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e Hind wings present 



/ Fore wings with numerous costal crossveins before the bulla ; 

 hind wings with a moderate number of crossveins 



Callibaetis 

 ff Fore wings without costal crossveins before the bulla; hind 



wings without crossveins or with but 1-3 of them 

 g Marginal intercalary veinlets in pairs; hind wings oblong, 



with a short costal angulation Baetis 



gg Marginal intercalary veinlets of the fore wing single ; hind 

 wings linear, with a spur-like costal angulation 



Centroptilum 

 ce Hind wings absent Chloeon 



Nymphs 



a Mandibles with an external tusk-like ramus, visible from above; gills 

 on abdominal segments 1-7 (often rudimentary on 1), double, flat- 

 tened, linear, the margins fringed with respiratory filaments 



Ephemerinae 



6 Mandibular tusks longer than the head (burrowing species) 

 G With no frontal prominence 



d Legs increasing in length posteriorly ; gills of the first abdominal 

 segment simple; labrum longer than wide; maxillary palpus 



two-jointed Polymitarcys 



dd Legs decreasing in length posteriorly; labrum wider than long; 



maxillary palpus three-jointed Euthyplocia 



cc With a conspicuous frontal prominence 



d Frontal prominence rounded Hexagenia 



dd Frontal prominence bifid at tip Ephemera 



ft6 Mandibular tusks shorter than the head, inconspicuous, only their 



tips visible from above Potamanthus 



&&6 Unknown Campsurus and Pentagenia 



aa Mandibles without projecting tusk-like ranms ; gills not as in a 



b Eyes dorsal ; body strongly depressed ; tarsal claws with lateral teeth ; 



dwellers in rapid streams and on wave beaten shores ; adopted to 



clinging to flat surfaces of rocks, timbers, etc. .H eptageninae 



c Gills represented on abdominal segment 7 by simple, lanceolate o-r 



linear filaments, differing markedly from the lamellae of the 



preceding segments Heptageuia 



cc Gills of the seventh abdominal segment lamelliform, like those be- 

 fore them, but smaller 



d Gills on all the segments divaricate in pairs Ecdyurus 



dd Gills of segments 1 and 7 approximated at their tips, being 

 decurved beneath the abdomen, those of segment 1 much 

 enlarged 



e Head widest toward the front; mandible with its outer canine 

 linear, truncate and denticulate on the end ; labrum retracted 

 far back from the flaring margin of the frons; maxilla with 

 its palpus hairy and the tip of its lacinia armed with three 

 large teeth Iron 



