeidae, Polycentropidae, and Sericostomatidae", pp. 20-29 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1979, Tech. Publ. No. 9 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  32. Hamilton, S.W., G.A. Schuster, & M.B. DuBois, 1983, "Checklist of the Trichoptera of Kansas", Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 86(1):10-23 [Includes a map of major drainage units in Kansas.]
  33. Harris, M.A., B.C. Kondratieff, & T.P. Boyle,  1999, "Macroinvertebrate community structure of three prairie streams", J. Kansas Ent. Soc., 72(4):402-425 
  34. Houghton, D.C., & K.W. Stewart, 1998, "Seasonal flight periodicities of six microcaddislfies (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae, Glossosomatidae) in the Brazos River, Texas, with notes on larval biology", Ent. News, 109(2):103-109
  35. Huggins, D.G., 1978, "Additional records of Kansas Odonata", pp. 1-35 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1977, Tech. Publ. No. 6 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  36. Huggins, D.G., 1980, "The spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) of Kansas", pp. 67-70 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1979, Tech. Publ. No. 9 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  37. Huggins, D.G., 1981, "New state and distributional records for Kansas Plecoptera", pp. 65-70 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1980, Tech. Publ. No. 10 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  38. Huggins, D.G., 1983, "New Kansas records of Odonata", pp. 24-25 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1982, Tech. Publ. No. 13 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  39. Huggins, D.G., P.M. Liechti, & L.C. Ferrington, Editors, 1985, "Guide to the freshwater invertebrates of the Midwest", 2nd Edition, Tech. Publ. No. 11, Kansas Biological Survey, The Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence. [Guide to collecting and surveying techniques and keys to family level for immature forms of aquatic invertebrates.]
  40. Huggins, D.G., P.M. Liechti, & D.W. Roubik, 1976, "Species accounts for certain aquatic macroinvertebrates from Kansas (Odonata, Hemiptera, Coleoptera and Spaeriidae)", pp. 13-77 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1975, Tech. Publ. No. 1 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  41. Huntsman, B.O., R.W. Baumann, & B.C. Kondratieff, 2001, "The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of South Dakota", Ent. News, 112(2):104-111
  42. Hynes, H.B.N., 1960, "The biology of polluted waters", Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto
  43. Jasper, S.K., & R.C. Vogtsberger, 1996, "First Texas records of five geenra of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes", Ent. News, 107(1):49-60
  44. Klubertanz, T.H., 1995, "Survey of Iowa mayflies (Ephemeroptera)", J. Kansas Ent. Soc., 68(1):20-26
  45. Klubertanz, T.H., & D. M. Jones, 1999, "Adults of Camelobaetidius walzi (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), with field notes", Ent. News, 110(3):173-176 [Nebraska]
  46. Kondratieff, B.C., & J.V. Ward, 1987, "Taeniopteryx burksi (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Colorado, with notes on aquatic insects of plains streams", Ent. News, 98(1):13-16
  47. Liechti, P.M., 1978, "Stenonema mayfly records from Kansas", pp. 53-58 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1977, Tech. Publ. No. 6 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  48. Liechti, P.M., 1979, "Caenis mayfly records for Kansas", pp. 12-14 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1978, Tech. Publ. No. 8 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  49. Liechti, P.M., 1982, "Five additional Ephemeroptera genera from Kansas", pp. 13-16 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  50. Liechti, P.M., 1980, "Baetis mayfly records for Kansas", pp. 15-19 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1979, Tech. Publ. No. 9 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  51. Liechti, P.M., 1981, "Kansas mayfly records for the genera Potamanthus, Pentagenia, Ephemera, Ephoron, and Tortopus", pp. 52-56 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1980, Tech. Publ. No. 10 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  52. Liechti, P.M., 1983, "Siphlonurus (Ephemeroptera: Siphloneuridae) in Kansas", pp. 34-37 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1982, Tech. Publ. No. 13 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  53. Liechti, P.M., & D.G. Huggins, 1977, "Records of Megaloptera in Kansas", pp. 45-50 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1975, Tech. Publ. No. 1 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  54. Lugo-Ortiz, C.R., & W.P. McCafferty, "Taxonomy of the North and Central American species of Camelobaetidius (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)", Ent. News, 106(4):178-192
