1.             Adult and subimago with vestiges of gill sockets on abdominal segment 3; eggs with one polar                 cap and usually somewhat smooth chorion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

                Adult and subimago without vestiges of gill sockets on abdominal segment 3; eggs without                 polar caps, edds with two polar caps, or if eggs with one polar cap, then with reticulate                                 chorion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.             Terminal segment of male genital forceps more than twice as long as broad; inner mergin of                 long second segment distinctly incurved or storngly bowed. . . . . . . . . . Drunella cornutella

                Terminal segment of male forceps less than twice as long as broad; inner mergin of long                 second segment variable but not strongly bowed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2.             Penes with dorsal and/or ventral spines and shaped as Fig. 1.2, or with long anterolateral                 lobes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ephemerella

                Penes not as above, without dorsal and/or ventral spines. . . . . . . . . Teloganopsis deficiens

3.             Penes of male genitalia broadest at base, narrowing apically; eggs without polar caps. . . . . . .                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eurylophella

                Penis of male genitalia laterally expanded apically, somewhat narrower vasally; eggs with polar                 caps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dannella
  

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Key to the Genera of Ohio Adult Ephemerellidae

(Modified from Waltz and Burian, 2008)

 
Mayflies of Ohio