Author: (Goetghebuer, 1928)
Diagnosis (n=2, unless stated otherwise)
Exuviae 4.3, 4.6mm long (137-1.jpg).
Cephalothorax: Thoracic horn 288, 325µm long; ThR 7.6 (137b.jpg). Pearl row absent.
Abdomen: Tergites IV and V with the armament arranged in longitudinal bands. Point bands of tergite IV armed with spines internally (137c.jpg); tergite III may be similarly armed but with fewer and shorter spines. Longest spine III 0, 13µm long; IV 55, 58µm long. Comb of segment VIII 75-83µm wide (n=3), the posterior edge very straight; with 15-22 small marginal teeth (n=3) (137d.jpg). Lateral taeniae of segments VII and VIII 3,3.
Anal segment: Fringe of anal lobe with 30-41 taeniae (n=3).
(Linked adult male: Langton and Pinder, 2003a)
Species keys out at Page 429: Tanytarsini 71 Virgatanytarsus of the Text Key.
Distribution
Widespread in Europe (not arctic), circum-Mediterranean.
(For more information see module IdentifyIt – file: Chironominae).