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Family Leptohyphidae - Little Stout Crawler Mayflies

Tricorythodes explicatus - voucher specimen, in alcohol - Tricorythodes

6036796 mayflies - Tricorythodes explicatus

Drowned AZ ephemeron - Tricorythodes - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Suborder Furcatergalia

Infraorder Pannota

Superfamily Ephemerelloidea

Family Leptohyphidae (Little Stout Crawler Mayflies)

Explanation of Names

spp. of Asioplax & Homoleptohyphes are listed in Tricorythodes in(1)

Numbers

24 spp. in 7 genera in our area(2), ~150 spp. in ~15 genera total(1)

Range

New World, primarily neotropical(1); much more diverse towards the south, esp. in sw. US; only 6 spp. range into Canada(2)

Works Cited

1.	Barber-James H., Sartori M., Gattolliat J-L., Webb J. (2013) World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species

2.	Mayfly Central

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 8 March, 2011 - 2:02am
Additional contributions by Taxon, v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2014 - 2:35pm

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