Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chamutiová, Tímea, Hamerlík, Ladislav & Bitušík, Peter, 2020, Subfossil chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) of lakes in the Tatra Mountains an illustrated guide, Zootaxa 4819 (2), pp. 216-264 : 249

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4819.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4437269
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scientific name	Chironomus plumosus
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Chironomus plumosus View in CoL - type ( Figs 74, 75 View FIGURES 72–78 )

Fourth lateral tooth of the mentum longer than fifth. Mandible with three inner teeth.

In our material, however, there are also individuals combining the plumosus - type mentum with anthracinus type mandible and the other way around ( Fig. 73 and 75 View FIGURES 72–78 ). In this case, the shape of the mentum should be indicative for the type. Considering the great amount of Chironomus species, more study is needed to define more morphotypes.

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FIGURES 72–78. Chironomus anthracinus-type: 72—head capsule (arrow indicates two inner teeth of the mandible). C. anthracinus-type: 73—head capsule (arrow indicates three inner teeth of the mandible). Chironomus plumosus-type: 74—head capsule (arrow indicates three inner teeth of the mandible). C. plumosus-type: 75—head capsule (arrow indicates two inner teeth of the mandible). Cladopelma lateralis-type: 76—head capsule. Dicrotendipes nervosus-type: 77—frontal apotome (arrow indicates crenulated anterior margin). Dicrotendipes notatus-type: 78—frontal apotome (arrow indicates antero-median fenestra).