kulīlu I

Originally suggested to be a dragonfly by Landsberger 1934, 136. An identification with Sialis lutaria (an alderfly, not a mayfly!) has been suggested by van Buren 1939, 108, based in part on comparison of supposed Arab. klilu with Akk. kulīlu, and has been followed most recently George 2012, 238. No other source for the Arabic term can be found at this time. On visual and behavioral grounds, Soldán 1997 proposed the mayfly Mortogenesia mesopotamica. No zoological identification is attempted here. See also Nazari 2023, 285 with fn. 445.