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Checklist for Superfamily Ephemeroidea Latreille, 1810
and region North Carolina (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
4988
11427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
525
4982
11420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
26
126
320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Ephemeropteroidea
Rohdendorf, 1968
14
60
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ephemeroptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Mayflies, Mayflies Anglers Curse, Mayflies Greendrakes
14
60
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Furcatergalia
Kluge, 1993
9
28
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scapphodonta
McCafferty, 1998
3
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ephemeroidea
Latreille, 1810
2
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Carolina
2 Families width 8 Species
Ephemeridae Leach, 1817Burrowing mayflies7SpeciesTaxom
Polymitarcyidae Banks, 1900Pale Burrower Mayflies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Carolina
5 Genera with 8 Species
Ephemera Linnaeus, 1883Green Drakes4SpeciesTaxom
Ephoron Williamson, 1802
White Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Hexagenia Walsh, 1829Giant Mayflies2SpeciesTaxom
Litobrancha McCafferty, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Tortopsis Molineri, 18431SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Carolina
8 Species
Ephemera (Ephemera) blanda Traver, 1932Angelicatree
Ephemera (Ephemera) guttulata Pictet, 1843American green drake
Ephemera (Ephemera) simulans Walker, 1853Brown Drake
Ephemera (Ephemera) varia Eaton, 1883Cream variant
Hexagenia (Hexagenia) atrocaudata McDunnough, 1924
Hexagenia (Hexagenia) limbata Serville, 1829Burrowing mayfly
Litobrancha recurvata Morgan, 1913American March brown dun
Tortopsis puella Pictet, 1843

Subnodes of Ephemeroidea with occurrences in North Carolina
FamilyEphemeridae
Leach, 1817
Burrowing mayflies, burrowing mayfly, Common Burrower Mayflies, Common burrowing mayflies, Mayfly Ephemeridae
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPolymitarcyidae
Banks, 1900
Pale Burrower Mayflies, Pale burrowing mayflies
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom



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