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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 304. Chironomini 201 Polypedilum

304a. Apical point band of tergites III and IV indistinct, continuous with the posterior band, of similar sized but forward-directed points. Cephalic tubercles shallow, rounded, without seta (123b.jpg). (Points of the anterior transverse bands hardly larger than the median points (123d.jpg).) 123-1.jpg species overview

Polypedilum arundineti

304b. Apical point bands distinct, either set further back on the tergite, with a point-free space in front, or the points much larger than those of the posterior band. Frontal seta present (except in Polypedilum Pe11).

Step 305. Chironomini 202 Polypedilum
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