Siphluriscidae is a family of mayflies. It contains a single extant species, Siphluriscus chinensis, which is native to Vietnam and China.[1][2] It is thought to be the most primitive living lineage of mayflies.[3] A fossil genus, Stackelbergisca is known from several species from the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Asia.[1] A second species of Siphluriscus, S. davidi was later assigned to the genus Siphlonurus.[1]

Siphluriscidae
Temporal range: Middle JurassicPresent
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Siphluriscidae
Zhou and Peters, 2003
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  1. ^ a b c Zhou, Chang-Fa; Peters, Janice G. (September 2003). "The Nymph of Siphluriscus Chinensis and Additional Imaginal Description: A Living Mayfly with Jurassic Origins (Siphluriscidae New Family: Ephemeroptera)". Florida Entomologist. 86 (3): 345–352. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0345:tnosca]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0015-4040.
  2. ^ Van Vinh Nguyen , Van Hieu Nguyen and Yeon Jae Bae, A Rare Mayfly Siphluriscus chinensis Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Siphluriscidae) from Vietnam Entomological Research Bulletin 31(1): 56-57 (2015)
  3. ^ Li, Dan; Qin, Jia-Chang; Zhou, Chang-Fa (July 2014). "The phylogeny of Ephemeroptera in Pterygota revealed by the mitochondrial genome of Siphluriscus chinensis (Hexapoda: Insecta)". Gene. 545 (1): 132–140. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2014.04.059. PMID 24780864.