Major Group: Insecta Order: Ephemeroptera Family: Baetidae Genus: Centroptilum
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Descriptive Features: head hypognathous
labrum broad, square with a wide, deep, V-shaped median notch
incisors of mandibles separate and toothed
thorax oval to circular in cross-section
tarsal claws long and narrow, approximately 1/2 length of tarsus, with or without very fine bristles
hind wing pads present
gills single, plate-like, on abdominal segments 1-7
3 caudal filaments present, mid filament shorter than lateral filaments, fringed on inner margins
Total length:
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Centroptilum sp. |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species Centroptilum collendum Harker, 1957 (nymph unknown) Centroptilum elongatum Suter, 1986
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Distribution: NT, Vic, Tas, SA, ACT, NSW
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Functional Feeding Group: gathering collectors
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Litttle Roper River, Kakadu National Park NT |
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Ecology:
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Information Sources: Webb & Suter 2011, Dean & Suter 1996, Hubbard & Campbell 1996 Key to Species: Webb & Suter 2011 (inc. undes. sp.)
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Centroptilum, damaged specimen |
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