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The Mayflies of Europe E. Bauernfeind, T. Soldan Apollo Books, Ollerup, Denmark 2012; 781 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-45-3 US$192, CAN$204, £118, €140 (hardcover) ![Graphic][1] At nearly 4.5 pounds (2 kg), The Mayflies of Europe is a hefty tome comprised of 781 pages. This long-anticipated volume is a necessary resource for anyone with a serious interest in the insect order Ephemeroptera. It is the first monographic work of its kind to cover all of Europe since the Rev. A. E. Eaton (1883–1888) did so about 130 years ago. The scope of the work extends to include extra-limital species from Asia and Africa and includes a wealth of information about taxonomy, morphology, distributions, life cycles, and general mayfly ecology applicable to many groups also found elsewhere in the world. The current comprehensive compilation for 369 different species is staggeringly impressive and very nearly perfectly exhaustive. I found only one omission regarding an obscure and perhaps questionable report of the European species Baetis vernus Curtis, 1834 (Baetidae) from Greenland (Mosely 1929). The various discussions about historical and current problems in the study of mayflies are informative and seriously thought-provoking. Distribution and life cycle data are organized conveniently in tables towards the back of the book. More than 2,500 works are cited in the References section, covering pre-Linnean times through to the year of publication. … lukemjacobus{at}alumni.purdue.edu [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif
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