Allocladius Kieffer

Ferrington Jr, Leonard C. & Saether, Ole A., 2011, A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 2849, Zootaxa 2849 (1), pp. 1-314 : 50

Key to known larvae of Allocladius Kieffer

1. Mandible with 3 inner teeth, mentum with 4 lateral teeth.............................. A. bothnicus (Tuiskunen) (p. 93)

– Mandible with 4 inner teeth, mentum with 4–5 lateral teeth......................................................... 2

2. Mentum with 4 lateral teeth.................................................. Allocladius sp. Falkland Islands (p.102)

– Mentum with 5 lateral teeth.................................................................................. 3

3. Posterior parapods each with 11 claws................................................. A. nanseni (Kieffer) (p. 66)

– Posterior parapods each with 7–8 claws................................................ A. arenarius (Strenzke) (p. 72)