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Species Callibaetis pictus

Ephemeroptera - Callibaetis pictus - female

Callibaetis pictus? - Callibaetis pictus

Mayfly, Callibaetis ? - Callibaetis pictus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Suborder Pisciforma

Family Baetidae (Small Minnow Mayflies)

Genus Callibaetis

Species pictus (Callibaetis pictus)

Explanation of Names

Callibaetis pictus (Eaton 1871)

Identification

This species has a distinctive pale (usually W-shaped) dorsal marking on tergite 6, and all but the very darkest specimens (usually males) also have those markings on tergites 5 and 9. --Lloyd Gonzales

Range

w. half of US & Mexico(1) map(2)

Works Cited

1.	Mayfly Central

2.	Rohrbeck R. (2004-2014) Flyfishing entomology

Contributed by tom murray on 15 February, 2009 - 8:27am
Additional contributions by Taxon, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 17 April, 2021 - 1:12pm

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