Polymitarcyidae

Polymitarcyidae is a family of pale burrower mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are about 10 genera and more than 90 described species in Polymitarcyidae.[1][2][3][4]

Polymitarcyidae
Ephoron virgo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Suborder: Schistonota
Superfamily: Ephemeroidea
Family: Polymitarcyidae

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Polymitarcyidae:

  • Asthenopus Eaton, 1871
  • Campsurus Eaton, 1871
  • Ephoron Williamson, 1802 (white flies)
  • Languidipes
  • Povilla Navás, 1912
  • Pristiplocia McCafferty, 1990
  • Tortopsis Molineri, 2010
  • Tortopus Needham & Murphy, 1924
  • † Cretomitarcys Sinitshenkova, 2000
  • † Palaeoanthus Kluge, 1994

References
  1. "Polymitarcyidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "Polymitarcyidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2019-06-14.

Further reading
  • Barber-James, Helen M.; Gattolliat, Jean-Luc; Sartori, Michel; Hubbard, Michael D. (2008). "Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. 595. Springer. pp. 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  • Kluge, Nikita (2013). The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. ISBN 978-94-015-3942-5. S2CID 39671739.
  • Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID 39201439.
  • Edmunds Jr., George F. (1972). "Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 17: 21–42. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.


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