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Heptageniidae Needham, 1901

100981  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:100981)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Ephemeroptera (Order)
  7. Heptageniidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Heptaeniidae · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Acanthomola Whiting & Lehmkuhl, 1987
  2. Genus Afghanurus Demoulin, 1964
  3. Genus Afronurus Lestage, 1924
  4. Genus Amerogenia Sinitshenkova, 2000 †
  5. Genus Anapos Yanai & Sartori in Yanai, Sartori, Dor & Dorchin, 2017
  6. Genus Anepeorus McDunnough, 1925
  7. Genus Asionurus Braasch & Soldán, 1986
  8. Genus Atopopus Eaton, 1881
  9. Genus Belovius Chernova, 1981
  10. Genus Bleptus Eaton, 1885
  11. Genus Burmaheptagenia Chen & Zheng, 2023 †
  12. Genus Burshtynogena Godunko & Sontag, 2004 †
  13. Genus Cinygma Eaton, 1885
  14. Genus Cinygmula McDunnough, 1933
  15. Genus Compsoneuria Eaton, 1881
  16. Genus Cruscolli Mueller & Demers-Potvin, 2024 †
  17. Genus Darthus Webb & McCafferty, 2007
  18. Genus Ecdyonuroides Dang, 1967
  19. Genus Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868
  20. Genus Electrogena Zurwerra & Tomka, 1985
  21. Genus Epeorella Ulmer, 1939
  22. Genus Epeorus Eaton, 1881
  23. Genus Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
  24. Genus Iron Eaton, 1883
  25. Genus Ironodes Traver, 1935
  26. Genus Ironopsis Traver, 1935
  27. Genus Leucrocuta Flowers, 1980
  28. Genus Macdunnoa Lehmkuhl, 1979
  29. Genus Maculogenia Zhou in Gong, Zhang & Zhou, 2022
  30. Genus Miocoenogenia Tshernova, 1962 †
  31. Genus Nestormeus Godunko, 2004
  32. Genus Nixe Flowers, 1980
  33. Genus Notacanthurus Chernova, 1974
  34. Genus Paegniodes Eaton, 1881
  35. Genus Parafronurus Zhou & Braasch, 2003
  36. Genus Pseudokageronia Masselot & Nel, 1999 †
  37. Genus Raptoheptagenia Whiting & Lehmkuhl, 1987
  38. Genus Regulaneuria Zhou in Lei et al., 2021
  39. Genus Rhithrogena Eaton, 1881
  40. Genus Stenacron Jensen, 1974
  41. Genus Stenonema Traver, 1933
  42. Genus Succinogenia Demoulin, 1965 †
  43. Genus Thalerosphyrus Eaton, 1881
  44. Genus Thamnodontus Kluge, 2004
  45. Genus Akkarion Flowers, 1980 accepted as Afghanurus Demoulin, 1964
  46. Genus Albertiron Kluge, 2004 accepted as Belovius Chernova, 1981
  47. Genus Alpiron Braasch, 2006 accepted as Iron Eaton, 1883
  48. Genus Caucasiron Kluge, 1997 accepted as Epeorus Eaton, 1881
  49. Genus Cinygmoides Matsumura, 1931 accepted as Cinygma Eaton, 1885
  50. Genus Compsoneuriella Ulmer, 1939 accepted as Thalerosphyrus Eaton, 1881
  51. Genus Dacnogenia Kluge, 1988 accepted as Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
  52. Genus Ecdyogymnurus Kluge, 2004 accepted as Leucrocuta Flowers, 1980
  53. Genus Ecdyurus Eaton, 1868 accepted as Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868
  54. Genus Epeiron Demoulin, 1964 accepted as Cinygmula McDunnough, 1933
  55. Genus Helvetoraeticus Bauernfeind & Soldán, 2012 accepted as Ecdyonurus Eaton, 1868
  56. Genus Himalogena Kluge, 2004 accepted as Rhithrogena Eaton, 1881
  57. Genus Kageronia Matsumura, 1931 accepted as Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
  58. Genus Lewisa Zembrzuski & Anderson, 2018 accepted as Stenonema Traver, 1933 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, currently accepted as subgenus)
  59. Genus Maccaffertium Bednarik, 1979 accepted as Stenonema Traver, 1933
  60. Genus Neocloeon Traver, 1933 accepted as Centroptilum Eaton, 1869
  61. Genus Notonurus Crass, 1947 accepted as Thalerosphyrus Eaton, 1881
  62. Genus Ororotsia Traver, 1939 accepted as Cinygmula McDunnough, 1933
  63. Genus Palawaneuria Braasch & Freitag, 2008 accepted as Compsoneuria Eaton, 1881
  64. Genus Paracinygmula Baikova, 1975 accepted as Afghanurus Demoulin, 1964
  65. Genus Parastenacron Kluge, 1983 accepted as Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
  66. Genus Proepeorus Kluge, 2004 accepted as Epeorus Eaton, 1881
  67. Genus Rhitrogena Klapálek, 1905 accepted as Rhithrogena Eaton, 1881
  68. Genus Siamoneuria Braasch, 2006 accepted as Compsoneuria Eaton, 1881
  69. Genus Siberionurus McCafferty, 2004 accepted as Leucrocuta Flowers, 1980
  70. Genus Sibirigena Kluge, 2004 accepted as Rhithrogena Eaton, 1881
  71. Genus Sigmoneuria Demoulin, 1964 accepted as Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
  72. Genus Siniron Ma & Zhou, 2022 accepted as Epeorus Eaton, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, currently accepted as subgenus)
  73. Genus Spinadis Edmunds & Jensen, 1974 accepted as Anepeorus McDunnough, 1925
  74. Genus Trichogenia Braasch & Soldán, 1988 accepted as Heptagenia Walsh, 1863
  75. Genus Tumungula Zhou & Peters, 2004 accepted as Rhithrogena Eaton, 1881
  76. Genus Longiheptagenia Yang, Zhao, Ren & Zhao, 2023 † (uncertain, Unclear whether publication was registered in Zoobank)
  77. Genus Rhithrogeniella (uncertain, unassessed)
  78. Genus Stenocron (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Authority given as Needham in Needham & Betten, 1901 in Hallan, 2000-  
Taxonomic remark Authority given as Needham in Needham & Betten, 1901 in Hallan, 2000- [details]
IRMNG (2025). Heptageniidae Needham, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100981 on 2026-01-20
Date
action
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexapoda (Subphylum) > Insecta (Class) > Pterygota (Subclass) > Paleoptera (Infraclass) > Ephemeroptera (Order) > Schistonota (Suborder) > Baetoidea (Superfamily) > Heptageniidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Mayflies, terrestrial / aquatic (FW) nymphs (characteristics of order) (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Eocene (Priabonian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Needham in Needham & Betten, 1901 in Hallan, 2000- [details]
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