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Desert mayfly - Maccaffertium terminatum - male

Desert mayfly - Maccaffertium terminatum - Male
Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
May 26, 2017
Lots of mayflies and midges in the desert.

Moved
Moved from Maccaffertium.

Maccaffertium terminatum
Maccaffertium terminatum as it aligns with samples from ND and fits this concepts profile.



Mack.

 
Humboldt River
I see that species is recorded from the Humboldt River, which runs through Winnemucca.

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.

Maccaffertium
Hi John-

I believe this to be a male subimago of genus Maccaffertium. However, it appears to have the abdominal coloration of a male imago. Strange indeed. I am going to ask Mack Beacon to take a look at it and see what he thinks.

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