| Furcatergalia | |
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| Baetisca berneri | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Suborder: | Furcatergalia |
Furcatergalia is a suborder of mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are about 14 families and at least 1,700 described species in Furcatergalia. [1] [2] [3]
Families
These 14 families belong to the suborder Furcatergalia:
- Baetiscidae
- Behningiidae (sand-burrowing mayflies)
- Caenidae (small squaregilled mayflies)
- Ephemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies)
- Ephemeridae (common burrower mayflies)
- Euthyplociidae
- Leptohyphidae (little stout crawler mayflies)
- Leptophlebiidae (pronggilled mayflies)
- Neoephemeridae (large squaregill mayflies)
- Palingeniidae (riverbed burrower mayflies)
- Polymitarcyidae (pale burrower mayflies)
- Potamanthidae (hacklegilled burrower mayflies)
- Prosopistomatidae
- Tricorythidae
References
- ^ "Furcatergalia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Furcatergalia Suborder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2019-04-13.
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. S2CID 39671739.
- 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. S2CID 39201439.
- 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.
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