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Cloeon dipterum s.l. "IS2" af. peregrinator - Female, close For discussion/info see with this image:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77033/cloeon_dipterum_s.l._is2_af._peregrinator_-_female.html" title="Cloeon dipterum s.l. &quot;IS2&quot; af. peregrinator - Female"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/77033_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=UB%2FSm6BFVBaXnEvi38iwPdwXGJA%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Cloeon dipterum s.l. &quot;IS2&quot; af. peregrinator - Female Taxonomic status of populations of many species on isolated islands is often problematic. Here we have a &quot;species&quot; that is already &quot;under discussion&quot; in continental Europe where some authors will have various species of other authors (such as https://www.jungledragon.com/tag/45932/cloeon_inscriptum.html ) to be all classified as Cloeon dipterum.<br /> Recent molecular research on the Cloeon dipterum species complex on the Macaronesian islands shows a number of clearly separate lineages (called IS1, IS2 and IS3) that each have populations on various islands that have sufficient molecular distance to classify as species. The population of La Palma is part of the IS2 lineage and the only currently recognized &quot;separate&quot; species in that lineage would be Cloeon peregrinator.<br /> So my images of the Mayflies on the wall of our holiday apartment on La Palma show some currently unnamed species in the Cloeon dipterum complex, with closest affinities to the species known as Cloeon peregrinator. Baetidae,Cloeon,Cloeon dipterum,Cloeon peregrinator,Ephemeroptera,Geotagged,La Palma (Canary Islands),Spain" /></a></figure> Baetidae,Cloeon,Cloeon dipterum,Cloeon peregrinator,Ephemeroptera,La Palma (Canary Islands) Click/tap to enlarge

Cloeon dipterum s.l. "IS2" af. peregrinator - Female, close

For discussion/info see with this image:

Cloeon dipterum s.l. "IS2" af. peregrinator - Female Taxonomic status of populations of many species on isolated islands is often problematic. Here we have a "species" that is already "under discussion" in continental Europe where some authors will have various species of other authors (such as https://www.jungledragon.com/tag/45932/cloeon_inscriptum.html ) to be all classified as Cloeon dipterum.<br /> Recent molecular research on the Cloeon dipterum species complex on the Macaronesian islands shows a number of clearly separate lineages (called IS1, IS2 and IS3) that each have populations on various islands that have sufficient molecular distance to classify as species. The population of La Palma is part of the IS2 lineage and the only currently recognized "separate" species in that lineage would be Cloeon peregrinator.<br /> So my images of the Mayflies on the wall of our holiday apartment on La Palma show some currently unnamed species in the Cloeon dipterum complex, with closest affinities to the species known as Cloeon peregrinator. Baetidae,Cloeon,Cloeon dipterum,Cloeon peregrinator,Ephemeroptera,Geotagged,La Palma (Canary Islands),Spain

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The Cloeon dipterum

''Cloeon dipterum'' is a species of mayfly with a Holarctic distribution. It is the most common mayfly in ponds in the British Isles and the only ovoviviparous mayfly in Europe. Males differ from females in having turbinate eyes.

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