Oligoneuriidae is a family of mayflies with a pantropical distribution. They are also known as brushlegged mayflies due to the presence of two rows of setae used for filtration on the front legs of their nymphs. Nymphs also have tufts of gills at the base of their maxillae. There are at least 68 described species in over a dozen genera.[1]

Oligoneuriidae
Temporal range: Aptian–Present
Nymph of Oligoneuriopsis jessicae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Suborder: Pisciforma
Superfamily: Heptagenioidea
Family: Oligoneuriidae
Ulmer, 1914
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References

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  1. ^ a b Massariol, Fabiana Criste; Takiya, Daniela Maeda; Salles, Frederico Falcão (30 September 2019). "Global classification and evolution of brushlegged mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Oligoneuriidae): phylogenetic analyses of morphological and molecular data and dated historical biogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (2): 378–412. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz031. ISSN 0024-4082.
  2. ^ Storari, Arianny P.; Rodrigues, Taissa; Saraiva, Antonio A. F.; Salles, Frederico F. (28 October 2020). Richter, Martha (ed.). "Unmasking a gap: A new oligoneuriid fossil (Ephemeroptera: Insecta) from the Crato Formation (upper Aptian), Araripe Basin, NE Brazil, with comments on Colocrus McCafferty". PLOS ONE. 15 (10): e0240365. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240365. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7592730. PMID 33112866.

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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