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Photo#330623
Baestiscidae or Baetidae?

Baestiscidae or Baetidae?
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
September 4, 2009
Hind wings are present, as shown in the pictures. The wings were a bit mangled when I found them. The filaments are short

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Baestiscidae or Baetidae? Baestiscidae or Baetidae? Baetiscidae or Baetidae?

Probably something in Heptageniidae
This is a subimago, as indicated by the fringe of hairs around the rear edge of the forewing (best seen in the third photo). The dark-margined crossveins in the forward half of the forewings are seen in the subimagos of several heptageniid genera, but not in Baetidae, which usually have solid-colored wings or wings with pale crossveins (as in many Callibaetis), or Baetiscidae, which usually have dark patches or bands. Baetids have hindwings that are variously minute, threadlike, or absent. Baetiscids have an enlarged thorax that gives them a unique humpbacked look, large round hindwings, and a wavy trailing edge on the forewings.

 
Leucrocuta hebe?
Lloyd-

I had also concluded Heptageniidae, perhaps Leucrocuta hebe.

 
Roger...
The wings do look somewhat similar to Leucrocuta. However, the lack of the typical dorsal markings and the prominence of the lateral angles along the forward part of the abdomen seem problematic. I had also considered less common genera like Macdunnoa, which might be more consistent with the apparent absence of dorsal markings, but I'm afraid I'm stuck at family.

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