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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. [2] It is found in the southeastern United States, as far south as Florida, and is generally uncommon. [3]
He defined more than 60 new genera or subgenera of mayflies, and published formal descriptions of many new mayfly species. [2] Among his many specialist studies was that of the ecology of Dolania americana , a "strange" and rare sand-burrowing mayfly that needs a short Arctic year for its egg to develop, and a second year for the nymphs, while ...
Dolania americana has the shortest adult lifespan of any mayfly: the adult females of the species live for less than five minutes. [15] Mayflies (known locally as shadflies) swarm briefly in enormous numbers in Ontario.
Behningiidae. Behningiidae is a family of mayflies. It is a primitive family; the nymphs burrow in the sediment but lack tusks on their mandibles, and the forelegs are not modified for burrowing. The gills are ventral, and the ones on the first abdominal segment are single and are longer than the gills on the other segments.
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Mayfly schematics. Lillian Bland started construction of the Mayfly in the stables of her home during 1909, after making a series of tests with large-scale model gliders. The Mayfly was an equal-span biplane resembling the Farman III in general layout, with a front-mounted elevator and a rear-mounted empennage carried on booms.
A fact from Dolania appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the mayfly Dolania americana dies before the sun rises? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/June.
Hexagenia limbata. (Serville, 1829) [1] 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.