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Scientific Name: Hexagenia sp Walsh, 1863
English Name: Giant Mayflies
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Ephemeridae
Description:
These mayflies are of medium to large size, ranging from 10 to 32 mm. They possess upturned mandibular tusks and a frontal process between the antennae. The fore legs are modified and widened for burrowing purposes. Gills are present on segments 1-7, with small (vestigial) and simple gills on segment 1, and forked gills with fringed margins (feathered) on segments 2-7, which are held over the abdomen.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Ephemerid mayflies are found in the soft silt or sand of streams and lakes
Environment:
Freshwater, Terrestrial
Comments:
They are semi aquatic. Larvae are hatched in water. But they fly away when they got matured.
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