Leptophlebioidea

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. There are more than 650 described species of Leptophlebiids, which are easily recognized by the forked gills present on the larvae's abdomen, thus their common name.

Larvae

Leptophlebiid larvae live in freshwater streams and lakes eating detritus and/or algae. North American species generally cling to rocks, few physiologically equipped for skilled swimming. Like all Ephemeropteran larvae, fragile gills line the lateral margins of their abdomen. Some genera grow mandibular tusks like their burrowing relatives, the Ephemeridae, Polymitarcyidae, and Potamanthidae.

Genera

The ''Global Biodiversity Information Facility'' includes:

# ''Acanthophlebia''
# '' Adenophlebia''
# '' Adenophlebiodes''
# '' Amoa (mayfly)''
# '' Aprionyx''
# '' Arachnocolus''
# '' Archethraulodes''
# '' Askola (mayfly)''
# '' Atalomicria''
# '' Atalonella''
# ''Atalophlebia''
# '' Atalophlebioides''
# '' Atopophlebia''
# '' Aupouriella''
# '' Aureophlebia''
# '' Austroclima''
# '' Austronella''
# '' Austrophlebiodes''
# '' Barba (mayfly)''
# '' Bessierus''
# '' Bibulmena''
# '' Blasturophlebia''
# '' Borinquena''
# '' Calliarcys''
# '' Careospina''
# '' Castanophlebia''
# '' Celiphlebia''
# '' Ceylonula''
# '' Chiusanophlebia''
# '' Choroterpes''
# '' Choroterpides''
# '' Clavineta''
# '' Conovirilus''
# '' Coula (mayfly)''
# '' Cretoneta''
# '' Cryophlebia''
# '' Cryptopenella''
# '' Dactylophlebia''
# '' Deanophlebia''
# '' Deleatidium''
# '' Demoulinellus''
# '' Dipterophlebiodes''
# '' Ecuaphlebia''
# '' Edmundsula''
# '' Euphyurus''
# '' Euthraulus''
# '' Farrodes''
# '' Fasciamirus''
# '' Fittkaulus''
# '' Fulleta''
# '' Fulletomimus''
# '' Furvoneta''
# '' Garinjuga''
# '' Ghatula''
# '' Gilliesia (mayfly)''
# '' Gonserellus''
# '' Habroleptoides''
# ''Habrophlebia''
# '' Habrophlebiodes''
# '' Hagenulites''
# '' Hagenulodes''
# '' Hagenulopsis''
# '' Hagenulus''
# '' Hapsiphlebia''
# '' Hermanella''
# '' Hermanellopsis''
# '' Homothraulus''
# '' Hubbardula''
# '' Hyalophlebia''
# '' Hydromastodon''
# '' Hydrosmilodon''
# '' Hylister''
# '' Indialis''
# '' Isca (mayfly)''
# '' Isothraulus''
# '' Jappa''
# '' Kachinophlebia''
# '' Kalbaybaria''
# '' Kaninga''
# '' Kariona''
# '' Kilariodes''
# '' Kimminsula''
# '' Kirrara''
# '' Klugephlebia''
# '' Koorrnonga''
# '' Kouma''
# '' Leentvaaria''
# '' Lepegenia''
# '' Lepeorus''
# '' Lepismophlebia''
# '' Leptophlebia''
# '' Lisetta''
# '' Litophlebia''
# '' Loamaggalangta''
# '' Magallanella''
# '' Magnilobus''
# '' Maheathraulus''
# '' Mandreca''
# '' Manggabora''
# '' Marmenuera''
# '' Massartella''
# '' Massartellopsis''
# '' Mauiulus''
# '' Megaglena''
# '' Meridialaris''
# '' Mesoneta''
# '' Microphlebia''
# ''Miroculis''
# '' Miroculitus''
# '' Nathanella''
# '' Neampia''
# '' Neboissophlebia''
# '' Needhamella''
# '' Neochoroterpes''
# '' Neohagenulus''
# '' Nesophlebia''
# '' Ninadsa''
# '' Nonnullidens''
# '' Notachalcus''
# '' Notophlebia''
# '' Nousia''
# '' Nyungara''
# '' Oumas''
# '' Ounia''
# '' Papposa''
# '' Paraleptophlebia''
# '' Paraluma''
# ''Paramaka''
# '' Peloracantha''
# '' Penaphlebia''
# '' Perissophlebiodes''
# '' Petersophlebia''
# '' Petersula''
# '' Polythelais''
# '' Poranga (mayfly)''
# '' Poya (mayfly)''
# '' Radima''
# '' Rhigotopus''
# '' Riekophlebia''
# '' Sangpradubina''
# '' Secochela''
# '' Segesta (mayfly)''
# '' Simothraulopsis''
# '' Simothraulus''
# '' Simulacala''
# '' Siphangarus''
# '' Sulawesia''
# '' Sulu (mayfly)''
# '' Tenagophila''
# '' Tepakia''
# '' Terpides''
# '' Thraulodes''
# '' Thraulophlebia''
# '' Thraulus''
# '' Thuringopteryx''
# '' Tikuna''
# '' Tillyardophlebia''
# '' Tindea''
# '' Traverella''
# '' Traverina''
# '' Ulmeritis''
# '' Ulmeritoides''
# '' Ulmeritus''
# '' Ulmerophlebia''
# '' Xenophlebia''
# '' Zephlebia''

Extinct genera

* '' Kachinophlebia'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian).
* '' Crephlebia'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian).
* '' Conovirilus'' Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

References

See also

* List of mayflies of the British Isles

External links

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