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Species Isonychia sicca

Representative Images

Mayfly (? species) - Isonychia sicca Common Burrower Mayfly - Hexagenia? - Isonychia sicca Slate Drake - Isonychia sicca - female Isonychia - Isonychia sicca Mayfly-Slate Drake - Isonychia sicca Isonychia - Isonychia sicca Mayfly  - Isonychia sicca - female Mayfly  - Isonychia sicca - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Superfamily Heptagenioidea
Family Isonychiidae (Brushlegged Mayflies)
Genus Isonychia
Species sicca (Isonychia sicca)

Explanation of Names

Isonychia sicca (Walsh 1862)

Range

e. Canada, most of the US, Mexico(1) map(2)

Internet References

www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Isonychia+sicca