| Procloeon pennulatum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Baetidae |
| Genus: | Procloeon |
| Species: | P. pennulatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Procloeon pennulatum (Eaton, 1870) | |
Procloeon pennulatum is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]
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Baetidae is a family of mayflies with about 1000 described species in 110 genera distributed worldwide. These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rarely exceeding 10 mm in length excluding the two long slender tails and sometimes much smaller, and members of the family are often referred to as small mayflies or small minnow mayflies. Most species have long oval forewings with very few cross veins but the hindwings are usually very small or even absent. The males often have very large eyes, shaped like turrets above the head.
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Cloeon is a cosmopolitan genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae.
Cloeon dipterum is a species of mayfly with a Holarctic distribution. It is the most common mayfly in ponds in the British Isles and the only ovoviviparous mayfly in Europe. Males differ from females in having turbinate eyes.
Neoephemeridae is a family of large squaregill mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are at least four genera and about 17 described species in Neoephemeridae.
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Leptohyphodes is a genus of little stout crawler mayflies in the family Leptohyphidae. There is one described species in Leptohyphodes, L. inanis.
Euthyplociidae is a family of mayflies in the order Ephemeroptera. There are about 7 genera and more than 20 described species in Euthyplociidae.
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Leptophlebia cupida, known generally as the early brown spinner or black quill, is a species of pronggilled mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in North America.
Leptophlebia intermedia is a species of pronggilled mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in North America.
Leptophlebia johnsoni, or Johnson's pronggill mayfly, is a species of pronggilled mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in North America.
Leptophlebia konza is a species of pronggill mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in North America.
Leptophlebia nebulosa is a species of prong-gilled mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in North America.
Leptophlebia pacifica is a species of pronggilled mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in North America.
Leptophlebia vespertina is a species of pronggill mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae. It is found in Europe.
Procloeon rubropictum is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae. It is found in the southern half of Canada and the eastern United States.
Procloeon nelsoni is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae. It is found in the southern United States.
Procloeon rufostrigatum is a species of small minnow mayfly in the family Baetidae. It is found in North America.
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