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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 02-05-2011 20:54
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 Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Norway, 01.05.11. I have no idea where to start with this one. Fist time I really looked at a mayfly. About 10mm excluding tails (of which there were two). Hopefully someone can help me to get genus or maybe even species. Live specimen here: http://www.flickr...otostream/ cyprinoid attached the following image:  [119.95Kb] Hyperbolizer |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 02-05-2011 20:55
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Wing
cyprinoid attached the following image:  [121.15Kb] Edited by cyprinoid on 02-05-2011 20:55 Hyperbolizer |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 02-05-2011 21:41
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
Ephemeroptera, and it must be genus Epeorus, for it is the only one I know of, whom has two tails |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 02-05-2011 21:46
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
The wing looks very like Leptophlebia marginata, so I think you lost a tail filament - there should be three!
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 02-05-2011 21:53
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
atylotus wrote: Ephemeroptera, and it must be genus Epeorus, for it is the only one I know of, whom has two tails Baetidae, Heptageniidae (including Epeorus) and Siphlonuridae all have only two tails - but this wing is not from any of them. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 03-05-2011 10:15
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Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
Tony, of course you are absolutely right. I looked in Bauernfeind & Humpesch (2001) and indeed many more genera (in the adult stage) have two tails. and the wings look indeed like a Leptophlebiidae. I made a mistake with the nymphal characteristics: the nymph of Epeorus is the only genus with 2 filaments. Edited by atylotus on 03-05-2011 10:17 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 03-05-2011 18:02
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Thankfully not all children look like their parents! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 04-05-2011 08:01
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Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Thank you both! 
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| daandrukker |
Posted on 25-10-2018 10:06
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Member Location: Posts: 14 Joined: 23.10.18 |
Leptophlebia marginata is correct, a female imago |
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