Aquatic Insect #12

This photograph was taken by Erin Kerry near Burnt Boot Creek in the vicinity of Goldmyer Hot Springs. Can you identify it by any of the following:

Order common name
Order taxonomic name
Family common name
Family taxonomic name
Subfamily common name
Subfamily taxonomic name
Lifestage

Hi McNasty-

No, it's not a lacewing.

hi zen leecher aka bill w-

Close, but no cigar.

Hi Jay and bkerbs-

No, it's not a stonefly.

Nope, not a caddisfly. This aquatic insect has a length of ~3 inches from front of head to end of wings.

hi plecoptera4i9-

No, not a moth. It's in the same family as a dobsonfly. but is called something else.

Hi plecoptera419-

You are definitely showing signs of improvement.

IDENTIFICATIONS

Order common name: Alderflies/Dobsonflies/Fishflies (plecoptera419)
Order taxonomic name: Megaloptera (plecoptera419)
Family common name: Dobsonflies/Fishflies (plecoptera419)
Family taxonomic name: Corydalidae (plecoptera419)
Subfamily common name: Fishflies (plecoptera419)
Subfamily taxonomic name: Chauliodinae (Taxon)
Genus taxonomic name: Dysmicohermes (Taxon)
Species taxonomic name: disjunctus (Taxon)

Hi navajoe117,



It's a male imago (spinner), and appears to be of genus Paraleptophlebia.