Potamanthus

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Potamanthus is the type genus of the family Potamanthidae, sometimes called "hackle-gilled burrower mayflies".[2][3][4] Species of Potamanthushave been recorded from the Palaearctic[5] Nearctic[2] and Oriental realms.[6]

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Potamanthus
Potamanthus luteus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Potamanthidae
Genus: Potamanthus
Pictet, 1845[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucharidis Joly, 1877
  • Potamanthodes Ulmer, 1920
  • Stygifloris Bae, McCafferty & Edmunds, 1990
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Species

The following species belong to the genus Potamanthus:[6][7]

  1. Potamanthus aeneus Pictet, 1843
  2. Potamanthus brunneus Pictet, 1843
  3. Potamanthus castaneus Pictet, 1843
  4. Potamanthus formosus Eaton, 1892 c g
  5. Potamanthus gibbus Pictet, 1843
  6. Potamanthus huoshanensis Wu, 1987 c g
  7. Potamanthus idiocerus Bae & McCafferty, 1991 c g
  8. Potamanthus inanis Pictet, 1843
  9. Potamanthus kwangsiensis (Hsu, 1937) c g
  10. Potamanthus longitibius Bae & McCafferty, 1991 c g
  11. Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767) i c g
  12. Potamanthus macrophthalmus (You, 1984) c g
  13. Potamanthus nanchangi (Hsu, 1936) c g
  14. Potamanthus sabahensis (Bae & McCafferty, 1990) c g
  15. Potamanthus sangangensis (You, 1984) c g
  16. Potamanthus subcostalis Navás, 1932 c g
  17. Potamanthus yooni Bae & McCafferty, 1991 c g
  18. Potamanthus yunnanensis (You, Wu, Gui & Hsu, 1982) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net

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