Electronic field guide to AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES of SMALL STREAMS in Eastern Massachusetts
Abdomen with "creeping welts" on underside, with roughened surfaces; body pale, almost colorless; four blunt, triangular anal lobes
DOLICHOPODIDAE
Abdomen with welts on upper and lower surfaces; elongate pair of anal lobes with several tufts of hairs
Antocha
Abdomen with prolegs on underside, each tipped with a row of tiny hooks (crochets); elongate pair of anal lobes look like "rabbit ears"...
Dicranota
Abdomen with creeping welts on underside, without crochets; elongate pair of anal lobes look like "rabbit ears"...
Pedicia
Body covered with fine wooly hair; abdomen ending in 5 hairy anal lobes of different sizes; gills small, balloon-like; creeping welts on underside..
Helius
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