Prodiamesinae, Saether, 1976

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 : 225

Prodiamesinae ( Fig. 2 )

Head capsule of the subfamily Prodiamesinae differ from that of Chironominae , Orthocladiinae and Diamesinae by large ventromental plates without striae and with numerous and dense setae creating a ventromental beard, often visible even under low magnification ( Brooks et al. 2007).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Diamesinae, Pseudodiamesa nivosa: 1—head capsule. Prodiamesinae, Prodiamesa olivacea: 2—head capsule. Tanypodinae, Procladius: 3—detail of head capsule. Tanypodinae, Zavrelimyia: 4—head capsule. Orthocladiinae, Chaetocladius piger-type: 5—head capsule. Chironominae (Chironomini), Chironomus anthracinus-type: 6—head capsule. Chironominae (Tanytarsini), Micropsectra junci-type: 7—head capsule. Chironominae (Tanytarsini), Micropsectra radialistype: 8—head capsule. li—ligula, pl—paraligula, dt—dorsomental teeth, a—antennae, ma—mandible, om—occipital margin, me—mentum, vp—ventromental plate, b—beard, p—projection on occipital margin, at—apical tooth of the mandible, it—inner teeth of the mandible, ap—antennal pedestal, pm—premandible, s—spur, pp—post-occipital plate, ss—seta submenti