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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Heptagenioidea » Flatheaded Mayflies (Heptageniidae) » Maccaffertium

Genus Maccaffertium

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Ephemeroptera - Maccaffertium Mayfly - Maccaffertium modestum Mayfly, maybe? - Maccaffertium Maccaffertium ? - Maccaffertium Mayfly - Maccaffertium 2018-10-04 Small-eyed pale mayfly - Maccaffertium Ephemeroptera Family & Genus Unknown - Maccaffertium modestum Maccaffertium modestum? - Maccaffertium modestum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Superfamily Heptagenioidea
Family Heptageniidae (Flatheaded Mayflies)
Genus Maccaffertium
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stenonema Traver 1933 --all our spp. are treated in that genus in(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Maccaffertium Bednarik 1979
Numbers
ca. 20 spp., all in our area(3)(4)
Range
mostly e. NA, esp. diverse in se. US(3)
Works Cited
1.Kondratieff B.C., ed. (2000-) Mayflies of the United States
2.Hadden J. (2010) Upper Delaware River insect identification
3.Mayfly Central
4.Barber-James H., Sartori M., Gattolliat J-L., Webb J. (2013) World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species
Contributed by tom murray on 19 May, 2006 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2014 - 7:59am

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