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ephemeroptera families Flashcards

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fusiform
forelegs with rows of long setae on inner surface
lotic-erosional
swimmers, clingers
collectors-filterers, predators
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Isonychiidae

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fusiform
forelegs with rows of long setae on inner surface
gills of abdominal segment I ventral, all gills simple
Lotic-erosional, lotic-depositional
clingers, burrowers, collectors-filterers

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Oligoneuriidae

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flattened
claws at least as long as tarsi
tibiae and tarsi bowed
lotic-depositional (large rivers on sand)
sprawlers
predators
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Pseudironidae

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Flattened
Maxillary palpi very long, fringed with long hair
gill lamellae pointed without fibrilliform part
lentic-littoral, lotic-depositional
swimmers, clingers
collectors-filterers

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Arthropleidae

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flattened 
head so flat you can see "cheeks" beside eyes in dorsal view
tibiae and tarsi straight
claws shorter than tarsi
lotic-erosional, lentic-erosional
clingers
scrapers, collectors-gatherers
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Heptageniidae

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fusiform
foretarsal claws bifid
midtarsal and hind tarsal claws more than 1/2 as long as tibiae
lotic-erosional
swimmers, clingers
predators, collectors-gatherers
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Metretopodidae

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fusiform
antennae less than 2x width of head
maxillae without pectinate spines
lentic 
swimmers, climbers
collectors-gatherers
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Siphlonuridae

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fusiform
antennae 2-3x width of head or body pale with some dark abdominal segments
lotic-erosional, lotic-depositional 
swimmers, clingers
collectors-gatherers, scrapers
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Baetidae

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fusiform
foretarsal claws with long slender denticles
forecoxae each with spinous pad
lotic-erosional, lotic-depositonal
burrowers
collectors-filterers
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Ametropodidae

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Fusiform 
Antennae less than 2x width of head
maxillae with pectinate spines
lotic-erosional, lotic-depositonal
swimmers, clingers
scrapers, collectors-gatherers
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Ameletidae

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fusiform 
tibia and tarsi bowed
claws long
lotic-depositional (large rivers)
swimmers, clingers
predators
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Acanthometropodidae

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pads of long spines on head and prothorax
lotic-depositional
burrower
predators

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Behningiidae

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fusiform
gills of abdominal segment II operculate, fused medially
mesonotum with lobes
lotic-depositional 
sprawlers, clingers
collector-gatherers
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Neoephemeridae

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fusiform
gills on abdominal segment II operculate, meeting medially but not fused
lotic-depositional, lentic-littoral
sprawlers
collectors-gatherers, collectors-filterers, scrapers

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Caenidae

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fusiform
gills of abdomnial segment II operculate, not meeting medially
lotic-depositional, lentic-littoral
clingers, sprawlers
collectors-gatherers
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Leptohyphidae

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fusiform
gills absent from abdominal segment II
lotic-erosional, lotic-depositional, lentic-littoral
clingers, sprawlers, swimmers
collector-gatherers, some scrapers, herbivores, shredders-detritivores, predators (rare)

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Ephemerellidae

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Burrowers
forefemora produced basoventrally
tusks each broad basally with toothed lateral keel
frontal process forked
burrow in clay banks of large rivers
collectors-gatherers, passive filterers
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Palingeniidae

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burrowers
foretibia fossorial
tusks straight or downcurved
lotic-erosional, lotic-depositoinal, lentic
collectors-gatherers, collectors-filterers

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Polymitarcyidae

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Burrowers
foretibiae fossorial
tusks curved upwards
lotic-depositional, lentic-depositonal
burrowers
collectors-gatherers, collectors-filters, predators
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Ephemeridae

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Burrowers
foretibia cylindrical, simple
gills lateral
lotic-depositional
burrowers
collector-filterers
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Potamanthidae

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fusiform (head somewhat flattened)
gills forked, in tufts, or fridged
lotic-erosional
swimmers, clingers
collectors-gatherers, scrapers
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Leptophlebiidae

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Gills beneath prothoracic notum, extending to abdominal segment VI
lotic-depositional
sprawlers, clingers
collectors-gatherers, scrapers

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Baetiscidae

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