Mayfly - Paraleptophlebia

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… tom murray, 18 November, 2008 - 6:13pm

Paraleptophlebia sp.

I was just identifying some today (after your visit), and looks an awful lot like a male P. moll*is, but I will stop short of stating that firmly.

… Donald S. Chandler, 18 November, 2008 - 5:51pm

Mayfly identification

Tom-

Family: Polymitarchidae
Genus: Ephoron
Lifestage: imago
Sex: male

Ephoron winged stages (subimago and imago) are characterized by 2-tailed males and 3-tailed females. Only the male has a final molt to imago. Female subimago is sexually mature, and doesn't undergo a final molt.

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 20 October, 2005 - 5:24am

mayfly id

Actually, this specimen is a Leptophlebiidae, probably Paraleptophlebia. It is missing the left cercus (tail). Ephoron males are much larger, do not have such clear wings, and do not have the modified dorsal portion of the eye the way this specimen has.

… David Funk, 30 November, 2005 - 6:42pm

Leptophlebiidae

Thanks for the ID David. There aren't many adult mayfly pictures to compare.

… tom murray, 30 November, 2005 - 8:08pm

Ephoron

Thanks for all the info about the ID Roger. There aren't many pictures of adult mayflies on the web, so it's hard to know what they are.

… tom murray, 20 October, 2005 - 6:53am