Ephemeroidea

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: Scapphodonta
Superfamilia: Ephemeroidea
Familiae (4): Ephemeridae - Ichthybotidae - Neoephemeridae - Polymitarcyidae

Name

Ephemeroidea Latreille, 1810

References

Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes : avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. Paris: Schoell, 444 pp. BHL Reference page.
Nguyen, V.V. & Y.J. Bae, 2003: Taxonomic review of the Vietnamese Neoephemeridae (Ephemeroptera) with description of Potamanthellus unicutibius, new species. The Pan-Pacific entomologist 79 (3/4): 230–236.
Selvakamur, C., Sivaramakrishnan, K.G. & Janarthanan, S. 2015. A new record of Potamanthellus caenoides Ulmer 1939 (Ephemeroptera: Neoephemereidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5021. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5021. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Burrower Mayflies

Ephemeroidea is a superfamily of mayflies. Members of this superfamily are found in most parts of the world with the exception of the Arctic, the Antarctic and Australia.

The following families are recognised:[1]

Behningiidae
Ephemeridae
Euthyplociidae
Palingeniidae
Polymitarcyidae
Potamanthidae

References

"Ephemoptera: Mayflies". The Tree of Life Web Project. 2002. Retrieved 2015-05-31.