Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 20. Tanypodinae 6 Procladius

20a. Thoracic horn Tanypus-like, swollen D-shaped without plastron plate but with apical tubercle. Exuviae large (7.1-9.5mm long, m=8.0mm, n=13). Anal lobes rounded externally and armed with saw-like teeth (006e.jpg).
006-2.jpg species overview

Procladius crassinervis

20b. If anal lobes rounded externally and armed with saw-like teeth, thoracic horn not Tanypus-like.

Step 21. Tanypodinae 7
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