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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”
Metretopodidae
“Cleft-footed Minnow Mayflies”
Family Overview
Metretopodidae Listen to the pronunciation of metretopodidae
Cleft-footed Minnow Mayflies
Long, slender mayfly with normal plate-like gills on most abdominal segments; the claws are forked on the front legs.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Mid-Atlantic: up to 2
Upper Midwest: up to 2
Southeast: up to 3.1
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Collector / Gatherer
Engulfer / Predator
MOVEMENT
Clinger
Swimmer
Diagnostic Characters
Order
Abdominal Gills
Single Tarsal Claw
Usually 3 Tails
Family
Foreleg Claws Bifid
Gills on 1-7 Plate-like
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GENUS
Siphloplecton
GENUS
Siphloplecton
Dorsal