Biology:Vietnamellidae

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Short description: Family of mayflies

Vietnamellidae
Vietnamella thani (10.3897-zookeys.902.46844) Figure 10 (cropped).jpg
Larvae (top) and moulting adult (bottom) of Vietnamella thani
Burmella paucivenosa (10.3897-zookeys.1036.66435) Figure 1.jpg
Adult imago of Burmella paucivenosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Vietnamellidae
Allen, 1984
Genera
  • Vietnamella
  • Burmella

Vietnamellidae is a family of ephemerelloid mayflies. It contains a single extant genus, Vietnamella, with several species native to India, Southeast Asia, and China. A fossil genus Burmella is known from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the mid-Cretaceous around 100 million years ago.[1][2]

Taxonomy

  • Vietnamella Tshernova, 1972
    • V. thani Tshernova, 1972
    • V. ornata Tshernova, 1972
    • V. sinensis (Hsu, 1936)
    • V. maculosa Auychinda et al. 2020[1]
    • V. nanensis Auychinda et al. 2020[3]
    • V. chebalingensis Tong, 2020[4]
  • Burmella Godunko, et al. 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)[2]
    • B. paucivenosa Godunko, et al. 2021
    • B. clypeata Godunko, et al. 2021

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3558044 entry