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Mesobaetis Ornata
''Mesobaetis'' is an extinct genus of mayflies belonging to the family Siphlonuridae. Fossils of this genus have been found in Central Asia. Species These species belong to the genus ''Mesobaetis'': * †'' Mesobaetis allata'' * †'' Mesobaetis amplectus'' * †'' Mesobaetis crispa'' * †'' Mesobaetis latifilamentacea'' * †'' Mesobaetis maculata'' * †'' Mesobaetis mandalensis'' * †'' Mesobaetis ornata'' * †'' Mesobaetis sanjianfangensis'' * †'' Mesobaetis sibirica'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q106950589 Insects of Asia Baetidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayflies
Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the order (biology), order Ephemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. Over 3,000 species of mayfly are known worldwide, grouped into over 400 genera in 42 family (biology), families. Mayflies have ancestral traits that were probably present in the first flying insects, such as long tails and Insect wing, wings that do not fold flat over the insect morphology#Abdomen, abdomen. Their immature stages are aquatic fresh water forms (called "naiads" or "nymph (biology), nymphs"), whose presence indicates a clean, unpolluted and highly oxygenated aquatic environment. They are unique among insect orders in having a fully winged terrestrial preadult stage, the sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
