Caenoidea

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Caenoidea
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Caenis horaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Suborder: Pannota
Superfamily: Caenoidea

Caenoidea is a superfamily of mayflies in the suborder Pannota. Members of this superfamily can be distinguished from those of Ephemerelloidea by the fact that the gills of the nymphs are filamentous. [1]

The following families are recognised: [2]

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References

  1. Dias, Lucimar G.; Salles, Frederico F.; Francischetti, Cesar N.; Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio F. (2006). "Key to the genera of Ephemerelloidea (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Brazil". Biota Neotropica. 6 (1). doi: 10.1590/S1676-06032006000100015 .
  2. "Ephemoptera: Mayflies". The Tree of Life Web Project. 2002. Retrieved 2015-06-01.