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Ameletus
Sign in to saveAmeletus is a genus of mayfly and the type genus of the family Ameletidae.
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Vinony's link graph records 12 inbound references to Ameletus, and connects out to Animalia, insect and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Encyclopedia of Life ID same as Wikidata, Mayflies and Mayfly genera.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderEphemeroptera
- FamilyAmeletidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,028
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Ameletidae
- Collections
- UAM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ameletidae
- Image
- Ameletid mayfly, Ameletus cryptostimulus (23503475424).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomic history
- Species
- References
Ameletus is a genus of mayfly and the type genus of the family Ameletidae.
==Taxonomic history== Ameletus was circumscribed by Rev. A. E. Eaton in 1885. His initial circumscription included three species, all of which were described in the same paper: the type species A. dissitus, A. subnotatus, and A. exquisitus.
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