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The Ephemeroptera fauna of Sri Lanka is not well known. Treatment of the mayflies of Sri Lanka has been sparse and sporadic since Walker with Caenis perpusilla and Baetis taprobanes in 1853 was the first to describe any mayflies from the island. Hagen (1858) then described 8 new Sri Lankan species, upon which he elaborated in additional works in 1859 and 1873. Eaton (1871, 1883–1888) included some Sri Lankan species in his work, although they comprised only a minor portion in his cosmopolitan taxonomic treatments. A few other authors (e.g. Banks, Chopra, Kimmins, Navás, Lestage, Ulmer; see Hubbard & Peters 1978, for references) dealt briefly or indirectly with mayflies of Sri Lanka.
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Hubbard, M.D., Peters, W.L. (1984). Ephemeroptera of Sri Lanka: an introduction to their ecology and biogeography. In: Fernando, C.H. (eds) Ecology and Biogeography in Sri Lanka. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6545-4_12
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