Chaetocladius piger (Goetghebuer, 1913)

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 : 230

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Chaetocladius piger View in CoL - type ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 28–31 )

Mentum with paired median teeth, and 5 pairs of lateral teeth, outermost lateral is minute. Ventromental plates are broad and bulbous ( Fig. 31A View FIGURES 28–31 ).

Remarks: Head capsules were found in eleven lakes without obvious respect to altitude, however, recent larvae of the genus were typical for lakes and ponds of higher elevations with significant fluctuation of water level ( Hamerlík et al. 2017).

References

Hamerlik, L., Svitok, M., Novikmec, M., Veselska, M. & Bitusik, P. (2017) Weak altitudinal pattern of overall chironomid richness is a result of contrasting trends of subfamilies in high-altitude ponds. Hydrobiologia, 793 (1), 67 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10750 - 016 - 2992 - 3

Figures

FIGURES 28–31. Brillia bifida-type: 28—head capsule (arrows indicate fourth and fifth lateral teeth of the mentum and position of seta submenti), A—antenna (arrow indicates second segment). Chaetocladius piger-type: 29—bifid premandible, A—antenna. C. piger-type: 30—labral lamellae (arrow indicates its position). C. piger-type: 31—head capsule (arrow indicates seta submenti), A—detail of mentum (arrows indicate minute last lateral tooth and bulbous ventromental plate).