1. Gills 2 usually 1.5 X or less length of abdominal tergum 2; at least terga 2-7 with dark later edge spots at about midlength of terga, and at least terga 6-7 with median spot and pair of submedian spots near anterior margin; abdominal sterna sometimes with broad trnaverst intersegmental banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paracloeodes minutus
Gills 2 usually between 2 and 3.5 X length of abdominal tergum 2; tergal edge spots not developed as above and terga 6-7 without three anterior spots as above, diffuse clouding at most; never with much or any spotting in pleural area of abdomen, and abdominal tergum 2 with no medial pale spot or with diffuse pale central area only; abdominal sterna at most thin dark pencil lines at segment margins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paracloeodes fleeki
Key to Ohio Paracloeodes Nymph Species