Potamanthus

Potamanthus
Potamanthus luteus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Potamanthidae
Genus: Potamanthus
Pictet, 1845
Synonyms
  • Eucharidis Joly, 1877
  • Potamanthodes Ulmer, 1920
  • Stygifloris Bae, McCafferty & Edmunds, 1990

Potamanthus is the type genus of the family Potamanthidae, sometimes called "hackle-gilled burrower mayflies". Species of Potamanthushave been recorded from the Palaearctic Nearctic and Oriental realms.