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Family Ephemerellidae - Spiny Crawler Mayflies

Eurylophella verisimilis Teloganopsis deficiens Drunella coloradensis / flavilinea - Drunella Mayfly - Ephemerella Mayfly - female female imago - Ephemerella dorothea - female Ephemerellidae - Ephemerella invaria Mayfly on burnt tree near the McKenzie River - Ephemerella excrucians
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Furcatergalia
Infraorder Pannota
Superfamily Ephemerelloidea
Family Ephemerellidae (Spiny Crawler Mayflies)
Numbers
75 spp. in 14 genera in our area(1), ~150 spp. in 22 genera total(2)
Range
Holarctic & Oriental, more diverse in NA(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 Tony DiTerlizzi on 26 March, 2005 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 February, 2014 - 9:31am

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