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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Metretopodidae - Cleftfooted Minnow Mayflies

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Pisciforma
Family Metretopodidae (Cleftfooted Minnow Mayflies)
Numbers
9 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), 11 spp. in 3 genera total(2)
Range
Holarctic(2)