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Coleoptera
“Adult Beetles”
Coleoptera
“Larval Beetles”
Diptera
“True Flies”
Ephemeroptera
“Mayflies”
Hemiptera
“True Bugs”
Lepidoptera
“Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”
Megaloptera
“Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”
Odonata
“Dragonflies and Damselflies”
Plecoptera
“Stoneflies”
Trichoptera
“Caddisflies”
Ephemeroptera
family
Ameletidae
“Comb-mouthed Minnow Mayflies”
Baetidae
“Small Minnow Mayflies”
Baetiscidae
“Armored Mayflies”
Caenidae
“Small Square-gilled Mayflies”
Ephemerellidae
“Spiny Crawler Mayflies”
Ephemeridae
“Burrowing Mayflies”
Heptageniidae
“Flat-headed Mayflies”
Isonychiidae
“Brush-legged Mayflies”
Leptohyphidae
“Little Stout Crawler Mayflies”
Leptophlebiidae
“Prong-gilled Mayflies”
Metretopodidae
“Cleft-footed Minnow Mayflies”
Polymitarcyidae
“Pale Burrower Mayflies”
Potamanthidae
“Hackle-gills”
Siphlonuridae
“Primitive Minnow Mayflies”
Leptophlebiidae
genus
Habrophlebia
Leptophlebia
Neoleptophlebia
Habrophlebia
“Prong-gilled Mayflies”
Genus Overview
One species, Habrophlebia vibrans, in North America.  Distinctive genus which has all the gills from 2-7 forked into two clusters of three filaments.  Other species in the world can have more filaments.  
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
No pollution tolerance ranges defined.
FEEDING HABITS
Collector / Filterer
Collector / Gatherer
Scraper / Grazer
MOVEMENT
Clinger
Swimmer
DISTRIBUTION
Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
HABITAT
Lotic-depositional
Lotic-erosional
Diagnostic Characters
order
Abdominal Gills
Single Tarsal Claw
Usually 3 Tails
family
Double Lamellate Gills
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