The nymph of Siphluriscus chinensis and additional imaginal description: A living mayfly with Jurassic origins (Siphluriscidae new family: Ephemeroptera)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-352

  Zhou, Chang Fa ^a   Peters, Janice G ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Jurassic; Phylogeny; Siphluriscidae; Siphluriscus; Stackelbergisca

Indexed keywords

MAYFLY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

CHINA;

ARTHROPODA; EPHEMEROPTERA; SIPHLONURUS; SIPHLONURUS DAVIDI; SIPHLURISCUS CHINENSIS; SIPHLURISCUS DAVIDI; STACKELBERGISCA;

EID: 0142198416     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0345:TNOSCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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