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Genus Maccaffertium

Heptageniidae (Flatheaded Mayfly) - Maccaffertium - male

Maccaffertium? - Maccaffertium mediopunctatum

Heptageniid - Maccaffertium modestum - male

flatheaded mayfly nymph - Maccaffertium mediopunctatum

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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