Mayfly Family Leptophlebiidae (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns)

Genus in Leptophlebiidae
LeptophlebiaBlack Quills and Blue Quills	0	0
Neoleptophlebia	0	0
ParaleptophlebiaBlue Quills and Mahogany Duns	0	0

8 genera

(Choroterpes, Farrodes, Habrophlebia, Habrophlebiodes, Hydrosmilodon, Neochoroterpes, Thraulodes, Traverella)

aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns

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Pictures of 64 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Leptophlebiidae:

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Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected February 5, 2004 from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Paraleptophlebia debilis (Mahogany Dun) Mayfly Dun View 3 PicturesSize: 9mm. These photos really highlight the brown pigmentation of the wing venation (Venation: The pattern in which the veins on the wings of an insect are arranged. It is usually one of the most useful identifying characteristics.), but in the hand the wings look to be a uniform smokey gray. - Entoman

Collected October 22, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on February 4, 2012

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected March 1, 2004 from the West Fork of the Chippewa River, Headwaters in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns) Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected March 9, 2004 from Big Brook in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns) Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected March 9, 2004 from Big Brook in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Male Paraleptophlebia bicornuta (Mahogany Dun) Mayfly Spinner View 3 Pictures

Collected September 26, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on September 26, 2011

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 2 Pictures

Collected March 1, 2004 from the West Fork of the Chippewa River, Headwaters in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Neoleptophlebia Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected June 16, 2005 from the Vermillion River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011

Male Paraleptophlebia sculleni Mayfly Spinner View 13 PicturesThis specimen (and a few others I collected but didn't photograph) appear to represent the first finding of Paraleptophlebia sculleni outside the Oregon Cascades, although it is not a monumental leap from there to the Washington Cascades. The key characteristics are fairly clear.

Collected July 25, 2019 from Mystery Creek #249 in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 26, 2019

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 2 Pictures

Collected June 29, 2007 from Dog Lake in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011

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