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A study in laboratory simulated streams revealed that the mayfly genus Centroptilum increased the export of periphyton, [32] thus indirectly affecting primary production positively, which is an essential process for ecosystems. The mayfly can also reallocate and alter the nutrient availability in aquatic habitats through the process of ...
Acanthametropus pecatonica Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Ephemeroptera Family: Acanthametropodidae Genus: Acanthametropus Species: † A. pecatonica Binomial name † Acanthametropus pecatonica Burks, 1953 Acanthametropus pecatonica, the Pecatonica River mayfly, is a species of ...
Hexagenia bilineata is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is found in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Sometimes adults of this mayfly are so abundant as to cause a nuisance because of their enormous numbers. The larvae are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives.
Hexagenia limbata, the giant mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is distributed widely near lakes and slow-moving rivers. [ 2 ] The larvae, known as nymphs, are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives.
Dolania is a monotypic genus of mayfly in the family Behningiidae containing the single species Dolania americana, also known as the American sand-burrowing mayfly. [3] It is found in the southeastern United States, as far south as Florida, and is generally uncommon. [ 4 ]
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