1.         Distal margin of each palpal lobe divided into 3 sharp processes, the outermost one much                         shorter than the movable hook; caudal gills with 2 well-defined, dark crossbands. . . . . . . . . . .             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Archilestes grandis

            Distal margin of each palpal lobe divided into 4 processes--three sharp hooks and a short ,             serrate, truncate projection between the 2 outer hooks, the outermost hook reaching almost as             far distad as the tip of the movable hook; caudal gills never with 2 distinct and complete dark             crossbands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lestes  

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Damselflies of Ohio

Key to Lestidae Nymph Genera

Modified from Tennessen, 2008