Aphroteniinae, Brundin, 1966

Cranston, Peter S., 2019, Identification guide to genera of aquatic larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia and New Zealand, Zootaxa 4706 (1), pp. 71-102 : 80-81

Aphroteniinae larvae: Genera, Species

[see Brundin 1966; Cranston & Edward 1992]

1 Body with plumose extensions to cuticle, some body setae feathered (Fig. 5A, F). Procercus spinose (Fig. 5A)................................................................................................ Aphrotenia Brundin [1 Aust sp., A. australiensis Cranston & Edward , NSW]

1’ Body smooth, or with papillae and hooklets, none plumose (Fig. 5E); body setae all simple. Procercus smooth (Fig. 5B)... 2

2(1’) Body smooth. Head notably large (>15% body length). Antenna as long as mandible.............. Paraphrotenia Brundin [ P. fascipennis Brundin, Aust : NSW, Vic]

2’ Body with papillae and hooklets (Fig. 5E). Head smaller (c. 10% body length). Antenna minute, much shorter than mandible (Fig. 5C)........................................................................ Aphroteniella Brundin ... 3 [2 Aust spp., Qld to Tas, SA, molecular evidence for more]

3(2’) Body with larger papillae, some of which are developed as hooklets (Fig. 5D). Second longest apical seta of procercus shorter, <120µm ................................................................... Aphroteniella filicornis Brundin 3’ Body with small papillae, without hooklets (Fig. 5E). Second longest apical seta of procercus long,> 130µ. ..............

......................................................................... Aphroteniella tenuicornis Brundin