Species: Asionurus primus Braasch & Soldán, 1986
Classification
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
  Order: Ephemeroptera
   Family: Heptageniidae
    Genus: Asionurus

Morphology:
Larva:
A. primus differs from A. ulmeri by shorter and more pointed wings of hypopharynx and gill 7 with bulging anterior portion and acutely shaped apically (Boonsoong and Braasch, 2013).


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Larva of Asionurus primus

Habitat: A. primus larvae are often the most abundant in small mountain streams of Thailand. Larvae live beneath rocks and debris. They were found together mostly with those of Notacanthurus baei. Larval habitat preference is similar to that of larvae of N. baei (Boonsoong and Braasch, 2013).

Distribution:
 - Chaiyaphum Province
 - Mae Hong Son Province
 - Chiang Mai Province

Work cited:
 - Boonsoong, B. and Braasch, D. 2013. Heptageniidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of Thailand. ZooKeys 272: 61–93.



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