  55. Lyon, M.L., & B.P. Stark, 1997, "Alloperla (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) of western North America", Ent. News, 108(5):321-334
  56. Mathis, M.L., & D.E. Bowles, 1992, "A preliminary survey of the Trichoptera of the Ozark Mts., Missouri", Ent. News, 103(1):19-29
  57. May, E.M., 1982, "Records of Limonia craneflies in Kansas (Diptera: Tipulidae)", pp. 89-93 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  58. May, E.M., 1982, "New records of Kansas Hydrophilidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)", pp. 94-104 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  59. McCafferty, W.P., 1975, "The burrowing mayflies of the United States (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 101(3):447-504
  60. McCafferty, W.P., 1989, "Characterization and relationships of the subgenera of Isonychia (Ephemeroptera: Oligoneuridae)", Ent. News, 100(2):72-78
  61. McCafferty, W.P., 1990, "Revisionary synopsis of the Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) of North and Middle America", trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 116(4):769-799
  62. McCafferty, W.P., 1994, "Distributional and classificatory supplement to the burrowing mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Ephemoidea) of the United States", Ent. News, 105(1):1-13
  63. McCafferty, W.P., 1996, "The Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of North America Online", Ent. News, 107(1):61-63
  64. McCafferty, W.P., 1996, "The Ephemeroptera species of North America and index to their complete nomencalture", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 122(1):1-54
  65. McCafferty, W.P., & J.R. Davis, 1992, "New and additional records of small minnow mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Texas", Ent. News, 103(5):199-209 Merritt, R.W., & K.W. Cummins (Editors), 1996, An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America, 3rd Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa
  66. McCafferty, W.P., T.H. Klubertanz, R.P. Randolph, A.V. Provonsha, H.R. Lawson & B.C. Kondratieff, 2001, "Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the Great Plains.  I: Nebraska", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 127(1):5-29
  67. McCafferty, W.P., & B.C. Kondratieff, 1999, "Additions to the South Dakota Ephemeroptera", Ent. News, 110(3):190-191
  68. McCafferty, W.P., & T.-Q. Wang, 2000, "Phylogenetic systematics of the major lineages of Pannote Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Pannota)", Tran. Ent. Soc. AM.  126(1):9-101
  69. Mock, D.E., & P.H. Adler, 2002, Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Kansas: Review, new records, and pest status, J. Kans. Entomol. Soc., 75(3):203-213
  70. Morihara, D.K., & W.P. McCafferty, 1979, "The Baetis larvae of North America (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 105(2):139-221
  71. Morse, J.C., 1993, "A checklist of the Trichoptera of North America, including Greenland and Mexico", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 119(1):47-93
  72. Moulton, S.R., II, & K.W. Stewart, 1993, "A new species in the Polycentropus cinerus group (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Arkansas and Texas", Ent. News, 104(1):35-38
  73. Moulton, S.R., II, & K.W. Stewart, 1996, Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the interior highlands of North America, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 56, The American Ent. Inst., Gainesville, FL
  74. Murkin, H.R., A.G. van der Valk, & W.R. Clark (Eds.), 2000, "Prairie wetland ecology: the contribution of The Marsh Ecology Research Program", Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA
  75. Oesch, R.D., 1995, "Missouri Naiades: a guide to the mussels of Missouri", Missouri Dept. of Conservation, Columbia, MO
  76. Oldham, T.W., 1977, "Distributional records of mosquitos in Kansas", pp. 51-62 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1976, Tech. Publ. No. 4 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  77. Oldham, T.W., 1978, "New records of aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera in Kansas", pp. 59-69 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1977, Tech. Publ. No. 6 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  78. Prather, A. L. & J.C. Morse, 2001, "Eastern Nearctic Rhyacophila species, with revision of the Rhyacophila invaria group (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae), Trans. Ent. Soc. Am., 127(1):85-166
  79. Provonsha, A.V., 1990, "A revision of the genus Caenis in North America (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae)", Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 116(4):801-884
