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Animals (Animalia) › Fairy Shrimp, Crayfish, Amphipods, Pill Bugs (Crustacea) › Fairy Shrimp (Branchiopoda) › (Diplostraca) › Prong-gilled Mayflies (Leptestheriidae) › (Leptestheria compleximanus)

Leptestheria compleximanus

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G5
State (S-rank): SNR

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Species range

Ranges through desert and grassland regions of southern Canada, through the central USA, south into southern Mexico.

Habitat

Temporary wetlands, pools and playas.

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