Potamanthus luteus

Potamanthus luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Ephemeroptera
Family:	Potamanthidae
Genus:	Potamanthus
Species:	P. luteus
Binomial name
Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Potamanthus luteus (popularly 'Yellow Mayfly') ^[1] is a species of hacklegilled burrower mayfly in the family Potamanthidae. ^{[2] [3] [4]} According to Fauna Europaea it is found over a range of mainland Europe. ^[4] In the UK it is or was found principally on the Rivers Usk and Wye in the UK; in the Usk it may have become extinct and in the Wye it has suffered a population crash. ^[5]

References

1. "Potamanthus luteus species dossier" (PDF). cdn.buglife.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. "Potamanthus luteus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
3. "Potamanthus luteus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
4. "Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
5. "Potamanthus luteus (Yellow mayfly)". www.riverflies.org. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2021-10-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Barber-James, Helen M.; Gattolliat, Jean-Luc; Sartori, Michel; Hubbard, Michael D. (2008). "Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. 595 (1). Springer: 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37.
• Barber-James, H.; Sartori, M.; Gattolliat, J-L.; Webb, J. (2013). "World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species" . Retrieved 2018-04-17.
• Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN   978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID   39201439.
• Edmunds Jr., George F. (1972). "Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 17 (1). Annual Reviews: 21–42. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
• Kluge, Nikita (2013). The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. ISBN   978-94-015-3942-5. S2CID   39671739.

External links

• Media related to Potamanthus luteus at Wikimedia Commons