Ephoron

Ephoron is a genus of mayflies in the family Polymitarcyidae. There are about 15 described species in Ephoron.

Ephoron
Ephoron virgo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Ephemeroptera
Family:	Polymitarcyidae
Genus:	Ephoron Williamson, 1802

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Ephoron:

• Ephoron album (Say, 1824) ^{i c g b} (white fly)
• Ephoron annandalei (Chopra, 1927) ^{c g}
• Ephoron birmanus Navás, 1933 ^{c g}
• Ephoron eophilum Ishiwata, 1996 ^{c g}
• Ephoron indica (Pictet, 1843) ^{c g}
• Ephoron leucon Williamson, 1802 ^{c g}
• Ephoron leukon Williamson, 1802 ^{i g b} (white fly)
• Ephoron limnobium Ishiwata, 1996 ^{c g}
• Ephoron nakamurae Matsumura, 1941 ^{c g}
• Ephoron nanchangi (Hsu, 1937) ^{c g}
• Ephoron nigridorsum (Tshernova, 1934) ^{c g}
• Ephoron punensis (Dubey, 1971) ^{c g}
• Ephoron savignyi (Pictet, 1843) ^{c g}
• Ephoron shigae (Takahashi, 1924) ^{c g}
• Ephoron virgo (Olivier, 1791) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• 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. Developments in Hydrobiology. Vol. 595. Springer. pp. 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
• Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID 39201439.

External links

• Media related to Ephoron at Wikimedia Commons