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Brushlegged Mayfly - Isonychia tusculanensis - male

Brushlegged Mayfly - Isonychia tusculanensis - Male
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
May 20, 2012

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Brushlegged Mayfly - Isonychia tusculanensis - male Brushlegged Mayfly - Isonychia tusculanensis - male

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Leptophlebia nebulosa
Hi Nancy-

I believe your mayfly male imago to be Leptophlebia nebulosa with a missing middle tail.

 
Lloyd Gonzales comment:
It had escaped my notice the first time around, but this is actually Isonychia tusculanensis. Notice the branched veins connecting the Cu vein to the anal margin and the obtuse costal projection of the hindwing. According to Kondratieff and Voshell (1984, see description and wing illustration), this species “has only been collected in the Appalachian region of Tennesee and Virginia.” (Radford is in this region, and several records come from Yellow Sulphur Springs in adjacent Montgomery County.) Curiously, they also recount that “males of I. tusculanensis were once collected swarming in company with Leptophlebia nebulosa….[males of] Both species have apical regions of the forewings shaded with brown.”

 
How very interesting!
Thanks for the updated ID.
Am I seeing correctly that my little mayfly now has its own page?

 
Yep
You're the first to contribute images of this species!

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