Ameletidae

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Ameletidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Suborder: Pisciforma
Family: Ameletidae
McCafferty, 1991
Genera

Ameletidae, the combmouthed minnow mayflies, [1] is a family of mayfly. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Gordh, Gordon, ed. (2011). "Ameletidae". A Dictionary of Entomology (2nd ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 59. ISBN   978-1-84593-542-9.
  2. ↑ Godunko, Roman J.; Neumann, Christian (2006). "Fossil Mayfly Collections of the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt University Berlin. I. Electroletus soldani gen. and sp. nov. (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae) from the Eocene Baltic Amber" (PDF). Annales Zoologici. 56 (1): 175–180.
  3. ↑ Godunko, Roman J.; Neumann, Christian; Krzemiński, Wiesław (2008). "Fossil Mayfly Collections of the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt University, Berlin. II. Redescription of Baltameletus oligocaenicus Demoulin, 1968 with Notes on Ameletidae McCafferty, 1991 (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from the Eocene Baltic Amber". Annales Zoologici. 58 (1): 105–114. doi:10.3161/067.058.0105.
  4. ↑ Bauernfeind, Ernst; Soldan, Tomáš (2012). "Ameletidae McCafferty, 1991". The Mayflies of Europe (Ephemeroptera). Ollerup: Apollo Books. pp. 57–61. doi:10.1163/9789004260887. ISBN   978-87-88757-45-3.


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