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Aturus
Copyright © 2022 Bill Gerth

Aturus
McKenzie River at Dorothy Vickery Riverside Park, Lane County, Oregon, USA
July 18, 2022
Size: less than 0.5mm
Couldn't get this shot any sharper, but you can see the genital area at the posterior end of the body and the genital acetabula spread out along hind margin of body.

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Aturus Aturus
Contributed by Bill Gerth on 4 November, 2022 - 1:44am
Last updated 4 November, 2022 - 11:57am

Moved
Moved from Hygrobatoidea.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 November, 2022 - 11:57am

female Aturus (Aturidae)
Hi Bill:

Nice! A female Aturus.It looks like this might be the first image of Aturidae on BugGuide! https://bugguide.net/node/view/91238/tree

Cheers,
Heather
… Heather Proctor, 4 November, 2022 - 11:20am

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