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

Family Baetidae - Small Minnow Mayflies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Callibaetis pretiosus - female imago - Callibaetis pretiosus - female Baetid Baetidae, Acentrella turbida - Acentrella turbida Baetidae? Genus, if possible. - male baetid - female Callibaetis ? - Callibaetis floridanus Very Small Mayfly 1 - Procloeon nelsoni Callibaetis ? - Callibaetis skokianus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Family Baetidae (Small Minnow Mayflies)
Explanation of Names
Baetidae Leach 1815
Numbers
133 spp. in 24 genera in our area(1), ~960 spp. in >100 genera worldwide(2)
Size
Usually less than 15 mm
Identification
Male eyes are large, turban-shaped, and divided into two parts; hind wings very small to absent.
Range
worldwide and throughout 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 Tony DiTerlizzi on 11 December, 2004 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, tom murray, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 10:20am

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