The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
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Marginal intercalary veins of forewings occur singly | Marginal intercalary veins of forewings occur in pairs (sf 13.175a) |
Hind wings present or absent, but if present, then hind wings with costal projections hooked or recurved (similar to sf 13.211) | Hind wings present or absent, but if present, then costal projections of hind wings variable but rarely hooked |
Remaining genera: Anafroptilum, Cloeon, Neocloeon, Procloeon, and Pseudocentroptiloides | Remaining genera: Acentrella, Acerpenna, Americabaetis, Apobaetis, Baetis, Baetodes, Camelobaetidius, Cloeodes, Diphetor, Fallceon, Heterocloeon, Iswaeon, Labiobaetis, Moribaetis, Paracloeodes, and Plauditus |
5 Example Specimens | |
Go to Couplet 3 | Go to Couplet 7 |