Acanthametropus pecatonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Ephemeroptera |
Family: | Acanthametropodidae |
Genus: | Acanthametropus |
Species: | †A. pecatonica
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Binomial name | |
†Acanthametropus pecatonica Burks, 1953
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Acanthametropus pecatonica, the Pecatonica River Mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Acanthametropodidae. It is endemic to the Pecatonica River of Wisconsin and Illinois, with populations observed in South Carolina and Georgia.[2][3][4]
Acanthametropus pecatonica was considered extinct after 1927, but was "rediscovered" in 1987, about 60 years after it was considered lost.[5] It has been found in at least five counties of Wisconsin, and historically at locations in Illinois, South Carolina, and Georgia.[3][6]