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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Siphloplecton

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Family Metretopodidae (Cleftfooted Minnow Mayflies)
Genus Siphloplecton
Explanation of Names
Siphloplecton Clemens 1915
Numbers
7 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)(2)
Range
nearctic genus(2), most diverse in se. US (2 spp. transcontinental in the north)(1)