ANIMALIA / ARTHROPODA / INSECTA / EPHEMEROPTERA / BAETIDAE / PSEUDOCLOEON / VINOSUM
Barnard (1932) described this species as follows: Imago: Paired intercalaries extending only to one space beyond MA1 or to CU1, or to anal angle. First cross-vein between R, and R, slightly proximal, or opposite, or slightly distal to cross-vein between R, and lR2. Body male 4.5-5.0 mm, female 5.0-5.5 mm; wing male 5 mm, female 5.5-6.0 mm; cerci 7-8 mm. Head pale ochre, medianly orange. Eyes black, ocelli white at tips. Prothorax brown, with orange transverse bar on anterior and posterior margins. Mesothorax dorsally castaneous brown, with pale yellow and darker brown markings, orange on humeral area, scutellum pale yellow, dark brown on either side; laterally and ventrally pale fulvous, with paler marks. Abdomen castaneous brown, with pale media-dorsal stripe, on each segment a comma-shaped mark, the tail of the comma pointing posteriorly and followed by a pale spot on either side of median line, faint on segment 9 and absent on segment 10; ventrally paler fulvous, uniform. Legs pale ochre. Cerci whitish, uniform. Wings clear, faintly milky in pterostigmal area, neuration pale brown. Nymph: Maxillary palp 3-jointed. Labial palp like that of B. bellus or Centroptilum excisum. Median cercus a little shorter than the others. Gills 6 pairs, none on the 1st segment, broadly oval. Up to 6 mm. Brown, with the abdominal pattern of imago. Cerci sepia, apical third of all three whitish. Gills transparent, tracheae dark.
Unknown.
Unknown.
South Africa (Western Cape).
The specis has been collected at these localities: Groot Drakenstein (October 1930, Mar. 1931); Silvermine Stream, Kalk Bay Mountains, Cape Peninsula (May 1931); Schusters R, Simonstown (Aug. 1931) (Barnard 1932).
Minnow mayfly nymphs are active swimmers or clingers (http://lifeinfreshwater.net/mayfly-nymphs-ephemeroptera/).
Herbivore - Folivore (leaf-eating)
The lifespan of adult mayflies ranges from several hours up to two days. Depends on the species and an ambient temperature plays a role too. The adult lifespan is so short, that there is no need for the insects to feed. Therefore the adult mayflies lack functional mouthparts and digestive tract. Nymphs are collectors/scrapers feeding on algae and detritus (http://lifeinfreshwater.net/mayfly-nymphs-ephemeroptera/).
Mayflies undergo incomplete metamorphosis. Their life cycle includes four stages – egg, nymph, subimago and adult (imago). Most species produce one or two generations per year (http://lifeinfreshwater.net/mayfly-nymphs-ephemeroptera/).
Unknown.
Fynbos.
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in African countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, or alien in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature.
FSA
SA
BOT
NAM
ESW
LES
WC
EC
NC
FS
GA
KZN
LP
MP
NW
Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
No known common names.
Classification
KINGDOM Animalia
PHYLUM Arthropoda
CLASS Insecta
ORDER Ephemeroptera
FAMILY Baetidae
GENUS Pseudocloeon
SPECIES vinosum
No results found for Pseudocloeon vinosum Barnard, 1932
Unknown.
10 results for Pseudocloeon vinosum Barnard, 1932
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1932
BOOK
South African may-flies (Ephemeroptera).Barnard, K.H.. 1932. South African may-flies (Ephemeroptera). Vol. 20 pp.201-259.
2021
WEBSITE
Mayfly nymphs (order Ephemeroptera).Hamrsky, J. 2021. Mayfly nymphs (order Ephemeroptera).. Lifeinfreshwater.net.
2021
UNPUBLISHED
List of Afrotropical mayfly families, genera and species, with synonyms (including authors and dates for all specific name changes).Barber-James, H.M.. 2021. List of Afrotropical mayfly families, genera and species, with synonyms (including authors and dates for all specific name changes)..