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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Prosopistomatidae Lameere 1917 |
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Genera
editThese two genera belong to the family Prosopistomatidae:
- Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833
- †Proximicorneus Lin et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
References
edit- ^ "Prosopistomatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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. S2CID 84347145.
- ^ 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. S2CID 251663301.
Further reading
edit- 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.
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