Genus Stenacron

Classification · Identification

Stream Mayfly? - Stenacron interpunctatum

Big-Eyed Mayfly Nymph - Stenacron interpunctatum

Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae: Stenacron interpunctatum larva - Stenacron interpunctatum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Family Heptageniidae (Stream Mayflies)

Genus Stenacron

Identification

Says contributor Lloyd Gonzales: "The dark dash connecting cross-veins in the third space from the costal margin is a standard way of separating Stenacron adults from the very similar members of Maccaffertium."

Contributed by tom murray on 22 May, 2006 - 8:12pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 18 July, 2008 - 3:12pm

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