  80. Roble, S.M., 1984, "First records of Limnephilus submonilifer (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) and Neohermes concolor (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) from Kansas", Trans. Ks. Acad. Sci., 87(1-2):69-70
  81. Rosenberg, D.M., & H.V. Danks, 1987, "Aquatic insects of peatlands and marshes in Canada", Mem. No. 140 of the Entomol. Soc. of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
  82. Ross, H.H., 1944, The caddis flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois, Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 23(1):1-326
  83. Ruiter, D.E., 1990, "A new species of Neotrichia (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Colorado with additions & corrections to the distribution & records of Colorado Trichoptera", Ent. News, 101(2):88-92
  84. Schuster, G.A., & S.W. Hamilton, 1978, "Records of the Trichopteran families Hydroptilidae, Philopotamidae, and Psychomiidae from Kansas", pp. 36-47 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1977, Tech. Publ. No. 6 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  85. Slater, A., 1979, "Additions and corrections to the list of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Kansas", pp. 31-37 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1978, Tech. Publ. No. 8 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  86. Slater, A., 1980, "New records of Dryopidae and Elmidae from Kansas", pp. 60-66 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1979, Tech. Publ. No. 9 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  87. Slater, A., 1981, "Aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera in the collection of the State Biological Survey of Kansas", pp. 71-88 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1980, Tech. Publ. No. 10 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  88. Slater, A., 1982, "Aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera in the collection of the State Biological Survey of Kansas: Addendum", pp. 39-42 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1981, Tech. Publ. No. 12 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  89. Snyder, T.P., & D.G. Huggins, 1980, "Kansas blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) with notes on distribution and ecology", pp. 30-34 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1979, Tech. Publ. No. 9 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  90. Stewart, K.W., & D.G. Huggins, 1977, "Kansas Plecoptera (Stoneflies)", pp. 31-40 in New records of the fauna and flora of Kansas for 1976, Tech. Publ. No. 4 of the State Biol. Surv. of Kansas
  91. van der Valk, A. (Ed.), 1989, "Northern prairie wetlands", Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA
  92. Waltz, R.D., D.E. Baumgardner, & J.H. Kennedy, 1996, "An atypical larval color form of Baetis intercalaris (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Pennsylvania and the Kiamichi River basin of southeastern Oklahoma", Ent. News, 107(2):83-87
  93. Wiersma, N.A., 1998, "Camelobaetidius variabilis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), a new species from Texas, Oklahoma, and Mexico", Ent. News, 109(1):21-26
  94. Wiersma, N.A., 1998, "Newly reported and little known mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Texas", Ent. News, 109(1):27-32
  95. Wiersma, N.A., 1999, "Plauditus texanus (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), a new small minnow mayfly from Texas", Ent. News, 110(5):281-284
  96. Wiersma, N.A., 1999, "Two new species of Procleon (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Texas", Ent. News, 110(1):27-35
  97. Wiersma, N.A., & S.K. Burian, 1999, "Centroptilum ozarkensum (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae): a new long-clawed baetid from Missouri", J. Kansas Ent. Soc.  72(2):177-180
  98. Wiersma, N.A., & W.P. McCafferty, 1998, "A new species of Pseudocentroptiloides (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), with revisions to previously unnamed baetid species from Texas", Ent. News, 109(2):110-116
  99. Wiersma, N.A., & W.P. McCafferty, 1999, "Americabaetis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Texas: first USA record and adult description of A. pleturus", Ent. News, 110(1):36-38
  100. Wiggins, G.B., 1998, The caddislfy family Phryganeidae (Trichoptera), University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  101. Williams, D.D., 1987, "The ecology of temporary waters", Blackwell, London
  102. Zimmerman, J.L., 1990, "Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in jeopardy", Univ. of Kansas Press, Lawrence, KS
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