Oligoneuriidae
Sign in to saveOligoneuriidae is a family of mayflies with a pantropical distribution. They are also known as brushlegged mayflies due to the presence of two rows of setae used for filtration on the front legs of their nymphs. Nymphs also have tufts of gills at the base of their maxillae. There are at least 68 described species in over a dozen genera.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderEphemeroptera
- FamilyOligoneuriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Oligoneuriidae
- Collections
- UAM, CU, AM, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ARTHROPOD COLLECTION, USNM, PU
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Heptagenioidea
- Image
- Oligoneuriopsis villosus (10.3897-zookeys.872.36098) Figure 5.jpg
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- taxon common name
- Brushleg Mayflies
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Oligoneuriidae is a family of mayflies with a pantropical distribution. They are also known as brushlegged mayflies due to the presence of two rows of setae used for filtration on the front legs of their nymphs. Nymphs also have tufts of gills at the base of their maxillae. There are at least 68 described species in over a dozen genera.
==Genera== After Subfamily Oligoneuriinae Homoeoneuria Lachlania Oligoneuria Oligoneuriopsis Spaniophlebia Elassoneuria Yawari Madeconeuria Fittkauneuria Rianilaneuria Subfamily Chromarcyinae Chromarcys Subfamily Incogemininae Incogemina Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Subfamily Colocrurinae Colocrus 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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