Tanytarsus lugens (Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916)

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 : 257

Tanytarsus lugens - type ( Figs 103, 104 )

Head capsule yellow with brown patch on submentum. Median tooth and first pair of lateral teeth are usually not at the same focal plane as the other laterals. Mandible with 3 inner teeth, 2 dorsal teeth and one surficial tooth, which is large and well visible ( Fig. 104 ). Antennal pedestal is long without spur.

It belongs to the most common morphotypes in the Tatra Mts. lakes, usually absent in the coldest ones.

Figures

FIGURES 99–104. Paratanytarsus austriacus-type: 99—head capsule. P. austriacus-type: 100—mandible. Paratanytarsus pencillatus-type: 101—head capsule. P. penicillatus-type: 102—mandible. Tanytarsus lugens-type: 103—head capsule. T. lugens-type: 104—mandible.