''Neoephemera'' is a genus of large squaregill mayflies in the family
Neoephemeridae
Neoephemeridae is a family of large squaregill mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are at least four genera and about 17 described species in Neoephemeridae.
Genera
These four genera belong to the family Neoephemeridae:
* '' Leucorhoenan ...
first described by McDunnough (1925).
and containing approximately six described species in ''Neoephemera''.
Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Neoephemera'':
* '' Neoephemera bicolor'' [
* '' Neoephemera maxima'' ][
* '' Neoephemera projecta'' ][
* '' Neoephemera purpurea'' ][ ]
* '' Neoephemera youngi'' [
An extinct species, '' Neoephemera antiqua'', has also been assigned to the genus. The species is known only from the ]type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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in the Ypresian
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Klondike Mountain Formation
The Klondike Mountain Formation is an Early Eocene (Ypresian) geological formation located in the northeast central area of Washington state. The formation, named for the type location designated in 1962, Klondike Mountain north of Republic, Wash ...
of northeast Central Washington state
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Mayflies
Mayfly genera
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