Genus Ephemera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Ephemera blanda? - Ephemera blanda - female

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)

Genus Ephemera

Explanation of Names

Ephemera Linnaeus 1758

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1), >50 total(2)

Identification

E. guttulata: terminal filaments (tails) dark

E. varia: hind wing spotless, abdomen lighter

E. blanda: three spots on the forewing, none on the hind wing, abdominal terga whitish

Range

holarctic & Oriental, most diverse in Asia(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 Beatriz Moisset on 29 June, 2005 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2014 - 10:13pm

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