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How to pronounce the scientific names of aquatic insects
|
Scientific term |
Phonetic pronunciation |
| Adoptiva . . . | adopt tee vuh |
| Attenuata . . . | at ten you ate uh |
| Baetis . . . | bait tis |
| Bicolor . . . | bye color |
| Brachycerus . . . | brah kee seer us |
| Caddis . . . | cad dis |
| Caenis . . . | say ee niss |
| Calibaetis . . . | cal i bay tiss |
| Canadensis . . . | can uh den sis |
| Cloeon . . . | clee on |
| Diptera . . . | dip tare uh |
| Dorothea . . . | door uth ee uh |
| Epeorus . . . | ee pee or us |
| Ephemera . . . | ef uh mare uh |
| Ephemerella . . . | ef uh mare el uh |
| Ephemereoptera . . . | ef uh mare ee opt air uh |
| Ephemeridae . . . | ef uh mare uh dee |
| Guttulata . . . | gut you late uh |
| Hexagenia . . . | hex uh genie uh |
| Invaria . . . | in vair ee uh |
| Isonychia . . . | eye son ick ee uh |
| Odonata . . . | oh doe nah ta |
| Paraleptophlebia . . . | para lept uh flee be uh |
| Plecoptera . . . | play cop tare uh |
| Pleuralis . . . | ploor al lis |
| Potamanthus . . . | po toe manth us |
| Psuedocloeon . . . | soo doe clee on |
| Stenomema . . . | steen oh neem uh |
| Subvaria . . . | sub vair ee uh |
| Tricoptera . . . | try cop tare uh |
| Tricorythodes . . . | try core ith oh dis |
| Vicarium . . . | vie care ee um |