CLADOENDESIS OF EPHEMEROPTERA

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Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4

(Panephemeroptera Euephemeroptera Euplectoptera Anteritorna Bidentiseta Furcatergaliae  
Fimbriatotergaliae Fossoriae Cryptoprosternata Polymitarcys/f1=Ephoron/g2
Campsurus/fg1Polymitarcys/f2=Ephoron/g3 - Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4)

Nomen hierarchicum: Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4 [f:1900; g:1802] (sine Eopolymitarcys)

In circumscription fits:

— gen. Ephoron Williamson 1802: 71

— gen. Polymitarcys Eaton 1868b: 84

— Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4: Kluge 2004: 259

Nominal taxa included:

Ephoron/fg [f:1935; g:1802]

Polymitarcys/fg [f:1900; g:1868]


References. Eaton 1883–1888: ; – Needham & Traver & Hsu 1935: ; – Koss 1968: ; – Edmunds & Jensen & Berner 1976: ; – Tshernova & al. 1986: ; – Ishiwata 1996: ; – Kluge 2004: * * * *


Autapomorphy of Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4.

(1) Cubital field of fore wing [see Polymitarcys/f1=Ephoron/g2 (5)] contains 3–5 intercalaries alternating as concave and convex; they go parallel to CuA toward tornoapical margin and tornus (Eaton 1883–1888: Pl.6:10a-c; Ishiwata 1996: Fig.16–21) (unlike all other Polymitarcys/f1=Ephoron/g2 which have no more than two such intercalaries – see Index of characters [2.2.51] and [2.2.52]).

Character of Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4 of unclear phylogenetic status.

(2) Egg has 1 polar cap [see Polymitarcys/f2=Ephoron/g3 (5)] (Ishiwata 1996: Fig.22–29).

Size. Fore wing length 10–18 mm.

Distribution. Holarctic, Oriental and Afrotropical Regions.


Nominal species in Polymitarcys/f3=Ephoron/g4:

alba Say 1823 [Baetis] ,/

annandalei Chopra 1927 [Polymitarcys]

australis Hagen 1888 [Polymitarcys] — syn.subj. indica [Palingenia]

birmanus Navás 1933 [Polymitarcys]

capensis Petersen 1913 [Polymitarcys] — syn.subj. savignyi [Palingenia]

eophilum Ishiwata 1996 [Ephoron]

greeni Banks 1914 [Anagenesia] — syn.subj. indica [Palingenia]

horaria Burmeister 1839 [Palingenia] — syn.subj. virgo [Ephemera]

indica Pictet 1843 [Palingenia]

leucon Williamson 1802 [Ephoron]

limnobium Ishiwata 1996 [Ephoron]

maroccana Fabricius 1793 [Ephemera] — syn.subj. virgo [Ephemera]

nakamurae Matsumura 1941 [Ephoron]  

nanchangi Hsu 1937 [Polymitarcys]

ookaewae Techakijevej & Phalaraksh (in Techakijevej & Sareein & Hwang & Bae & Phalaraksh) 2021 [Ephoron]

punensis Dubey 1971 [Euthyplocia]

savignyi Pictet 1843 [Palingenia] /

shigae Takahashi 1924 [Polymitarcys] //,-,/

temerata Navás 1916 [Polymitarcys] — syn.subj. savignyi [Palingenia]

virgo Olivier 1791 [Ephemera] — typus nominis Polymitarcys ,

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