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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae)

Family Ephemeridae - Common Burrower Mayflies

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Large Mayfly - Hexagenia Mayfly - Hexagenia limbata - female large Mayfly - Hexagenia mayfly - Hexagenia Ephemeroptera sp. - Hexagenia Mayfly? - Hexagenia Hexagenia bilineata? - Hexagenia bilineata I think this is Hexagenia limbata - Hexagenia limbata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Furcatergalia
Infraorder Scapphodonta
Superfamily Ephemeroidea
Family Ephemeridae (Common Burrower Mayflies)
Numbers
12 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1), 80 spp. in 7 genera total(2)
Size
10-30 mm
Identification
Size large; M and Cu veins in front wings strongly divergent(3); larvae have long cylidrical bodies, tapered at both ends, sharp mandibles that curve outward like tusks, long fringed antenna, three cauda (anal filaments); legs adapted for digging(4)
Range
worldwide(2)
Habitat
Streams, lakes and nearby; larvae burrow in sand, silt; adults come to lights
Season
Summer
Works Cited
1.Mayfly Central
2.Barber-James H., Sartori M., Gattolliat J-L., Webb J. (2013) World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species
3.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
4.The Common Insects of North America
Lester A. Swan, Charles S. Papp. 1972. Harper & Row.
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 March, 2005 - 4:37am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 February, 2014 - 9:39am

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