Mayfly Species Afghanurus inconspicua

Mesonotum olive brown; abdominal tergites 2-7 pale yellow, with a median broad reddish brown band; genitalia of the lucidipennis (now a synonym of Nixe lucidipennis) type (see fig. 97).

Head light yellow; orange-brown shading on face next to eyes. Thoracic notum pale to dark olive brown; pleura light yellow. Legs pale yellow. Fore femora and tibiae smoky brown apically; basal tarsal joint about 1/3 of the second. Basal joint of hind tarsus longer than the second. Wings hyaline, venation pale; basal costal cross veins almost invisible. Abdominal segments pale yellow; 2-7 semi-hyaline, 7-10 opaque. A broad median band of light or ruddy brown, variable in intensity on different individuals, on tergites 2-7, the posterior margin of each tergite opaque, so that the abdomen appears annulate. Forceps and penes pale ochreous. Penes with a wide apical and a narrow lateral lobe, a single pair of large median spines, but none laterally or apically. Tails whitish, the basal joinings ruddy brown.

This species is apparently allied to H. lucidipennis (now a synonym of Nixe lucidipennis), but it is considerably smaller. The abdomen would seem to be paler than in H. rusticalis (now a synonym of Nixe rusticalis), and it lacks the pale markings present in the dark dorsal areas of that species.