Ephemera (mayfly)

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Ephemera
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Ephemera danica
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Ephemera vulgata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Ephemeridae
Genus: Ephemera
Linnaeus, 1758
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Ephemera simulans male

Ephemera is a genus of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It contains the following species:

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<i>Ephemera danica</i> Species of mayfly

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ephemeroidea</span> Superfamily of mayflies

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<i>Hexagenia</i> Genus of mayflies

Hexagenia is a genus of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae, the common burrower mayflies.

<i>Ephemera vulgata</i> Species of mayfly

Ephemera vulgata is a species of mayfly in the genus Ephemera. This mayfly breeds in stationary water in slow rivers and in ponds, the nymphs developing in the mud.

<i>Hexagenia limbata</i> Species of mayfly

Hexagenia limbata, the giant mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is distributed widely near lakes and slow-moving rivers. The larvae, known as nymphs, are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives. They are often referred to as fish flies around the Great Lakes as they tend to cause the areas around water to smell like rotten fish.

<i>Hexagenia bilineata</i> Species of mayfly

Hexagenia bilineata is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is found in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Sometimes adults of this mayfly are so abundant as to cause a nuisance because of their enormous numbers. The larvae are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives.

Litobrancha is a genus of common burrower mayflies in the family Ephemeridae. There is at least one described species in Litobrancha, L. recurvata.

<i>Hexagenia atrocaudata</i> Species of mayfly

Hexagenia atrocaudata is a species of common burrower mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is found in North America.

Ephemera blanda is a species of common burrower mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is found in southeastern Canada and the southeastern United States.

Most likely, Ephemera compar is an extinct species of burrowing mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It was found in North America. Ephemera compar is known from a single specimen, collected from the "foothills of Colorado" in 1873, but despite intensive surveys of the Colorado mayflies reported in 1984, it has not been rediscovered.

<i>Ephemera simulans</i> Species of mayfly

Ephemera simulans is a species of mayfly. It is commonly found throughout the United States. The species is used for fly fishing.

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