Key: Step 144. Chironomini 41 Chironomus

144a. Posterior points of tergites III, IV and V very little or no larger than those im mid-tergite. (Thorax golden brown; abdomen pale golden with darker golden longitudinal markings, the anal lobes colourless externally for the length of the fringe.)

Chironomus pseudomendax

144b. Posterior points of tergites III, IV and V conspicuously larger than those in mid-tergite.

Step 145. Chironomini 42 Chironomus
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