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Ecdyurus Eaton
Imago. The compound eyes contiguous (in males), or widely separated (in females); rounded.
Wings more or less spotted with brown or blackish. Fore-wings with R5 and R4 joined basally. Hind-wings present. The hind-wings of the female imagines more than one fifth the length of the fore-wings. Hind tarsi with 5 moveable segments. The hind tarsal claws unalike, being one pointed and one blunt.
The abdomen with two tails. Male claspers crossed. The lobes of the penis very broad-tipped, and closely approximated.
Nymph. Gills mostly at the sides of the abdomen; not fringed with filaments on both sides; mostly consisting of a plate bearing a tuft of filaments.
Classification. Superfamily Heptagenioidea. Family Heptageniidae.
British representation. 4 species; E. dispar (Autumn or August Dun, Autumn or Red Spinners), E. insignis (Large Green Dun and Spinners), E. torrentis (Large Brook Dun and Spinners, or Great Red Spinner), and E. venosus (Late March Brown Dun and Spinners, or Great Red Spinner).
Illustrations. • Ecdyonurus dispar Curtis (Ephemeridae. Dissimilar May-fly: B. Ent. 484). • Ecdyonurus dispar (B. Ent. 484, legend+text). This appears to be Curtis's original description of the species. • Ecdyonurus dispar (text, cont.: B. Ent. 484).
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genera of Ephemeroptera. Version: 11th April 2022. delta-intkey.com’.
