Hexagenites Scudder 1880 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae

Synonyms: Paedephemera Handlirsch 1906, Stenodicranum Demoulin 1954

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1880. The Devonian insects of New Brunswick. Anniversary Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1830-1880 1-41

Parent taxon: Hexagenitidae according to R. Willmann 2007

See also Carpenter 1992, Demoulin 1954, Demoulin 1955, Demoulin 1967, Demoulin 1970, Handlirsch 1906, Ponomarenko 1985 and Tshernova 1961

Sister taxa: Baikalogenites, Caenoephemera, Costalimella, Cratohexagenites, Ephemeropsis, Epicharmeropsis, Hexameropsis, Mongologenites, Protoligoneuria, Shantous, Siberiogenites

Subtaxa: Hexagenites cellulosus Hexagenites weyenberghi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

• Jurassic of Germany (8)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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