The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
Option 1 | Option 2 |
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Large single sclerite at base of each lateral hump of abdominal segment I enclosing posterior half of hump and extending posterodorsad as irregular lobe | 1 or 2 small sclerites without irregular lobes at base of each lateral hump of abdominal segment I (sf 19.283, 19.284) |
Case of leaves or bark formed into flattened tube with seams along narrow lateral flanges North, West | |
Remaining genera: Chilostigma, Clostoeca, Desmona, Grensia, Homophylax, Hydatophylax, Monophylax, Psychoglypha, and Pycnopsyche | |
4 Example Specimens | |
Chyranda Species Chyranda centralis | Go to Couplet 7 |