| Acerpenna pygmaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Baetidae |
| Genus: | Acerpenna |
| Species: | A. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Acerpenna pygmaea (Hagen, 1861) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Acerpenna pygmaea, the tiny blue-winged olive, is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae. It is found in all of Canada and the continental United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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