order
                        
                      
                                    Coleoptera
                                       “Adult Beetles”
                                  
                                    Coleoptera
                                       “Larval Beetles”
                                  
                                    Diptera
                                       “True Flies”
                                  
                                    Ephemeroptera
                                       “Mayflies”
                                  
                                    Hemiptera
                                       “True Bugs”
                                  
                                    Lepidoptera
                                       “Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”
                                  
                                    Megaloptera
                                       “Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”
                                  
                                    Odonata
                                       “Dragonflies and Damselflies”
                                  
                                    Plecoptera
                                       “Stoneflies”
                                  
                                    Trichoptera
                                       “Caddisflies”
                                 family
                        
                     Leptophlebiidae
               
            Leptophlebia
            
                  “Prong-gilled Mayflies”
               
      Genus Overview
                  
               
                        There are 7 species in North America.  The species imaged is Leptophlebia bradleyi.  This species was once included in Paraleptophlebia but adult characters has it currently placed in Leptophlebia.
                  
               Characteristics
                  
               POLLUTION TOLERANCE
                        Southeast: 6.4 and higher
                                 Upper Midwest: 4 and higher
                              0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
                        FEEDING HABITS
                        
                                 Collector / Gatherer
Shredder / Detritivore
                        
                     Shredder / Detritivore
MOVEMENT
                        
                                 Clinger
Sprawler
Swimmer
                        
                     Sprawler
Swimmer
DISTRIBUTION
                        
                                 Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
                        
                     HABITAT
                        
                                 Lotic-erosional
                        
                     Diagnostic Characters
               order
                         
                                       
                                       
                                    Abdominal Gills
                                  
                                       
                                       
                                    Single Tarsal Claw
                                  
                                       
                                       
                                    Usually 3 Tails
                                 family
                         
                                       
                                       
                                    Double Lamellate Gills
                                 
                  + Expanded Character List
                  
                     
               
            
                        Order:
                           Wings developing in wing pads. Mouthparts suitable for chewing. Gills present on tops and sides of abdomen. Segmented legs present. One tarsal claw per leg. Usually with 3 tails (sometimes 2).
                     
                     
                        Family:
                           Mandibular tusks absent. Gills on abdominal segment 1 with single or double lamellae (plates) or forked. Gills on segments 2–7 double-layered lamellate (plate-like) and terminated in filaments or points and without fringe, or oval with fringe.
                     
                     
                        Genus:
                           Abdominal gill 1 is different than 2-7.  Labrum not as wide as head.  
                     
                   
                   
            Dorsal
               Ventral
               


