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Genus Litobrancha

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Furcatergalia
Infraorder Scapphodonta
Superfamily Ephemeroidea
Family Ephemeridae (Common Burrower Mayflies)
Genus Litobrancha
Explanation of Names
Litobrancha McCafferty 1971
Numbers
a single extant species in the genus(1)(2)
Range
nearctic genus(2)
Works Cited
1.Mayfly Central
2.Barber-James H., Sartori M., Gattolliat J-L., Webb J. (2013) World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species
Contributed by Roger Rohrbeck on 12 July, 2011 - 10:23pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2014 - 2:51pm

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