Template:Paraleptophlebia

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Paraleptophlebia

Paraleptophlebia.jpg
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.