Prosopistomatidae

Prosopistomatidae is a family of mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are at least 4 genera and 30 described species in Prosopistomatidae.[1][2]

Prosopistomatidae
Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Prosopistomatidae

Genera

These four genera belong to the family Prosopistomatidae:

  • Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833
  • Delopterum Sellards, 1909
  • Myanmarella Sinitshenkova, 2000
  • Proximicorneus Lin et al., 2017

References

  1. "Prosopistomatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  2. "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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. 595. Springer. pp. 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  • 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.
  • 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.


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