Ephemeroptera

Ephemera danica

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Subordines: Carapacea - Furcatergalia - Pisciformia - †Permoplectoptera - †Protephemeroptera

Overview of extant familiae

Acanthametropodidae - Ameletidae - Ameletopsidae - Ametropodidae - Arthropleidae - Baetidae - Baetiscidae - Behningiidae - Caenidae - Coloburiscidae - Coryphoridae - Dipteromimidae - Ephemerellidae - Ephemeridae - Euthyplociidae - Heptageniidae - Ichthybotidae - Isonychiidae - Leptohyphidae - Leptophlebiidae - Metretopodidae - Metropodidae - Neoephemeridae - Nesameletidae - Oligoneuriidae - Oniscigastridae - Palingeniidae - Polymitarcyidae - Potamanthidae - Prosopistomatidae - Pseudironidae - Rallidentidae - Siphlaenigmatidae - Siphlonuridae - Teloganodidae Vietnamellidae

• Familiae incertae sedis: †Jarmilidae - †Misthodotidae - †Oborophlebiidae - †Palingeniopsidae - †Protereismatidae

References

• Barber-James, H.M.; Gattolliat, J.-L.; Sartori, M.; Hubbard, M.D. 2008: Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia, 595: 339–350. doi: 10.1007/s10750-007-9028-y PDF PDF
• DeWalt, R.E. & South, E.J. 2015. Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera on Isle Royale National Park, USA, compared to mainland species pool and size distribution. ZooKeys, 532: 137–158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.532.6478 Full article Reference page. 
• Domínguez, E.; Anjos-Santos, D. 2014: Co-authorship networks (and other contextual factors) behind the growth of taxonomy of South American Ephemeroptera: A scientometric approach. Zootaxa 3754(1): 59–85. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.3 Reference page. 
• Hu, Z., Ma, Z-X., Luo, J-Y. & Zhou, C-F. 2017. Redescription and commentary on the Chinese mayfly Vietnamella sinensis (Ephemeroptera: Vietnamellidae). Zootaxa 4286(3): 381–390. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kluge, N.J. 2004: The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Kluwer, Dordrecht. Updated HTM version
• Molineri, C. et al. 2011: New species and records for the mayfly families Caenidae, Leptohyphidae and Coryphoridae (Ephemeroptera, Pannota) from Venezuelan Guayana’s Uplands. Zootaxa, 2750: 39–50. Preview
• Ogden, T.H.; Gattolliat, J.L.; Sartori, M.; Staniczek, A.H.; Soldan, T.; Whiting, M.F. 2009: Towards a new paradigm in mayfly phylogeny (Ephemeroptera): combined analysis of morphological and molecular data. Systematic entomology, 34(4): 616–634. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00488.x
• Ogden, T.H.; Whiting, M.F. 2005: Phylogeny of Ephemeroptera (mayflies) based on molecular evidence. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 37(3): 625–643. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.08.008 PDF
• Sinitshenkova, N.D., Aristov, D.S., Wegierek, P. & Żyła, D. 2015: New mayfly genera from the Middle Triassic of Poland and their evolutionary and paleogeographic implications (Ephemerida: Litophlebiidae, Vogesonymphidae). Zootaxa 3949(2): 281–288. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sun, L.; Sabo, A.; Meyer, M.D.; Randolph, R.P.; Jacobus, L.M.; McCafferty, W.P.; Ferris, V.R. 2006: Tests of current hypotheses of mayfly (Ephemeroptera) phylogeny using molecular (18s rDNA) data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(2): 241–252. doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0241:TOCHOM]2.0.CO;2 PDF
• Vilenica, M., Gattolliat, J-L., Mihaljević, Z. & Sartori, M. 2015. Croatian mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera): species diversity and distribution patterns. Zookeys 523: 99-127. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.523.6100 Full article Reference page. 

Additional references

• Erdenee, B., Maasri, A., Gelhaus, J.K. & Bayartogtokh, B. 2016. A contribution to mayfly studies of Western Mongolia (Insecta, Ephemeroptera). ZooKeys 638: 105–123. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.638.10198. Reference page. 
• Jacobus, L.M. 2019. Ephemeroptera of Canada. Pp 211–225 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . doi: 10.3897/zookeys.819.26411 Reference page. 
• Salur, A., Darilmaz, M.C. & Bauernfeind, E. 2016. An annotated catalogue of the mayfly fauna of Turkey (Insecta, Ephemeroptera). ZooKeys 620: 67-118. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.620.9405. Reference page. 
• Sartori, M., Kubiak, M. & Rajaei Sh., H. 2016. An updated list of type material of Ephemeroptera Hyatt & Arms, 1890, deposited at the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZMH). ZooKeys 607: 49-68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.607.9391. Reference page. 
• Vilenica, M., Brigić, A., Kerovec, M., Gottstein, S. & Ternjej, I. 2016. Spatial distribution and seasonal changes of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in a Western Balkan peat bog. ZooKeys 637: 135-149. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.637.10359. Reference page. 
• Xërxa, B.H., Sartori, M., Gashi, A. & Gattolliat, J-L. 2019. First checklist of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Kosovo. Zookeys, 874: 69–82. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.874.38098 Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Aitagsmugge
беларуская: Аўсянікі
čeština: Jepice
dansk: Døgnfluer
Deutsch: Eintagsfliegen
English: Mayflies
español: Cachipollas
eesti: Ühepäevikulised
suomi: Päivänkorennot
français: Éphémère
magyar: Kérészek
日本語: カゲロウ目 (蜉蝣目)
한국어: 하루살이목 (부유목)
lietuvių: Lašalai
latviešu: Viendienītes
norsk: Døgnfluer
русский: Подёнки
slovenčina: Podenky
slovenščina: Enodnevnice
српски / srpski: Водени цвјетови
svenska: Dagsländor
中文: 蜉蝣目

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