Diamesinae, Kieffer, 1922

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 : 219

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4437245

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F487F1-FFBE-FFA7-FF22-F984AA6DF86A

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scientific name

Diamesinae
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Diamesinae View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 )

Head capsules of the subfamily is yellowish brown to dark brown or black with black and wide occipital margin. Surface of dorsal head mostly smooth, rarely covered with numerous short setae ( Protanypus ), or with tubercles ( Boreoheptagyia ). Third antennal segment annulated with exception of Protanypus . Premandible with 1–16 teeth. Mandible with apical tooth and 4–5 inner teeth. Mentum variable in shape with 4 ( Protanypus ) to 23 teeth, rarely without teeth ( Potthastia longimanus group). Ventromental plates rudimentary to very large ( Pseudodiamesa ) ( Brooks et al. 2007; Ilyashuk at al. 2010).

Larvae are rheophilic to rheobiontic, but also occur in the littoral zone as low temperature and high oxygen content combined with wave action create conditions resembling flowing waters.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

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