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Family Baetidae - Small Minnow Mayflies

Ephemeroptera: Baetidae: Procloeon rubropictum - Procloeon rubropictum - male

Mayfly - Callibaetis ferrugineus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Suborder Pisciforma

Family Baetidae (Small Minnow Mayflies)

Explanation of Names

Baetidae Leach 1815

Numbers

133 spp. in 24 genera in our area(1), ~960 spp. in >100 genera worldwide(2)

Size

Usually less than 15 mm

Identification

Male eyes are large, turban-shaped, and divided into two parts; hind wings very small to absent.

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Mayfly Central

2.	Barber-James H., Sartori M., Gattolliat J-L., Webb J. (2013) World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 11 December, 2004 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, tom murray, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 10:20am

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