1.             Males. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
 

                Females. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.            Compound eyes small (ES = 0.0.68 - 0.94); crossveins of forewings not infucated                (darkened with brownish tinge); northeast Ohio. . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus verticis

                Compound eyes very small (ES = 0.92-1.25); or tiny (ES = 1.91 - 2.89); crossveins of                 forewings infucated or not infucated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3.             Compound eyes very small (ES = 0.92-1.25); crossveins of forewings strongly infucated;                 northeast Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus distinctus
               
                Compound eyes tiny (ES = 1.91-2.89); crossveins of forewings infucated or not infucated.                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

4.             Crossveins of forewings not infuscated; body 11.3 -13.0 mm long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus myops

                Crossveins of forewings infuscate in midregion; body 7.2-9.2 mm long. . . . . . .                                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus neglectus *

5.             Crossveins of forewings not infuscated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus myops

                Crossveins of forewings slightly to stongly infuscated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
               
6.             Body 8.5-9.2 mm long; compound eyes tiny (ES = 2.27-2.61). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthopotamus neglectus *

                Body 9.5-14.0 mm long; compound eyes very small (ES = 1.42-1.66). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
              
7.             Crossveins of forewings stongly infuscated; crossveins of hindwings strongly infuscated. . .                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus distinctus
        
                Crossveins aof forewings slightly infuscated; crossveins of hindwings not infuscated. . . . . .                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthopotamus verticis
 
* The subspecies in Ohio is Anthopotamus neglectus neglectus.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Key to Ohio Anthopotamus Adult Species

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(Modified from Bae and McCafferty, 1991)