Author: Lipina, 1939
Diagnosis (Material in coll. ZSM)
Exuvial length greater than 3mm.
Cephalothorax: Thoracic horn small-toothed.
Abdomen: Tergites without a median transverse row of strong points. Tergites II/III-VIII extensively shagreened; II/III-V(VI) with a swelling posteriorly covered with strong points. Pedes spurii B II absent. Pedes spurii A present on segments IV-VI. Postero-lateral corners of segments VII and VIII not darkened, rounded; VIII without an embedded spine. Three or four lateral setae on segments II-VI; if very small, thin and hair-like. At least one lateral seta on segment VII, and all those on segment VIII taeniate.
Anal segment: Fringe of anal lobes with fewer than 25 taeniae.
See Saether, 1976a.
Species keys out at Page 655: Orthocladiinae 67 Zalutschia of the Text Key.
Distribution
Holarctic species: N+C Europe.
(For more information see module IdentifyIt – file: Orthocladiinae).
Ecological notes
Lakes.