Prosopistomatidae Explained

Prosopistomatidae is a family of mayflies. There is one extant genus, Prosopistoma, with several dozen species found across Afro-Eurasia and Oceania. They are noted for their unusual beetle-shaped larvae, which live beneath rocks and stones along the gravelly lower reaches of rivers.^{[1] [2]} Their ecology is unclear, but they are probably carnivorous. They are closely related to Baetiscidae, with both families being placed in the Carapacea.^[3]

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Prosopistomatidae:

• Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833
• †Proximicorneus Lin et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Further reading

• Book: Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. 2008. Barber-James . Helen M.. Gattolliat . Jean-Luc. Sartori . Michel. Hubbard . Michael D.. Springer. Developments in Hydrobiology. 595. Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater. 339–350. 978-1-4020-8258-0. 10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37.
• Book: Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. 1990. Campbell . Ian C.. Springer. 978-94-010-7579-4. 10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. 39201439.
• Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera. 1972. Edmunds Jr. . George F.. Annual Review of Entomology. 17. 21–42. 10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
• Book: The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. 2013. Kluge . Nikita. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-94-015-3942-5. 10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. 39671739.

Notes and References

1. Boonsoong . Boonsatien . Sartori . Michel . 2019-02-27 . Review and integrative taxonomy of the genus Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833 (Ephemeroptera, Prosopistomatidae) in Thailand, with description of a new species . ZooKeys . 825 . 123–144 . 10.3897/zookeys.825.32443 . 1313-2970 . 6403201 . 30853832. free .
2. Schletterer . Martin . Füreder . Leopold . November 2009 . The family Prosopistomatidae (Ephemeroptera): a review on its ecology and distribution, with particular emphasis on the European species Prosopistoma pennigerum Müller, 1785 . Aquatic Insects . en . 31 . sup1 . 603–620 . 10.1080/01650420903027382 . 84347145 . 0165-0424.
3. Staniczek . Arnold H. . Storari . Arianny P. . Godunko . Roman J. . 2022-08-17 . Revised systematics, phylogeny, and paleontology of the mayfly family Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 80 . 389–409 . 10.3897/asp.80.e82845 . 251663301 . 1864-8312. free .