Acanthophlebia

Acanthophlebia
A. cruentata larva
A. cruentata adult
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
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 cruentataHudson, 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]

References

1. 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.
2. "Acanthophlebia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. "Mayfly Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
4. 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.
5. 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