Neoephemera Explained

Neoephemera is a genus of large squaregill mayflies in the family Neoephemeridae first described by McDunnough (1925). and containing approximately six described species in Neoephemera.^[1]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Neoephemera:

• Neoephemera bicolor ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Neoephemera compressa ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Neoephemera maxima ^{[3] [4]}
• Neoephemera projecta ^{[3] [4]}
• Neoephemera purpurea ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Neoephemera youngi ^{[2] [3] [4]}

An extinct species, Neoephemera antiqua, has also been assigned to the genus. The species is known only from the type locality in the Ypresian Klondike Mountain Formation of northeast Central Washington state.^[6]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr. . 2000 . American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico . CRC Press . 2nd . 0-8493-0212-9.
• Barber-James . Helen M. . Gattolliat . Jean-Luc . Sartori . Michel . Hubbard . Michael D. . 2008 . Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater . Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment . Springer . 595 . 1 . 339–350 . 10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37 .
• Web site: 2018-05-04. Barber-James . H.. Sartori . M.. Gattolliat . J-L.. Webb . J.. 2013. World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species.
• Book: Campbell . Ian C.. 1990. Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. 978-94-010-7579-4. 10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. 39201439.
• Edmunds Jr. . George F.. 1972. Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera. Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews. 17. 1. 21–42. 10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
• Book: Kluge . Nikita. 2013. The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-94-015-3942-5. 10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. 39671739.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-05-04. Mayfly Central.
2. Web site: Neoephemera Report . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . 2018-05-04.
3. Web site: Browse Neoephemera . Catalogue of Life . 2018-05-04.
4. Web site: Neoephemera . GBIF . 2018-05-04 .
5. Web site: Neoephemera Genus Information . BugGuide.net. 2018-05-04.
6. Sinitchenkova . N. D. . A new mayfly species of the extant genus Neoephemera from the Eocene of North America (Insecta: Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera) . Paleontological Journal . 1999 . 33 . 4 . 403–405.