Neoephemera is a genus of large squaregill mayflies in the family Neoephemeridae first described by McDunnough (1925).[1] and containing approximately six described species in Neoephemera.[2][3][4][5][6]

Neoephemera
Temporal range: Ypresian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Neoephemeridae
Genus: Neoephemera
McDunnough, 1925[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oreianthus Traver, 1931


Species

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These six species belong to the genus Neoephemera:

An extinct species, Neoephemera antiqua, has also been assigned to the genus. The species is known only from the type locality in the 51 to 49 million years ago Ypresian Klondike Mountain Formation of northeast Central Washington state.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Holland, V.B.; Beaty, S.R. & Jacobus, L.M. (2016), "A new species of Neoephemera McDunnough, 1925 (Ephemeroptera: Neoephemeridae) from North Carolina and Virginia", Zootaxa, 4138 (1): 139–154, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4138.1.6, PMID 27470756
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Neoephemera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Browse Neoephemera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Neoephemera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ^ a b "Neoephemera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  6. ^ "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  7. ^ Sinitchenkova, N. D. (1999). "A new mayfly species of the extant genus Neoephemera from the Eocene of North America (Insecta: Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera)". Paleontological Journal. 33 (4): 403–405.

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