ephemeropteran

English

Etymology

Ephemeroptera +‎ -an

Noun

ephemeropteran (plural ephemeropterans)

1. (zoology) Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.
   • 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     All these habitats are species poor: aside from amphipod fauna, assellote isopods, trichopteran, plecopteran and ephemeropteran larvae, erpobdelid leeches and salamander larvae were also found, but no fishes were observed.