Leptohyphidae
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2- Leptohyphes(little stout crawler mayflies)
- Tricorythodes(little stout crawler mayflies)
is a of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) comprising approximately 140 described in 12 . Members are primarily distributed across the Neotropical region, with records from South American countries including Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and elsewhere. The family is part of the superfamily Ephemerelloidea.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Leptohyphidae: /ˌlɛptoʊˈhaɪfɪdiː/
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Identification
of some share body color patterns formed by irregularly distributed pigments. Nymphs and adults of certain species present subapical blackish marks on tibiae. Nymphs of at least some species possess a spine on the inner margin of superlingua, operculate gills with a clear paler anterolateral area, and fore tarsal claws with 10–13 marginal denticles and 0–1 + 1 submarginal denticles.
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Habitat
Lotic freshwater environments including small streams with stony substrate and thick sand, and streams with sandy substrate. Some records from wetland .
Distribution
Neotropical region. Documented from Brazil (Rondônia state), Uruguay (wide distribution), Colombia (Orinoco River basin, Meta, Tolima, Boyacá departments), and additional localities in South America.
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Taxonomic diversity
The contains approximately 140 described distributed among 12 .
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- A new species of Tricorythodes Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) from Uruguay
- EPHEMEROPTERA: Tricorythopsis rondoniensis (Dias, Salles and Fereira) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae): New distributional record for Colombia and the basin of the Orinoco river (text in Spanish)