Small Mayflies
Baetidae
Baetidae is a family of mayflies with about 900 described species distributed worldwide. These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rarely exceeding 10 mm in length excluding the two long slender tails and sometimes much smaller, and members of the family are often referred to as small mayflies or small minnow mayflies. Most species have long oval forewings with very few cross veins (see Comstock-Needham system) but the hindwings are usually very small or even...
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Speckled Duns
genusCallibaetis
Cloeoninae
subfamilyCloeoninae
Baetinae
subfamilyBaetinae
Acentrella
genusAcentrella
Baetiella
genusBaetiella
Labiobaetis
genusLabiobaetis
Platybaetis
genusPlatybaetis
Alainites
genusAlainites
Baetodes
genusBaetodes
Centroptilum
genusCentroptilum
Plauditus
genusPlauditus
Centroptella
genusCentroptella
Camelobaetidius
genusCamelobaetidius
Takobia
genusTakobia
Nigrobaetis
genusNigrobaetis
Acerpenna
genusAcerpenna
Diphetor
genusDiphetor
Two-tailed Waterfall Baetids
genusDemoreptus
Fallceon
genusFallceon
Pseudocloeon
genusPseudocloeon
Heterocloeon
genusHeterocloeon
Centroptiloides
genusCentroptiloides
Andesiops
genusAndesiops
Cloeodes
genusCloeodes
Crassabwa
genusCrassabwa
False Pannote Baetids
genusPseudopannota
Anafroptilum
genusAnafroptilum
Mayobaetis
genusMayobaetis
Dicentroptilum
genusDicentroptilum
Iswaeon
genusIswaeon
Moribaetis
genusMoribaetis
Long-clawed Sand Creepers
genusCheleocloeon
Stickleback Baetids
genusAcanthiops
Mutelocloeon
genusMutelocloeon
Americabaetis
genusAmericabaetis
Paracloeodes
genusParacloeodes
Apobaetis
genusApobaetis
Baetopus
genusBaetopus
Dabulamanzia
genusDabulamanzia
Bungona
genusBungona
Branchiobaetis
genusBranchiobaetis
African Sulphur Duns
genusAfroptilum
Echinobaetis
genusEchinobaetis
Barbaetis
genusBarbaetis
Cioeodes
genusCioeodes
Kirmaushenkreena
genusKirmaushenkreena
Barnumus
genusBarnumus
Hanging-gilled Baetids
genusAfrobaetodes
Bugillesia
genusBugillesia
Bugilliesia
genusBugilliesia
Delouardus
genusDelouardus
Dainty Sand Dancers
genusDemoulinia
Echinopus
genusEchinopus
Edmulmeatus
genusEdmulmeatus
Glossidion
genusGlossidion
Guloptiloides
genusGuloptiloides
Ophelmatostoma
genusOphelmatostoma
Herbrossus
genusHerbrossus
Kivuiops
genusKivuiops
Nesoptiloides
genusNesoptiloides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48009.