Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958

Rogers, D. Christopher & Hill, Matthew A., 2013, Annotated Checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA, with the “ rediscovery ” of a new species of Branchinecta (Anostraca: Branchinectidae), Zootaxa 3694 (3), pp. 249-261 : 251

Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958

New records. OREGON: Grant Co.: Pool along Highway 395, between Seneca and Silvies, 29 March 2007, D.C. Rogers. Umatilla Co.: Pools in the vicinity of Pilot Rock, near the landing strip at Wegner Gulch Road, west to the landing strip at Cattle Drive Road, 21 April 2009, D.C Rogers. Pools along the Pendleton-John Day Highway, south of Nye, 29 March 2007, D.C Rogers. WASHINGTON: Grant County: Highway 17 at Highway 2, Dry Falls Dam, 47º37’26”N, 119º19’55”W, 13 April 1999, R.E. Hill, DCR-203. Spokane Co.: Pool southwest of Cheney, on Mullinix Road, 6.8 km southwest of State Route 904, 30 April 2006, M. A. Hill.

Comments. Lynch (1958) reported this species from 43 separate localities in Adams, Grant, Lincoln and Spokane counties, but did not provide site specific data. All the Lynch material examined at the USNM came from the vicinity of Creston and Davenport, Washington, so we cannot be certain that our Washington localities are new. We did verify that the type locality still exists, and supports B. cornigera . Fugate (1992) first reported B. cornigera from Oregon from Nye in Umatilla County. Our collections from that county are close to his site.