Polymitarcyidae

Polymitarcyidae
Ephoron virgo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Ephemeroptera
Suborder:	Schistonota
Superfamily:	Ephemeroidea
Family:	Polymitarcyidae

Polymitarcyidae is a family of pale burrower mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are about 10 genera and more than 90 described species in Polymitarcyidae.

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Polymitarcyidae:

• Asthenopus Eaton, 1871
• Campsurus Eaton, 1871
• Ephoron Williamson, 1802 (white flies)
• Languidipes
• Povilla Navás, 1912
• Pristiplocia McCafferty, 1990
• Tortopsis Molineri, 2010
• Tortopus Needham & Murphy, 1924
• † Cretomitarcys Sinitshenkova, 2000
• † Palaeoanthus Kluge, 1994

Further reading

• Barber-James, Helen M.; Gattolliat, Jean-Luc; Sartori, Michel; Hubbard, Michael D. (2008). "Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Vol. 595. Springer. pp. 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
• Kluge, Nikita (2013). The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. ISBN 978-94-015-3942-5.
• Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4.
• Edmunds Jr., George F. (1972). "Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 17: 21–42. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.

External links

• Media related to Polymitarcyidae at Wikimedia Commons