''Acanthophlebia'' is a genus of pronggill mayflies in the family

Leptophlebiidae Leptophlebiidae is a family belonging to the Ephemeropterans that are commonly known as the prong-gilled mayflies or leptophlebiids. It is the only family in the superfamily Leptophlebioidea. There are around 131 genera and 640 described specie ...

. There is one described species in ''Acanthophlebia'', ''Acanthophlebia cruentata''.

Taxonomy

George Hudson first described ''Acanthophlebia cruentata'' under the name ''Atalophlebia cruentata'' in his book ''New Zealand Neuroptera'' in 1904.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and found only in the North Island.

Taxonomy

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