Not Capniidae; this is a Nemourid

The Specimen

Collected March 29, 2005 from Salmon Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by on April 7, 2006

Acroneuria	January 20th, 2007, 5:47 pm
Liverpool, PA Posts: 2	Hard to tell what genus this belongs to; nemourids can be tricky. Capniids are most often confused with Leuctrids--they are very similar.
	Water Pollution Biologist PA Department of Environmental Protection

Troutnut	January 20th, 2007, 5:51 pm
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	Thanks. What characteristic sets it apart?
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

PeterO	April 26th, 2007, 2:01 pm
Posts: 8	This Nemourid looks like Prostoia sp. A common gill-less genus in central NY.

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