Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Polymitarcyid Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Helen Barber-James

Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa

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Family: POLYMITARCYIDAE Ulmer 1920

  1. Genus: AFROPLOCIA Lestage 1939
    1. A. sampsoni (Barnard)
      Exeuthyplocia sampsoni Barnard 1937
      Afroplocia sampsoni Lestage 1939


  2. Genus: EPHORON Williamson 1802
    1. E. savignyi (Pictet)
      Palingenia savignyi Pictet 1843
      Polymitarcys savignyii Eaton 1871
      Polymitarcys savignyi Eaton 1883
      = Polymitarcys capensis Esben-Petersen 1913
      = Polymitarcys temerata Navas 1916
      Ephoron savignyi Spieth 1940


  3. Genus: POVILLA Navas 1912
    1. P. adusta Navas
      Povilla adusta Navas 1912


  4. Genus: EXEUTHYPLOCIA Lestage, 1918
    1. E. minima (Ulmer 1916)
      Euthyplocia minima Ulmer, 1916
      Exeuthyplocia minima Lestage, 1918




This part of A Catalogue of South African Insects