Ameletus
''Ameletus'' is a genus of mayfly and the type genus of the family Ameletidae. Taxonomic history ''Ameletus'' was circumscribed by Alfred Edwin Eaton, Rev. A. E. Eaton in 1885. His initial circumscription included three species, all of which were species description, described in the same paper: the type species ''A. dissitus'', ''A. subnotatus'', and ''A. exquisitus''. R. P. Longinus Navás circumscribed the genus ''Chimura'' in 1915. It only consisted of its type species, the newly described ''C. aetherea''. In 1960, Edmunds synonymized ''Chimura'' with ''Ameletus''. ''Paleoameletus'' was circumscribed by J. A. Lestage in 1940; he created it for the species ''A. primitivus'' which J. R. Traver had described the previous year. George F. Edmunds, Jr., and Jay R. Traver synonymized ''Paleoameletus'' with ''Ameletus'' in 1954. Species ''Ameletus'' species include: * ''Ameletus amador, A. amador'' * ''Ameletus andersoni, A. andersoni'' * ''Ameletus bellulus, A. bellulus'' * ''A ...
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