Mayfly Family Leptophlebiidae (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

Genus in Leptophlebiidae
LeptophlebiaBlack Quills	19	89
ParaleptophlebiaBlue Quills	21	121

8 genera aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Black Quills and Blue Quills

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2 streamside pictures of Leptophlebiidae.

40 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Leptophlebiidae:

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Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Dun

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Region: Catskills

Collected May 7, 2005

Added May 16, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Feb 7, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 9, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Spinner

View 2 PicturesThis large female Leptophlebia spinner emerged from a nymph I was holding in my room one night. I didn't have time to photograph her and she molted into a spinner before I was home from work in the evening. So here she is as a spinner. I wish I had more photos at more angles, but she flew off and I couldn't find her.

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 18, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 1, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 1, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

View 4 PicturesLooking at this one under the microscope, I noted that is has untracheated gills which fork 1/3 of the way from the base and postero-lateral (Lateral: To the side.) spines on abdominal segment 9

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Feb 7, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 9, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Feb 5, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jul 27, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Specimen Page:1 2 345

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Jargon Defined:

Lateral: To the side.

Nymph: The juvenile, underwater stages of mayflies, stoneflies, dragonflies, and damselflies and other aquatic insects whose juvenile stages are covered by hard exoskeletons. The word can also refer to the fishing flies which imitate these creatures, in which case it is used as a blanket term for flies imitating any underwater stage of an invertebrate (except for crayfish and leeches).

Spinner: There are two winged stages of adult mayflies. They emerge from the water as duns, molt on land (usually) into their fully mature stage, spinners. As spinners, they mate, lay eggs, and die.