1.            Head with three prominent ocellar tubercles (Fig.1.1); maxillary and labial palpi two                         segmented; forelegs distinctly shorter than middle and hind legs (Fig.1.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . .                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sparbarus

               Head without ocellar tubercles (Fig.1.3); maxillary and labial palpi three segmented;                      forelegs subequal in length to middle and hind legs (Fig.1.4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caenis

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Key to Ohio Caenidae Nymph Genera

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Mayflies of Ohio
(Modified from Waltz & Burian, 2008)