Heptageniidae

Heptageniidae
Temporal range: Turonian–Present
Rhithrogena germanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Suborder: Pisciforma
Superfamily: Heptagenioidea
Family: Heptageniidae
Needham, 1901
Synonyms

Heptaeniidae

The Heptageniidae (synonym: Ecdyonuridae) are a family of mayflies with over 500 described species mainly distributed in the Holarctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions, and also present in the Central American Tropics and extreme northern South America.[1]

  1. ^ Wang, T.-Q; MCCafferty W.P. (March 2004). "Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) of the World. Part I: Phylogenetic Higher Classification". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 130 (1): 11–45. JSTOR 25078834.