Pannota is a
suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
of
mayflies
Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the orde ...
. One of the differences between this suborder and its sister group
Schistonota
Schistonota is a suborder of mayflies. One of the differences between this suborder and its sister group, Pannota, concerns the degree of fusion of the wing pads in the final-stage nymph; in Schistonota, the degree of fusion along the mesothora ...
concerns the degree of fusion of the wing pads in the final-stage nymph; in Schistonota, the degree of fusion along the
mesothorax
The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments of the thorax of hexapods, and bears the second pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the mesonotum (dorsal), the mesosternum (ventral), and the mesopleuron (lateral) on ...
is more than half the fore-wing length while in Pannota the degree of fusion is less than half that length. Other differences between the two groups include the morphology of the gills and also behavioural differences. Schistonota nymphs are mostly active swimmers, burrowers and sprawlers, while Pannota nymphs are more passive, slow-moving crawlers.
The following
superfamilies and
families
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are recognised:
*Superfamily
Caenoidea
Caenoidea is a superfamily of mayflies in the suborder Pannota. Members of this superfamily can be distinguished from those of Ephemerelloidea by the fact that the gills of the nymphs are filamentous.
The following families are recognised:
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Baetiscidae
Baetiscidae is a family of mayflies. It contains a single extant genus, '' Baetisca'', native to North America with around 12 species. The family is noted for their spined armoured larvae, which live in flowing water pools and on the edges of str ...
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Caenidae
Caenidae, or the small squaregill mayflies, is a family of insects consisting of 5 genera comprising 26 individual species. They are found throughout the world in lotic, depositional environments, and they are sprawlers. Caenids occur in quiet an ...
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Neoephemeridae
Neoephemeridae is a family of large squaregill mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are at least four genera and about 17 described species in Neoephemeridae.
Genera
These four genera belong to the family Neoephemeridae:
* '' Leucorhoenan ...
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Prosopistomatidae
*Superfamily
Ephemerelloidea
''Ephemerelloidea'' is a superfamily of mayflies
Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the Unite ...
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Ephemerellidae
Ephemerellidae are known as the spiny crawler mayflies. They are a family of the order Ephemeroptera. There are eight genera consisting of a total 90 species (Merritt & Cummins). They are distributed throughout North America as well as the UK. T ...
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Leptohyphidae
Leptohyphidae is a family of mayfly, mayflies with some 140 described species in 12 genera.
References
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Insect families
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Tricorythidae
Tricorythidae is a family of mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are about six genera and at least 40 described species in Tricorythidae.
Genera
These six genera belong to the family Tricorythidae:
* '' Madecassorythus'' Elouard & Oliari ...
References
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Mayflies
Insect suborders