Species: Platybaetis bishopi Müller-Liebenau, 1980
Classification
Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
  Order: Ephemeroptera
   Family: Baetidae
    Genus: Platybaetis
Collection specimen
Paratype:
     - Nymphs were kept in the Aquatic Insect Collection,Department of Biology, Khon Kaen University

Morphology:
Larva:
 P. bishopi can separate from other species by a combination of characteristics: hind wing pads absent, terminal filament reduced to one segment, posterior abdominal terga with broad spines, and all three segments with a dense row of long feathered bristles at outer margin (Phlai-ngam and Tungpairojwong, 2018).


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Mature nymph of Platybaetis bishopi (Source: Phlai-ngam and Tungpairojwong, 2018)
Habitat: Platybaetis bishopi nymphs usually inhabit the fast flowing headwater streams with mostly large boulder substrate (diameter size larger than 256 mm) and some cobble (64-256 mm).

Distribution:
 - Narathiwat Province, Phatthalung Province, Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province, Trang Province, Songkhla Province

Work cited:
 - Phlai-ngam, S. and Tungpairojwong, N. 2018. First Record of Platybaetis bishopi Müller-Liebenau, 1980 and Baetiella bispinosa (Gose, 1980) (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Thailand. Chiang Mai Journal Science 45(2): 774–783.

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