Chaetocladius melaleucus (Meigen, 1818)

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, CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 32 (32), pp. 42-59 : 54

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 ).

Figures

Figure 6. Pupal exuviae of Chaetocladius spp. Frontal apotome of: A) C. cf. callauensis sp. n.; B) C. mantetensis; C) C. cf. guardiolei sp. n. Distribution pattern of dorsocentral setae on thorax of: D) C. melaleucus; E) C. perennis; F) C. guisseti; G) C. mantetensis; H) C. bitusiki; I) C. cf. laminatus; J) C. cf. callauensis sp. n.; K) C. cf. guardiolei sp. n; L) C. cf. parerai sp. n.

Figure 7. Pupal exuviae of Chaetocladius spp. Caudal area of sternite VI of:A) C. melaleucus; C) C. sp. cf. laminatus. Tergite VIII (caudal part, dorsal) and anal lobe of: B) C. melaleucus; D-E) C. sp. cf. laminatus; F) C. dissipatus; G) C. sp. cf. guardiolei sp. n; L) C. cf. callauensis sp. n.; M) C. sp. cf. parerai sp. n; N) C. mantetensis. Thoracic horn of: H) C. sp. cf. laminatus; I) C. mantetensis; J) C. cf. parerai sp. n; K) C. cf. callauensis sp. n.