Zavrelimyia Fittkau (Fig. 27)

Head capsule narrow yellowish-brown, in some species partially dark in proximal part. Occipital margin darker with two thorn-like projections on ventral side (Fig. 27). Mandible moderately curved with long apical tooth and large inner tooth. Mola expanded into large, blunt tooth (Fig. 27). Dorsomentum without teeth. Ligula with 5 brown subequal teeth. Paraligula is bifid. Pecten hypopharyngis with 9–15 teeth, inner tooth and some middle teeth enlarged.

Remarks: Recently, Zavrelimyia includes formerly separate genus Paramerina as its subgenus (Silva & Ekrem, 2016), which also has basal segment of maxillary palps subdivided always into 2 parts resembling some species of Ablabesmyia . However, arrangement of teeth on ligula in straight row should distinguish Zavrelimyia and Paramerina from Ablabesmyia (with concave row of ligula teeth). For more information see description of Ablabesmyia . Pupal exuviae material from the Tatra Mts. lakes was identified as Z. punctatissima (Hamerlík & Bitušík 2008) .

Zavrelimyia was the second most abundant tanypod remain mostly occurring in the surface sediments of subalpine lakes.