Potamanthus luteus is a species of hacklegilled burrower mayfly in the family Potamanthidae.[1][2][3] It is or was found principally on the Rivers Usk and Wye in the UK; in the Usk it may have become extinct and in the Wye it has suffered a population crash.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Potamanthidae |
| Genus: | Potamanthus |
| Species: | P. luteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamanthus luteus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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References edit
- ^ "Potamanthus luteus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Potamanthus luteus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Potamanthus luteus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Potamanthus luteus (Yellow mayfly)". www.riverflies.org. Retrieved 2021-10-06.[dead link]
Further reading edit
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Barber-James, Helen M.; Gattolliat, Jean-Luc; Sartori, Michel; Hubbard, Michael D. (2008). "Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. 595 (1). Springer: 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37.
- Barber-James, H.; Sartori, M.; Gattolliat, J-L.; Webb, J. (2013). "World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species". Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID 39201439.
- Edmunds Jr., George F. (1972). "Biogeography and evolution of Ephemeroptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 17 (1). Annual Reviews: 21–42. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.17.010172.000321.
- Kluge, Nikita (2013). The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer Science & Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0872-3. ISBN 978-94-015-3942-5. S2CID 39671739.
External links edit
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