Ephemerella

Ephemerella is a genus of spiny crawler mayflies in the family Ephemerellidae. There are about 19 described species in Ephemerella.[1][2][3]

Ephemerella
Spiny crawler mayfly (Ephemerella subvaria)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Ephemerellidae
Genus: Ephemerella
Walsh, 1862
Synonyms
  • Chitonophora Bengtsson, 1908

Species

  • E. alleni Jensen and Edmunds, 1966
  • E. apopsis McCafferty, 1992
  • E. aurivillii (Bengtsson, 1908)
  • E. catawba Traver, 1932
  • E. consimilis Walsh, 1862
  • E. dorothea Needham, 1908
  • E. excrucians Walsh, 1862 (pale morning dun)
  • E. hispida Allen and Edmunds, 1965
  • E. invaria (Walker, 1853) (sulphur dun)
  • E. maculata Traver, 1934
  • E. molita McDunnough, 1930
  • E. mucronata (Bengtsson, 1909)
  • E. needhami McDunnough, 1925
  • E. nuda Tshernova, 1949
  • E. subvaria McDunnough, 1931 (red quill)
  • E. tibialis McDunnough, 1924
  • E. unicornis Needham, 1905
  • E. velmae Allen and Edmunds, 1963
  • E. verruca Allen and Edmunds, 1965

References

  1. "Ephemerella Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Ephemerella Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. "Mayfly Central". Purdue University. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  • Walsh, Benjamin D. (1862). "List of the Pseudoneuroptera of Illinois contained in the Cabinet of the writer, with descriptions of over forty new species, and notes on their structural affinities". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 14, no. 7-9, 361-402.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.


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