Backman, Natalia; Ogden, Heath (Utah Valley University)
Faculty Advisor: Ogden, Heath (Utah Valley University, Biology)
Siphlonuridae is a family of mayflies (order Ephemeroptera) that are nicknamed the "Primitive" Minnow Mayfly family. The family traditionally has consisted of four genera; Edmundsius, Parameletus, Siphlonisca, and Siphlonurus, representing twenty six described species. The family Dipteromimidae was described as a sister group to the family Siphlonuridae (Tojo & Matsukawa, 2003), however, past molecular evidence suggests that Dipteromimidae might nest within Siphlonuridae(T. H. Ogden et al., 2009; T. Heath Ogden & Whiting, 2005). This study aims to use more taxa and more molecular data in order to generate more robust phylogeny for these mayflies. Specifically our goals are to (i) test the monophyly of the family Siphlonuridae; and (ii) compare traditional Sanger sequencing loci to newly generated phylogenomic data from a targeted capture sequencing approach.