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Prosopistomatidae

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Prosopistomatidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Prosopistoma larvae
Prosopistoma female subimago (which appears to the mature female adult stage of this genus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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These two genera belong to the family Prosopistomatidae:

References

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  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. ^ 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.
  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. S2CID 251663301.

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