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Ameletus
Sign in to saveAmeletus is a genus of mayfly and the type genus of the family Ameletidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderEphemeroptera
- FamilyAmeletidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,028
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Ameletidae
- Collections
- UAM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Ameletidae
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- Ameletid mayfly, Ameletus cryptostimulus (23503475424).jpg
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Ameletus is a genus of mayfly and the type genus of the family Ameletidae.
==Taxonomic history== Ameletus was circumscribed by Rev. A. E. Eaton in 1885. His initial circumscription included three species, all of which were described in the same paper: the type species A. dissitus, A. subnotatus, and A. exquisitus.
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