Caenis (genus)

Caenis (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Caenis"


image_caption = "Caenis horaria"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Ephemeroptera
subordo = Pannota
superfamilia = Ephemerelloidea
familia = Caenidae
genus = "Caenis"
genus_authority = Stephens, 1835
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Caenis amica"
"Caenis anceps"
"Caenis arwini"
"Caenis bajaensis"
"Caenis candida"
"Caenis diminuta"
"Caenis hilaris"
"Caenis latipennis"
"Caenis macafferti"
"Caenis punctata"
"Caenis tardata"
"Caenis youngi"

"Caenis" is a genus of mayflies. The insects in this species are often called "the angler's curse", because of the large numbers in which they occur.


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