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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Small Minnow Mayflies (Baetidae) » Diphetor » Diphetor hageni
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Bicoloured mayfly - Diphetor hageni - male
Copyright © 2015 James Bailey

Bicoloured mayfly - Diphetor hageni - Male
Sherwood Park, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
July 25, 2008
Hoping this one is distinctive.
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Contributed by James Bailey on 9 August, 2015 - 8:30pm
Last updated 10 August, 2015 - 7:55am

Fantastic
Thanks all, didn't think this one would be this easy!
… James Bailey, 10 August, 2015 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
Easy, not
Although identifying it to family was relatively easy for me to do, identifying it to genus was a considerably more difficult, primarily due to my not being to determine (from your photo) whether or not it had a hind wing, and if so, what its shape was. :-)
… Roger Rohrbeck, 10 August, 2015 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

 
Fair enough!
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… James Bailey, 10 August, 2015 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Diphetor.
… v belov, 10 August, 2015 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
Oops
Thanks, =v=
… Roger Rohrbeck, 10 August, 2015 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

 
no problem
happens all the time with taxa that contain a single species in the guide
… v belov, 10 August, 2015 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 10 August, 2015 - 1:12am login or register to post comments

Diphetor hageni
Hi James-

I believe this male imago to be Diphetor hageni.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 10 August, 2015 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

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