Published November 8, 2019 | Version v1
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Chaetocladius melaleucus

  • 1. Freshwater & Marine Biology, 10 rue des Fenouils, F- 34070 Montpellier, France. & University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK CB 2 3 EJ.
  • 2. University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK CB 2 3 EJ.

Description

Chaetocladius melaleucus

(n = 10 male exuviae including 5 male pharate adults; Figs 6D, 7 A-B)

Eastern Pyrenees, SW France.

1. FS, well-developed, about 110 μm long;

2. TH, club-like;

3. Dc 1 located close to Dc 2, Dc 3 close to Dc 4 (Fig. 48); d1 = d3, 10-15; d2, 65;

4. Dc 1, Dc 3 and Dc 4 (type-a); Dc 2, (type-b);

5. Oval postero-median patch of spines present on sternites II-VII (Fig. 7A);

6. M, short, conspicuous and spine-like; ApiL, finger-like, located medially (Fig. 7B).

Notes

Published as part of Moubayed, Joel & Langton, Peter H, 2019, CHAETOCLADIUS BERYTHENSIS SP. N., C. CALLAUENSIS SP. N., C. GUARDIOLEI SP. N. AND C. PARERAI SP. N., FOUR RELICT SPECIES INHABITING GLACIAL SPRINGS AND STREAMS IN EASTERN PYRENEES AND LEBANON (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) Abstract, pp. 42-59 in CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 32 (32) on page 54, DOI: 10.5324/cjcr.v0i32.3000, http://zenodo.org/record/7987367

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chaetocladius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meigen
Species
melaleucus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chaetocladius melaleucus (Meigen, 1818) sec. Moubayed & Langton, 2019