Author: Wülker, 1957
Diagnosis (Material in coll. ZSM)
Exuviae 2.2, 2.8mm long (n=2).
Cephalothorax: Thoracic horn elongate, 235, 295µm long (n=2), pointed at tip and toothed; ThR 5.9 (n=1).
Abdomen: Tergites without longitudinal ridges posteriorly. Tergites II-VII or II-VIII each with a posterior transverse row of teeth which may be flattened and contiguous, without a similar anterior transverse row. Sternites I-III unarmed, except for the posterior row of teeth on III.
Anal segment: Anal lobe ratio 3.7 (n=2). Each anal lobe extended posteriorly into a long cylindrical projection that curves upwards to the tip, which bears small tubercles around the bases of the three anal macrosetae (061e.jpg).
Species keys out at Page 772: Orthocladiinae 184 Krenosmittia of the Text Key.
Distribution
Circum-mediterranean.
(For more information see module IdentifyIt – file: Orthocladiinae).
Ecological notes
Rivers.