Neoephemera

Neoephemera is a genus of large squaregill mayflies in the family Neoephemeridae. There are about six described species in Neoephemera.[2][3][4][5][6]

Neoephemera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Ephemeroptera
Family:	Neoephemeridae
Genus:	Neoephemera McDunnough, 1925[1]
Synonyms[2]
Oreianthus Traver, 1931

Species

These six species belong to the genus Neoephemera:

• Neoephemera bicolor McDunnough, 1925 ^{i c g}
• Neoephemera compressa Berner, 1956 ^{i c g}
• Neoephemera maxima (Joly, 1871) ^{c g}
• Neoephemera projecta Zhou & Zheng, 2000 ^{c g}
• Neoephemera purpurea (Traver, 1931) ^{i c g b}
• Neoephemera youngi Berner, 1953 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

There is also an extinct species, Neoephemera antiqua, that has been assigned to the genus.

References

1. Holland, V.B.; Beaty, S.R. & Jacobus, L.M. (2016), "A new species of Neoephemera McDunnough, 1925 (Ephemeroptera: Neoephemeridae) from North Carolina and Virginia", Zootaxa, 4138 (1): 139–154, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.1.6
2. "Neoephemera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Browse Neoephemera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Neoephemera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
5. "Neoephemera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
6. "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2018-05-04.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• 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. Springer. 595 (1): 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37.
• Barber-James, H.; Sartori, M.; Gattolliat, J-L.; Webb, J. (2013). "World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
• 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. Annual Reviews. 17 (1): 21–42. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
• 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.