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MillcreekApril 4th, 2016, 10:09 am
Healdsburg, CA

Posts: 338		Thought some folks might be interested in this. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160403-mayflies-swarms-insects-bugs-spain/?google_editors_picks=true
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Jmd123April 4th, 2016, 2:44 pm
Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2398		HEX HATCH!!! Looks like one anyways... I wonder what genus and species that is?

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
CrepuscularApril 4th, 2016, 2:54 pm
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 919		looks like Ephoron sp (Polymitarcyidae) to me.
TaxonApril 4th, 2016, 3:55 pm
Site Editor
Plano, TX

Posts: 1301
looks like Ephoron sp (Polymitarcyidae) to me.


Ephoron virgo. Interestingly (to me at least), this is the genus of (winged lifestages) mayflies which has either (2) tails or (3) tails, depending on whether male or female.
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
MillcreekApril 4th, 2016, 5:02 pm
Healdsburg, CA

Posts: 338		Roger -

Interestingly (to me at least), this is the genus of (winged lifestages) mayflies which has either (2) tails or (3) tails, depending on whether male or female.


Do all Polymitarcyidae have 2 or 3 tails? Also which sex has 2 tails and which sex has 3 tails?

Just curious,
Mark
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TaxonApril 5th, 2016, 3:19 am
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Plano, TX

Posts: 1301
Roger -
Do all Polymitarcyidae have 2 or 3 tails? Also which sex has 2 tails and which sex has 3 tails?

Just curious,
Mark


Hi Mark-

The N. American species of family Polymitarcyidae are as follows:

Campsurus cuspidatus
Campsurus decoloratus
Ephoron album
Ephoron leukon
Tortopsis primus
Tortopsis puella
Tortopus circumfluus

It is my belief that only genus where winged males have (2) tails, and winged females have (3) tails is Ephoron, and the other three genera all have only (2) tails, independent of sex.
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
CrepuscularApril 5th, 2016, 8:20 am
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 919		we get a few E. leukon here... :)

TaxonApril 5th, 2016, 9:15 am
Site Editor
Plano, TX

Posts: 1301		Yes, I'd say so, Eric. :-)
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
MillcreekApril 5th, 2016, 11:03 am
Healdsburg, CA

Posts: 338		Roger-

Thanks for the answer.

Eric-

Just the occasional one, huh?:)
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