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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Carapacea » Armored Mayflies (Baetiscidae)

Family Baetiscidae - Armored Mayflies

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
fat spiny Mayfly larva - Baetisca laurentina Mayfly Larva - Baetisca laurentina Mayfly Larva - Baetisca laurentina Mayfly Larva - Baetisca laurentina Baetisca carolina? - Baetisca small brown mayfly with turbinate eyes - Baetisca laurentina - male small chubby brown mayfly - Baetisca laurentina Baetisca sp. - Baetisca
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Carapacea
Family Baetiscidae (Armored Mayflies)
Numbers
a single genus 12 spp. total, all of in our area(1)(2)
Range
nearctic family more diverse in the east, esp. se. US; 2 spp. are transcontinental in the north, 1 sp. is restricted to nw. NA(1)(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 tom murray on 19 May, 2006 - 10:43pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 February, 2014 - 9:25am

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