Acanthiops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baetoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Ephemeroptera Subordo: Pisciformia Superfamilia: Baetoidea

Familia: Baetidae
Genus: Acanthiops
Species: A. cooperi – A. elgonensis – A. erepena – A. griffithsi – A. marlieri – A. tsitsa – A. variegatus – A. varius – A. zomba

Name

Acanthiops Waltz, R.D. & McCafferty, 1987.

Etymology: Masculine. Greek: akanthos - thorn, iops - small fish; an allusion to this genus being a tuberculate or spiny minnow-like mayfly.

Type species: Centroptilum marlieri (Demoulin 1967)

References

Primary references

• Waltz, R.D. & McCafferty, W.P. 1987. New genus of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) from Africa. Processings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89(1): 95-99.

Additional references

• Lugo-Ortiz, C.R.; McCafferty, W.P. 1998. The Centroptiloides Complex of Afrotropical small minnow mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91(1): 1-26.