Fine veined mayflies

Fine veined mayflies
	Atalophlebia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Type of:	Arthropods
Grade:	Insects
Squad:	Mayflies
Suborder:	Schistonota
Superfamily:	Leptophlebioidea
Family:	Fine veined mayflies
Latin name
	Leptophlebiidae
Kind
	Choroterpes; Farrodes; Habrophlebia; Habrophlebiodes; Leptophlebia; Neochoroterpes; Paraleptophlebia; Thraulodes; Traverella

Thin veined mayflies ^[1] ( lat. Leptophlebiidae ) is a family of mayflies with more than 2,000 species worldwide.

Content

1 Description
2 Ecology and habitats
3 notes
4 References

Description

In North America , 70 species from 9 genera are common.

Ecology and habitats

Nymphs prefer to live in fast waters - rivers and streams . Nymphs of this family are easily distinguishable from others by the fork-shaped gills located on the abdomen .

Notes

↑ An annotated list of rare and endangered species of invertebrate animals, especially protected within Russia // 2003 * Russia * Red list of specially protected rare and endangered animals and plants. (2nd edition). Part 2. Invertebrate animals (Red Book Bulletin, 2/2004 (2008)) / rev. ed. V.E. Prisyazhnyuk. - M .: Laboratory of the Red Book of the All-Russian Research Institute of Nature Conservation , 2004 (2008). - S. 144. - 512 p. - ISBN 978-5-9243-0158-7 Full text Archived October 24, 2018 on the Wayback Machine

Links

[1] An annotated list of rare and endangered species of invertebrate animals, especially protected within Russia // 2003 * Russia * Red list of specially protected rare and endangered animals and plants. (2nd edition). Part 2. Invertebrate animals (Red Book Bulletin, 2/2004 (2008)) / rev. ed. V.E. Prisyazhnyuk. - M .: Laboratory of the Red Book of the All-Russian Research Institute of Nature Conservation , 2004 (2008). - S. 144. - 512 p. - ISBN 978-5-9243-0158-7 Full text Archived October 24, 2018 on the Wayback Machine