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Family Oreoleptidae

Aquatic larva Southwest Alberta (CAN) May 27 2015 - small mountain creek - Oreoleptis torrenticola Aquatic larva Southwest Alberta (CAN) May 27 2015 - small mountain creek - Oreoleptis torrenticola
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Oreoleptidae
Explanation of Names
Oreoleptidae Zloty, Sinclair & Pritchard 2005
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Works Cited
1.Discovered in our backyard: new genus & species of new family from the Rocky Mountains of North America (Diptera, Tabanomorpha)
Zloty, J., B. J. Sinclair, and G. Pritchard. 2005. Systematic Entomology 30:1-19.