| Acanthophlebia | |
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| A. cruentata larva | |
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| A. cruentata adult | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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Acanthophlebia is a genus of pronggill mayflies in the family Leptophlebiidae. There is one described species in Acanthophlebia, Acanthophlebia cruentata.
Taxonomy
George Hudson first described Acanthophlebia cruentata under the name Atalophlebia cruentata in his book New Zealand Neuroptera in 1904.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and found only in the North Island.
References
- ^ David Towns; William L. Peters (19 August 1996). "Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 36. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.36. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 36112815. Wikidata Q45048336.
- "Acanthophlebia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- "Mayfly Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- George Vernon Hudson (1904). "New Zealand Neuroptera : a popular introduction to the life-histories and habits of may-flies, dragon-flies, caddis-flies and allied insects inhabiting New Zealand, including notes on their relation to angling". London: 33. doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.8516. Wikidata Q44839300.
- Kevin J. Collier; John M. Quinn (December 2004). "Factors affecting distribution and abundance of the mayfly Acanthophlebia cruentata (Leptophlebiidae) in North Island, New Zealand, streams". New Zealand Entomologist. 27 (1): 17–28. doi:10.1080/00779962.2004.9722120. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105744870.
Further reading
- Barber-James, Helen M.; Gattolliat, Jean-Luc; Sartori, Michel; Hubbard, Michael D. (2008). "Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Vol. 595. Springer. pp. 339–350. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_37. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
- Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID 39201439.
External links
Data related to Acanthophlebia Towns at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Acanthophlebia |
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| Acanthophlebia cruentata | |