Male Paraleptophlebia sculleni Mayfly Spinner Pictures

Mayflies Caddisflies Stoneflies

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns)

» Genus Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns)

» Species sculleni

This mayfly was collected from Mystery Creek #249 on July 25th, 2019 and added to Troutnut.com on July 26th, 2019.

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This ventral view matches Figure 14 from Harper and Harper 1986, leading to the identification of Paraleptophlebia sculleni.

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This specimen had three fragile tails, one of which came off during handling.

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