Prosopistomatidae Temporal range:
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Prosopistoma larvae | |
Prosopistoma female subimago (which appears to the mature female adult stage of this genus) | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
These four genera belong to the family Prosopistomatidae: