Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 479. Tanytarsini 120 Tanytarsus

479a. Larger: exuvial length 4.0-5.1mm. Anal lobe with 38-47 fringe taeniae. (Spine bands on tergite III of a few non-contiguous lightly infuscated spines, situated just in front of setae D3 (142d.jpg). Dorsal setae of tergites narrow.)

Tanytarsus tika

479b. Smaller: exuvial length less than 2.5mm. Anal lobes with fewer than 30 fringe taeniae. (Spine bands of tergite III rudimentary or absent (142j.jpg).)

Tanytarsus pe20
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