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, PMID 27470756
  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


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