Baetiscidae

Baetiscidae
Temporal range: Aptian–Recent
Baetisca berneri larvae
Baetisca rogersi adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Suborder: Carapacea
Family: Baetiscidae
Edmunds and Traver 1954
Genera

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Baetiscidae is a family of mayflies. It contains a single extant genus, Baetisca, native to North America with around 12 species.[1][2][3][4] The family is noted for their spined armoured larvae, which live in flowing water pools and on the edges of streams where they are detritivores, consuming fine particles of organic matter. Three other extinct genera are known, extending back to the Early Cretaceous. They are closely related to Prosopistomatidae which have unusual, beetle-like nymphs as well as the extinct genus Cretomitarcys, with the three groups constituting the clade Carapacea.[5]

Genera

These three genera belong to the family Baetiscidae:[6][7]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Baetiscidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Baetiscidae". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ^ a b "Baetiscidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. ^ a b "Baetiscidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. ^ Staniczek, Arnold H.; Storari, Arianny P.; Godunko, Roman J. (2022-08-17). "Revised systematics, phylogeny, and paleontology of the mayfly family Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 80: 389–409. doi:10.3897/asp.80.e82845. ISSN 1864-8312.
  6. ^ "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. ^ "Fossilworks, Balticobaetisca". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ^ Godunko, Roman J.; Sroka, Pavel (2024-01-18). "A new mayfly subfamily sheds light on the early evolution and Pangean origin of Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)". Scientific Reports. 14 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51176-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 10796926. PMID 38238366.

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