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1.         Longest marginal bristles on apical abdominal terga about three-quarters as long as             corresponding tergum (Fig. 2.5.1.1); intermediate hairs on cercal segments well             developed (Fig. 2.5.1.2); white spots on head, covering both sides of Y ecdysial line             (Fig. 2.5.1.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Prostoia completa

            Longest marginal bristles on apical abdominal terga about one-third as long as                      corresponding tergum (Fig. 2.5.1.4); intermediate hairs on cercal segments                      poorly developed (Fig. 2.5.1.5); white spots on head restricted to area                                  posterior to Y ecdysial line (Fig. 2.5.1.6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prostoia similis

 

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Stoneflies of Ohio

Key to the Species of Ohio Prostoia Nymphs

(Modified from Hitchcock, 1974)