''Potamanthus'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the family
Potamanthidae
Potamanthidae is a family of 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) a ...
, sometimes called "hackle-gilled burrower mayflies".
[ Species of ''Potamanthus''have been recorded from the ]Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
[ and ]Oriental realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
s.[
]
Species
The following species belong to the genus ''Potamanthus'':[
# '' Potamanthus aeneus''
# '' Potamanthus brunneus''
# '' Potamanthus castaneus''
# '' Potamanthus formosus'' c g
# '' Potamanthus gibbus''
# '' Potamanthus huoshanensis'' c g
# '' Potamanthus idiocerus'' c g
# '' Potamanthus inanis''
# '' Potamanthus kwangsiensis'' c g
# '' Potamanthus longitibius'' c g
# '' Potamanthus luteus'' i c g
# '' Potamanthus macrophthalmus'' c g
# '' Potamanthus nanchangi'' c g
# '' Potamanthus sabahensis'' c g
# '' Potamanthus sangangensis'' c g
# '' Potamanthus subcostalis'' c g
# '' Potamanthus yooni'' c g
# '' Potamanthus yunnanensis'' c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,][ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
External links
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Mayfly genera
Insects of Europe
Mayflies
Insects of North America