# Ephemeroidea

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{{Short description|Superfamily of mayflies}}
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| image_caption = ''[Ephemera danica](/source/Ephemera_danica)''
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'''''Ephemeroidea''''' is a [superfamily](/source/Taxonomic_rank) of [mayflies](/source/Mayfly). Members of this superfamily are found in most parts of the world with the exception of the Arctic, the Antarctic and Australia.

== Families ==
Six families are currently recognised by the [Catalogue Of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life):
* [Behningiidae](/source/Behningiidae) <small>Motas & Bacesco, 1937</small> – 7 species
** ''[Behningia](/source/Behningia)'' <small>Lestage, 1930</small> – 4 species
** ''[Dolania](/source/Dolania)'' <small>Edmunds & Traver, 1959</small> – 1 species
** ''[Protobehningia](/source/Protobehningia)'' <small>Chernova, 1960</small> – 2 species

* [Ephemeridae](/source/Ephemeridae) <small>Latreille, 1810</small> – 90 species
** ''[Afromera](/source/Afromera)'' <small>Demoulin, 1955</small> – 6 species
** ''[Eatonica](/source/Eatonica)'' <small>Navás, 1913</small> – 6 species
** ''[Eatonigenia](/source/Eatonigenia)'' <small>Ulmer, 1939</small> – 7 species
** ''[Ephemera](/source/Ephemera_(mayfly))'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> – 59 species
** ''[Hexagenia](/source/Hexagenia)'' <small>Walsh, 1863</small> – 8 species
** ''[Litobrancha](/source/Litobrancha)'' <small>McCafferty, 1971</small> – 1 species
** ''[Pentagenia](/source/Pentagenia)'' <small>Walsh, 1863</small> – 2 species
** ''[Phthartus](/source/Phthartus)'' <small>Handlirsch, 1904</small> – 1 species

* [Euthyplociidae](/source/Euthyplociidae) <small>Lestage, 1921</small> – 23 species
** ''[Afroplocia](/source/Afroplocia)'' <small>Lestage, 1939</small> – 1 species
** ''[Campylocia](/source/Campylocia)'' <small>Needham & Murphy, 1924</small> – 4 species
** ''[Dasyplocia](/source/Dasyplocia)'' <small>Gonçalves, Pescador & Peters, 2020</small> – 1 species
** ''[Euthyplocia](/source/Euthyplocia)'' <small>Eaton, 1871</small> – 2 species
** ''[Exeuthyplocia](/source/Exeuthyplocia)'' <small>Lestage, 1919</small> – 1 species
** ''[Mesoplocia](/source/Mesoplocia)'' – 2 species
** ''[Polyplocia](/source/Polyplocia)'' <small>Lestage, 1921</small> – 4 species
** ''[Proboscidoplocia](/source/Proboscidoplocia)'' <small>Demoulin, 1966</small> – 8 species

* [Palingeniidae](/source/Palingeniidae) <small>Albarda, 1888</small> – 37 species
** ''[Anagenesia](/source/Anagenesia)'' <small>Eaton, 1883</small> – 15 species
** ''[Chankagenesia](/source/Chankagenesia)'' – 3 species
** ''[Cheirogenesia](/source/Cheirogenesia)'' <small>Demoulin, 1952</small> – 3 species
** ''[Mortogenesia](/source/Mortogenesia)'' <small>Lestage, 1923</small> – 1 species
** ''[Palingenia](/source/Palingenia)'' <small>Burmeister, 1839</small> – 11 species
** ''[Plethogenesia](/source/Plethogenesia)'' <small>Ulmer, 1920</small> – 4 species

* [Polymitarcyidae](/source/Polymitarcyidae) <small>Banks, 1900</small> – 117 species
** ''[Asthenopus](/source/Asthenopus)'' <small>Eaton, 1871</small> – 8 species
** ''[Campsurus](/source/Campsurus)'' <small>Eaton, 1868</small> – 65 species
** ''[Ephoron](/source/Ephoron)'' <small>Williamson, 1802</small> – 15 species
** ''[Languidipes](/source/Languidipes)'' – 3 species
** ''[Povilla](/source/Povilla)'' <small>Navás, 1912</small> – 7 species
** ''[Tortopsis](/source/Tortopsis)'' <small>Molineri, 2010</small> – 12 species
** ''[Tortopus](/source/Tortopus)'' <small>Needham & Murphy, 1924</small> – 7 species

* [Potamanthidae](/source/Potamanthidae) <small>Klapalek, 1909</small> – 26 species
** ''[Anthopotamus](/source/Anthopotamus)'' <small>McCafferty & Bae, 1990</small> – 4 species
** ''[Potamanthus](/source/Potamanthus)'' <small>Pictet, 1845</small> – 13 species
** ''[Rhoenanthus](/source/Rhoenanthus)'' <small>Eaton, 1881</small> – 9 species

==References==
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