Chironomidae Exuviae
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Chironomidae Exuviae
Key: Step 756. Orthocladiinae 168 Limnophyes

756a. Armament of tergite IX composed of irregularly arranged groups of 2 to 5 large points giving an "untidy" appearance. (Tergite I usually with a few scattered points. Seta D3 of tergite VII usually conspicuous, about 100µm long.)

Limnophyes asquamatus

756b. Armament of tergite IX, if composed of points as large as those on VIII, much neater in appearance, the mid points of the central patch and lateral bands single and more or less equally distributed.

Step 757. Orthocladiinae 169 Limnophyes
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