Yellow river mayfly - Yellow river mayfly

...The slow-moving spotted mayfly, with many thorns on its body, lives in still water near riverbanks and among pieces of tree branches and fallen leaves, and among rubbish between stones and in the hollows of stones. The group of burrowing mayflies that live by burrowing or being buried in the sand and mud on the bottom of the water includes the yellow filefly and the common mayfly. They breathe by taking in oxygen from the water through tracheal gills on the sides or back of their abdomen, and the shape of the tracheal gills varies depending on the taxonomic group, such as leaf-like, filamentous, or pinnate. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "yellow stonefly" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ふちや川岸に近い静水中の樹枝片や落葉，石間のごみの中や石のくぼみには，体にとげが多く，行動はのろのろしているマダラカゲロウが生息する。水底の砂泥中に潜ったり，埋もれたりして生活する掘潜形のグループには，キイロカワカゲロウ，モンカゲロウなどが見られる。　呼吸は腹部の側面か背面の気管えらから水中の酸素を取り入れるが，気管えらの形態は葉状，糸状，羽状など各分類群の特徴となっている。…

※「キイロカワカゲロウ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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