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Fly fishermen make use of mayfly hatches by choosing artificial fishing flies that resemble them. One of the most famous English mayflies is Rhithrogena germanica, the fisherman's "March brown mayfly". [3] The brief lives of mayfly adults have been noted by naturalists and encyclopaedists since Aristotle and Pliny the Elder in classical antiquity.
Leptophlebiidae is a family belonging to the Ephemeropterans that are commonly known as the prong-gilled mayflies or leptophlebiids.It is the only family in the superfamily Leptophlebioidea. [1]
Caenidae, is a family of mayflies, sometimes called "small squaregill mayflies".Species are found throughout the world in lotic, depositional environments, and they are sprawlers. [2]
Hexagenia limbata, the giant mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is distributed widely near lakes and slow-moving rivers. [ 2 ] The larvae, known as nymphs, are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives.
A. Acanthametropodidae; Acanthametropus pecatonica; Acanthomola; Acentrella; Acentrella almohades; Acentrella barbarae; Acentrella charadra; Acentrella glareosa
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.
Alainites Waltz et al., 1994. Alainites muticus (Linnaeus, 1758); Baetis Leach, 1815. Baetis buceratus Eaton, 1870; Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761); Baetis rhodani ...
Like all other members in Leptophlebiidae, Farrodes is characterized by a flat head and lanceolate shaped gills. A key feature in identifying it is the shape of the labrum, which is more rounded at the sides than its close relatives, Thraulodes.