Mayfly Species Ephoron leukon (White Flies)

Vertex of head yellowish brown, heavily shaded with purplish black between ocelli; mesonotum largely dark reddish brown; veins of costal margin of fore wing purplish, cross veins of median and cubital areas greyish lavender. Face yellowish; antennae pale whitish, faint grey shading at apex of second joint; eyes black. Vertex yellowish to pale reddish brown, heavily shaded with purplish black between ocelli, often with faint brown shading near posterior margin; bases of ocelli heavily black-ringed. Pronotum yellowish brown, tinged distinctly with purplish grey in median area; reddish brown shading laterally; purplish grey streaks and shading above base of fore leg. Mesonotum dark red-brown in anterior and median portions; posterior portion anterior to and laterad of scutellum pale yellowish; scutellum smoky; sutures and a narrow median line blackish, except in anterior portion, where median line is yellow. Metanotum red-brown, scutellum dark smoky. Pleura yellowish with red-brown areas anterior to middle leg and below wing roots; sternum yellow, washed with red-brown in median area. Fore femur and tibia deep purple, the femur with whitish areas along ventral edge and near middle of outer surface; tarsus paler, purplish grey. Middle and hind femora yellowish, tibiae and tarsi whitish. Wings as in E. album Say, but both longitudinal and cross veins of costal margin are darker, cross veins appearing blackish in some lights; cross veins as far back as the anal region are purplish grey, becoming fainter and paler posteriorly. Abdomen yellowish white; basal and middle segments often semi-hyaline; segments 8-10 yellowish with tinge of red, the tergites washed with purplish grey except on lateral margins, this shading deepest in median area and anterior margin. Middle tergites with a greyish median streak, sometimes faintly seen also on basal tergites; occasional traces also of grey shading laterally. Genitalia pale; tips of penes and tip of long joint of forceps dusky. Tails rather deep purplish at base, becoming pearly grey in median area, tips whitish; joinings opaque white.