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Washington Mayfly
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Washington Mayfly
Bellevue, King County, Washington, USA
June 10, 2020
C. ferrugineus?
Contributed by Mason Maron on 2 July, 2020 - 6:48am
Last updated 2 July, 2020 - 9:04am

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 2 July, 2020 - 9:04am

Leptophlebiidae
Hi Mason-

This female imago would not be of (family) Baetidae) and (genus) Callibaetis, as they have only 2 tails in their winged lifestages.

Rather, I believe it to be (family) Leptophlebiidae, and either of (genus) Paraleptophlebia, or of (genus) Neoleptophlebia, into which three former WA Paraleptophlebia species were re-classified several years ago.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 2 July, 2020 - 9:00am

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