Behningiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Ephemeroptera
Subordo: Furcatergalia
Infraordo: Palpotarsa
Superfamilia: Behningioidea
Familia: Behningiidae
Genera (4): †Archaeobehningia - Behningia - Dolania - Protobehningia

Name

Behningiidae Tshernova, 1938
References

Tshernova, O.A. 1938. "Novoe semeistvo podenok (Ephemeroptera)." Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR 1938:129-137
Hubbard, M.D. 1994. "The mayfly family Behningiidae (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeroidea): Keys to the recent species with a catalog of the family." Great Lakes Entomologist 27(3):161-168.[1]
Kwanboon, S., Sartori, M. & Boonsoong, B. 2021. Behningiidae and Potamanthidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Thailand. ZooKeys 1067ː 57–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1067.72779 Open access Reference page.

Behningiidae is a family of mayflies. It is a primitive family; the nymphs burrow in the sediment but lack tusks on their mandibles, and the forelegs are not modified for burrowing. The gills are ventral, and the ones on the first abdominal segment are single and are longer than the gills on the other segments. The forelegs are palp-like and the other two pairs of legs are modified to protect the gills. The family is holarctic in distribution. The genus Dolania occurs in North America and the other three genera occur in northern Europe and Asia.[1]
Genera

The family includes the following genera:[2][3]

†Archaeobehningia Tshernova, 1977
Behningia Lestage, 1930
Dolania Edmunds & Traver, 1959
Protobehningia Tshernova & Bajkova, 1960

References

Edmunds, George F. Jr.; Jensen, Steven L.; Berner, Lewis (1976). The Mayflies of North and Central America. University of Minnesota Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-8166-5756-8.
"Behningiidae". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
Hubbard, Michael (October 1994). "The Mayfly Family Behningiidae (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeroidea): Keys to the Recent Species With a Catalog of the Family". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 27 (3). ISSN 0090-0222.