Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 338. Chironomini 235 Cladopelma

338a. Cephalic tubercles short, 50-65µm long, smooth or with a few small teeth (108a.jpg). Thoracic granulation weak, obvious only by suture. (Sternite I occasionally with posterior transverse point band; sternite II with an anterior transverse point band and posterior band weakly represented. Conjunctive III/IV armed with small sharp spinules.)

Cladopelma laterale

338b. Cephalic tubercles long, more or less curved, apically with many small teeth (109b.jpg). Thorax distinctly and extensively granulate dorsally. (Sternite II with an anterior transverse band of long spines and a posterior transverse band of teeth or spines.)

Step 339. Chironomini 236 Cladopelma
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