Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoParaleptophlebia vaciva
Blue Quill, Dark Blue Quill (Eaton) 1884
Updated 5 Feb 2010
TSN 101227
Links
On this website:
Introduction to Paraleptophlebia
Key to Leptophlebiidae Nymphs
Key to Leptophlebiidae Adults
Other Websites:
Map - Kondratieff, Boris C. (coordinator). 2000. Mayflies of the United States. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version 12DEC2003). http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/mfly/usa/417.htm
References
Eaton,AE 1888. A revisional monograph of recent Ephemeridae or mayflies. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology (3)1-352, 65 pl.
Described as Leptophlebia vaciva on page 97.
McCafferty,WP; Durfee,RS; Kondratieff,BC 1993 Colorado mayflies (Ephemeroptera): an annotated inventory. Southwestern Naturalist 38 3, 252-274.
Quote from page "This species may be more common than is shown by the sparse records from Colorado. It can easily be confused in the larval stage with P. heteronea and P. memoralis. "
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