Higher Classification
Higher Classification of The Mayflies of North America
Suborders, infraorders, families and genera are included along with some common names of family or higher groupings. Any family or genus may be directly accessed within the species list by clicking on the name. Currently 23 families and 108 genera of mayflies are recognized in North America. Current numbers of species for North America, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and the USA are found with the Species List.
- Class Insecta
- Order Ephemeroptera
- Suborder Carapacea (the armored mayflies)
- Suborder Furcatergalia (the forked-gill mayflies)
- Infraorder Lanceolata (the pronggills)
- Family Leptophlebiidae
- Genus Choroterpes Eaton
- Genus Farrodes Peters
- Genus Habrophlebia Eaton
- Genus Habrophlebiodes Ulmer
- Genus Hydrosmilodon Flowers & Dominguez
- Genus Leptophlebia Westwood
- Genus Neochoroterpes Allen
- Genus Neoleptophlebia Kluge
- Genus Paraleptophlebia Lestage
- Genus Thraulodes Ulmer
- Genus Traverella Edmunds
- Family Leptophlebiidae
- Infraorder Palpotarsa (the primitive burrowing mayflies)
- Infraorder Scapphodonta (the tusked burrowing mayflies)
- Superfamily Potamanthoidea (the hacklegills)
- Superfamily Euthyplocioidea
- Superfamily Ephemeroidea
- Infraorder Pannota (the fused-back mayflies)
- Superfamily Caenoidea (the squaregills)
- Superfamily Ephemerelloidea (the crawlers)
- Family Ephemerellidae (the spiny crawlers)
- Genus Attenella Edmunds
- Genus Caudatella Edmunds
- Genus Caurinella Allen
- Genus Dannella Edmunds
- Genus Dentatella Allen
- Genus Drunella Needham
- Genus Ephemerella Walsh
- Genus Eurylophella Tiensuu
- Genus Matriella Jacobus & McCafferty
- Genus Penelomax Jacobus & McCafferty
- Genus Serratella Edmunds
- Genus Teloganopsis Ulmer
- Genus Timpanoga Needham
- Genus Tsalia Jacobus & McCafferty
- Family Leptohyphidae (the little stout crawlers, or tricos)
- Family Ephemerellidae (the spiny crawlers)
- Infraorder Lanceolata (the pronggills)
- Suborder Pisciforma (the minnow, brush-legged and flat-headed mayflies)
- Non-Heptagenioidea
- Family Acanthametropodidae (the speed minnows)
- Family Ameletidae (the painted minnows)
- Family Ametropodidae (the sand minnows)
- Family Baetidae (the small minnow mayflies)
- Genus Acentrella Bengtsson
- Genus Acerpenna Waltz & McCafferty
- Genus Americabaetis Kluge
- Genus Anafroptilum Kluge
- Genus Apobaetis Day
- Genus Baetis Leach
- Genus Baetodes Needham & Murphy
- Genus Baetopus Keffermuller
- Genus Barbaetis Waltz & McCafferty
- Genus Callibaetis Eaton
- Genus Camelobaetidius Demoulin
- Genus Caribaetis Kluge
- Genus Cloeodes Traver
- Genus Cloeon Leach
- Genus Diphetor Waltz & McCafferty
- Genus Fallceon Waltz & McCafferty
- Genus Heterocloeon McDunnough
- Genus Iswaeon McCafferty & Webb
- Genus Kirmaushenkreena McCafferty
- Genus Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge
- Genus Moribaetis Waltz & McCafferty
- Genus Neocloeon Traver
- Genus Paracloeodes Day
- Genus Plauditus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty
- Genus Procloeon Bengtsson
- Genus Pseudocentroptiloides Jacob
- Genus Varipes Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty
- Genus Waynokiops Hill, Pfeiffer & Jacobus
- Family Metretopodidae (the cleft-footed minnows)
- Family Siphlonuridae (the big minnow mayflies)
- Superfamily Heptagenioidea
- Family Isonychiidae (the brush-legged minnow mayflies)
- Family Oligoneuriidae (the brushlegs)
- Family Pseudironidae (the crabwalkers)
- Family Arthropleidae (the palpheads)
- Family Heptageniidae (the flat-headed mayflies, or flatheads)
- Genus Anepeorus McDunnough
- Genus Cinygma Eaton
- Genus Cinygmula McDunnough
- Genus Ecdyonurus Eaton
- Genus Epeorus Eaton
- Genus Heptagenia Walsh
- Genus Ironodes Traver
- Genus Leucrocuta Flowers
- Genus Maccaffertium Bednarik
- Genus Macdunnoa Lehmkuhl
- Genus Nixe Flowers
- Genus Raptoheptagenia Whiting & Lehmkuhl
- Genus Rhithrogena Eaton
- Genus Spinadis Edmunds & Jensen
- Genus Stenacron Jensen
- Genus Stenonema Traver
- Non-Heptagenioidea
- Order Ephemeroptera