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Rhithrogena germanica
| Rhithrogena germanica | |
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| Female R. germanica subimago, near Baierbrunn, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Family: | Heptageniidae |
| Genus: | Rhithrogena |
| Species: | R. germanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhithrogena germanica Eaton, 1885
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| Synonyms [1][2] | |
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Rhithrogena germanica is a European species of mayfly, and is "probably the most famous of all British mayflies", because of its use in fly fishing. It is known in the British Isles as the March brown mayfly, a name which is used in the United States for a different species, Rhithrogena morrisoni.[3] It emerges as a subimago at the end of winter, and can be distinguished from similar species by a dark spot on the femur of each leg.
- ^ Nikita Julievich Kluge (June 3, 2010). "germanica Eaton 1885 (Rhithrogena)". Ephemeroptera of the World. Saint Petersburg State University. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Nikita Julievich Kluge (2004). The phylogenetic system of Ephemeroptera. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-1974-6.
- ^ Neale Streeks (1998). "Mountain Spring". Seasons of the Trout: Strategies for the Year-Round Western Angler. Pruett Publishing. pp. 3–39. ISBN 978-0-87108-895-6.
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