Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 298. Chironomini 195 Nilothauma

298a. Lateral taeniae IV-VIII: 1, 4, 4, 4, 4. Tergite and sternite VIII with a median patch of points (119h.jpg). (The anterior, median and posterior point bands of tergites II-V completely fused, the points of the anterior band not appreciably larger than the median points. Anal lobes with a dorsal taenia situated close to the fringe in the posterior half of the lobes.)

Nilothauma brayi

298b. Segment V with no more than 3 lateral taeniae. (Posterior tergites and sternites with or without point patches.)

Step 299. Chironomini 196 Graceus
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