Template:Paraleptophlebia
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Paraleptophlebia
- Order
- Ephemeroptera
- Family
- Leptophlebiidae
- Genus
- Paraleptophlebia
- Common name
- The Blue Quill
- Tied fly
- Blue Quill
Leptophlebiidae have forked, tufted, or fringed gills. Paraleptophlebia typically have labrums less than 1/2 as wide as head anteriorly, which is considered "shallow." There are minute spinules present on posterior margins of abdominal terga 1-10.
Image of the forked, tufted, or fringed gills.