Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 58. Tanypodinae 44 Telopelopia

58a. A well-developed thorax comb present, of strong triangular teeth. Plastron plate about 0.2 horn length, set in a wide rim about twice as wide as the plastron plate; horn atrium occupying the bulk of the width of the horn and attached to the plastron plate by a broad neck (015b.jpg).
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Telopelopia fascigera

58b. Thorax comb reduced to large rounded or pointed tubercles. If plastron plate small and set in a wide rim, then the atrium is for most of its length a narrow tube.

Step 59. Tanypodinae 45 Telopelopia
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