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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Heptagenioidea » Flatheaded Mayflies (Heptageniidae) » Maccaffertium » Maccaffertium modestum
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Maccaffertium modestum - male
Copyright © 2012 metrioptera

Maccaffertium modestum - Male
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
June 11, 2012
Found near a river. Macaffertium?
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Contributed by metrioptera on 11 June, 2012 - 8:06pm
Last updated 28 April, 2017 - 8:23am

Moved
Moved from Maccaffertium.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 28 April, 2017 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

Hey Brandon
How goes the hunt at Cornell. this little guy aligns very well with the current M modestum concept with spiracular spots from 3-6.


Mack.
… The Stenonema Rangers of Ontario, 27 April, 2017 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Unfortunately I'm swamped with final projects and exams, so might not get a chance to have another look at those specimens until mid-May or so.
… metrioptera, 28 April, 2017 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

 
That's cool I have time. I do
That's cool I have time. I don't expect to send my manuscripts to Dr Luke Jacobus till likely August. And I have a bunch of samples from NC to dissect and its collection time for me here.


Mack.
… The Stenonema Rangers of Ontario, 28 April, 2017 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 June, 2012 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

Maccaffertium
hi metrioptera-

Yes, I believe this male subimago to be of genus Maccaffertium.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 June, 2012 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

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