Micropsectra radialis, Goetghebuer, 1939

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 : 256

Micropsectra radialis - type ( Fig. 97 )

Head capsule brown. Short rounded spurs present at relatively short (about as long as broad) antennae pedestal. Occipital plate strongly reduced. This morphotype was found most frequently with high abundance both in the lakes situated at higher altitude and in deep sub-alpine lakes.

Figures

FIGURES 93–98. Micropsectra contracta-type: 93—head capsule (arrow indicates spur). Micropsectra insignilobus-type: 94—head capsule. Micropsectra junci-type: 95—head capsule. M. junci-type: 96—mentum (arrow indicates shorter first pair of laterals). Micropsectra radialis-type: 97—head capsule. Micropsectra type A: 98—head capsule (arrow indicates greatly enlarged and convex occipital plate).