Prosopistomatidae

Prosopistomatidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Prosopistoma larvae
Prosopistoma female subimago (which appears to the mature female adult stage of this genus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Ephemeroptera
Family:	Prosopistomatidae Lameere 1917
Genera
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Prosopistomatidae is a family of mayflies. There is one extant genus, Prosopistoma, with several dozen species found across Afro-Eurasia and Oceania. They are noted for their unusual beetle-shaped larvae, which live beneath rocks and stones along the gravelly lower reaches of rivers. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Their ecology is unclear, but they are probably carnivorous. ^[4] They are closely related to Baetiscidae, with both families being placed in the Carapacea. ^[5]

Genera

These four genera belong to the family Prosopistomatidae:

• Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833
• † Proximicorneus Lin et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

References

1. "Prosopistomatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
2. "Mayfly Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
3. Boonsoong, Boonsatien; Sartori, Michel (2019-02-27). "Review and integrative taxonomy of the genus Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833 (Ephemeroptera, Prosopistomatidae) in Thailand, with description of a new species". ZooKeys. 825: 123–144. doi:10.3897/zookeys.825.32443. ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   6403201 . PMID   30853832.
4. Schletterer, Martin; Füreder, Leopold (November 2009). "The family Prosopistomatidae (Ephemeroptera): a review on its ecology and distribution, with particular emphasis on the European species Prosopistoma pennigerum Müller, 1785". Aquatic Insects. 31 (sup1): 603–620. doi:10.1080/01650420903027382. ISSN   0165-0424.
5. Staniczek, Arnold H.; Storari, Arianny P.; Godunko, Roman J. (2022-08-17). "Revised systematics, phylogeny, and paleontology of the mayfly family Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 80: 389–409. doi:10.3897/asp.80.e82845. ISSN   1864-8312.

Further reading

• 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. Developments in Hydrobiology. Vol. 595. Springer. pp. 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37. ISBN   978-1-4020-8258-0.
• 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: 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.