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Family Palingeniidae - Riverbed Burrower Mayflies

Mayfly from my bedroom - Pentagenia vittigera Palingeniidae: Pentagenia vittigera? - Pentagenia vittigera mayfly at blacklight - Pentagenia vittigera Mayfly - Pentagenia vittigera - female Mayfly - Pentagenia vittigera What is the species of this Mayfly? - Pentagenia vittigera large mayfly - Pentagenia vittigera Pentagenia vittigera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Furcatergalia
Infraorder Scapphodonta
Superfamily Ephemeroidea
Family Palingeniidae (Riverbed Burrower Mayflies)
Numbers
a single genus in our area, with one extant and one recently extinct sp.(1), 32 spp. in 6 genera total (NB: not counting Pentagenia)(2)
Range
Old World(2) (all the genera (except Pentagenia); in our area, e. NA & so. US(1)