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Checklist for Superfamily Ephemeroidea Latreille, 1810
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
14
105
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Ephemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
14
105
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ephemeroptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Mayflies, Mayflies Anglers Curse, Mayflies Greendrakes
14
105
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Furcatergalia
Kluge, 1993
10
55
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scapphodonta
McCafferty, 1998
4
10
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ephemeroidea
Latreille, 1810
3
7
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Afrotropical
3 Families width 19 Species
Ephemeridae Leach, 1817Burrowing mayflies13SpeciesTaxom
Palingeniidae Albarda, 1888Riverbed Burrower Mayflies4SpeciesTaxom
Polymitarcyidae Banks, 1900Pale Burrower Mayflies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Afrotropical
7 Genera with 19 Species
Afromera Demoulin, 19866SpeciesTaxom
Cheirogenesia Dumoulin, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Eatonica Navas, 19116SpeciesTaxom
Ephemera Linnaeus, 1971Green Drakes1SpeciesTaxom
Ephoron Williamson, 1843White Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Palingenia Burmeister, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Povilla Navas, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
19 Species
Afromera aequatorialis Kimmins, 1956
Afromera congolana Demoulin, 1955
Afromera evae McCafferty &..., 1979
Afromera gilliesi Elouard, 1986
Afromera natalensis Barnard, 1932
Afromera troubati Elouard, 1986
Cheirogenesia decaryi Navas, 1926
Cheirogenesia edmundsi Sartori & El..., 1999
Cheirogenesia laurencae Sartori & El..., 1999
Eatonica crassi McCafferty, 1971
Eatonica denysae Elouard & Sa..., 1998
Eatonica josettae Demoulin, 1969
Eatonica luciennae Elouard & Ol..., 1998
Eatonica patriciae Elouard, 1986
Eatonica schoutedeni Navas, 1911
Ephemera (Ephemera) mooiana McCafferty, 1971
Ephoron savignyi Pictet, 1843
Palingenia apatris Demoulin, 1965
Povilla (Povilla) adusta Navas, 1912

Subnodes of Ephemeroidea with occurrences in Afrotropical
FamilyEphemeridae
Leach, 1817
Burrowing mayflies, burrowing mayfly, Common Burrower Mayflies, Common burrowing mayflies, Mayfly Ephemeridae
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalingeniidae
Albarda in Selys-Lonchamps, 1888
Riverbed Burrower Mayflies
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPolymitarcyidae
Banks, 1900
Pale Burrower Mayflies, Pale burrowing mayflies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ephemeroidea at gbif.org
Ephemeroidea at irmng.org
Ephemeroidea at itis.gov