Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 618. Orthocladiinae 30

618a. Conjunctives III/IV-V/VI armed with an extensive band of points similar in form to those on the tergites. Segments III-V with small points more or less covering the tergites, the posterior points in each segment a little stronger (038-1.jpg, fig. a). (Tergite II with a short postero- median band of dark, sturdy hooks, 2-3 rows deep (038g.jpg).)

Step 619. Orthocladiinae 31 Brillia

618b. Conjunctives, if armed, with elongate spinules different in form to those on the tergites, or the tergites possess a posterior transverse band of conspicuously larger teeth.

Step 620. Orthocladiinae 32
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