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Family Arthropleidae - Flatheaded Mayflies

Small Big-headed Mayfly - Arthroplea bipunctata Mayfly Larva - Arthroplea bipunctata Mayfly Larva - Arthroplea bipunctata Mayfly - Arthroplea bipunctata - female Mayfly - Arthroplea bipunctata - female Mayfly - Arthroplea bipunctata - male big-eyed mayfly - Arthroplea bipunctata - male Mayfly - Arthroplea bipunctata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Superfamily Heptagenioidea
Family Arthropleidae (Flatheaded Mayflies)
Explanation of Names
often treated as part of Heptageniidae
Numbers
a single genus, with one species in our area and 2 spp. total(1)(2)
Range
Holarctic(1)
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 tom murray on 22 May, 2006 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 February, 2014 - 9:36am

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