On the etymology of the Chinese name for the mayfly “FuYou”.
Author of the article:ZHOU Chang-Fa1，ZHENG Le-Yi2
Author's Workplace：1.(Institute of Genetic Resources, College of Life Sciences of Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China);2.(Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China).
Key Words：mayfly; Chinese name; insect; Ephemeroptera
Abstract：In Chinese, mayflies are called “Fu-You”. The earliest literary record of this word can be found in The Book of Songs. It is believed the brief mayfly imaginal life, mass emergence and subsequent mass death of mayflies on the surface of fresh wat