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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Small Minnow Mayflies (Baetidae) » Baetis

Genus Baetis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Baetidae, genus Baetis - Baetis Baetis flavistriga Fresh Water Amphipod ? - Baetis Callibaetis? - Baetis flavistriga male Diphetor hageni? - Baetis intercalaris - male Ephemeroptera - Baetis bicaudatus Baetis Ephemeroptera, came to UV light - Baetis tricaudatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Family Baetidae (Small Minnow Mayflies)
Genus Baetis
Explanation of Names
Baetis Leach 1815
Numbers
the largest mayfly genus, with 20 spp. in our area(1) and >150 worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide, by far most diverse in the Palaearctic, poorly represented in the tropics and essentially restricted to the n. hemisphere(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 Charley Eiseman on 15 January, 2009 - 8:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2014 - 10:53am

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