Higher Classification
Higher classification of The Mayflies of North America, including
other more recently used names that have been applied to the families (you
may go directly to any family or genus section of the following Species List
by clicking on the appropriate underscored name).
- Class Insecta
- Order Ephemeroptera
- Suborder Furcatergalia
- Infraorder Lanceolata (“the pronggills”)
- Superfamily Leptophlebioidea
- Infraorder Scapphodonta ("the tusked burrowers")
- Superfamily Euthyplocioidea
- Superfamily Ephemeroidea
- Family Ephemeridae
- Family Polymitarcyidae
- Infraorder Pannota (the pannote mayflies)
- Superfamily Caenoidea
- Family Caenidae ("the small squaregills")
- Subfamily Caeninae
- Subfamily Brachycercinae
- Superfamily Ephemerelloidea
- Family Leptohyphidae ("the little stout crawlers")
- Subfamily Leptohyphinae
- Subfamily Tricorythodinae
- Suborder Pisciforma
- Non-Heptagenioidea
- Family Baetidae ("the small minnow mayflies")
- Superfamily Heptagenioidea ("the brushlegged & the flatheaded mayflies")
- Family Oligoneuriidae
- Family Isonychiidae
- Family Heptageniidae ("the flatheaded mayflies")
- Subfamily Ecdyonurinae
- Subfamily Heptageniinae
- Subfamily Rhithrogeninae