Biology:Acanthophlebia

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Short description: Genus of mayflies

Acanthophlebia
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A. cruentata larva
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A. cruentata adult
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Leptophlebiidae
Genus: Acanthophlebia
Towns, 1983
Species:
A. cruentata
Binomial name
Acanthophlebia cruentata
(Hudson, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Atalophlebia cruentata Hudson, 1904

Acanthophlebia is a genus of pronggill mayflies in the family Leptophlebiidae.[1] There is one described species in Acanthophlebia, Acanthophlebia cruentata.[2][3][1]

Taxonomy

George Hudson first described Acanthophlebia cruentata under the name Atalophlebia cruentata in his book New Zealand Neuroptera in 1904.[4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and found only in the North Island.[5]

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Further reading

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