Subfossil chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) of lakes in the Tatra Mountains an illustrated guide
Author
Chamutiová, Tímea
0000-0002-8439-4582
peter. bitusik @ umb. sk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8439 - 4582
peter.bitusik@umb.sk
Author
Hamerlík, Ladislav
0000-0002-0803-8981
ladislav. hamerlik @ umb. sk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0803 - 8981
ladislav.hamerlik@umb.sk
Author
Bitušík, Peter
0000-0003-4375-7727
timea. chamutiova @ umb. sk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4375 - 7727
timea.chamutiova@umb.sk
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-23
4819
2
216
264
journal article
8924
10.11646/zootaxa.4819.2.2
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1175-5326
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Eukiefferiella claripennis
-
type
B (
Fig. 44
)
This is a new morphotype, not listed in
Brooks
et al
. (2007)
.
Head capsule dark brown. Mentum with two median teeth and 5 pairs of equidistant lateral teeth.
Brooks
et al
. (2007)
present only one
Eukiefferiella
morphotype with double median tooth,
E. claripennis
-
type
, which differs in some minor but obvious features from the
type
found in the Tatra Mts. In our case the median teeth are well-sepa rated and broader then the first lateral teeth that are clearly separated from the median teeth with a deep notch; in
Brooks
et al
. (2007)
, median teeth are narrow and weakly separated, and first lateral teeth are appressed to medians. The former reminds
E. rectangularis
group, recently placed to
Tokunagaia rectangularis
group. We assume that our morphotype represents this taxon occurring in cold springs (
Bitušík 2000
) and lakes (
Hamerlík
et al
. 2017
) in the High Tatra Mts. and sediment cores from the high alpine Nižné Terianske pleso lake (
Bitušík & Kubovčík 1999
). To distinguish the two morphotypes, we named the one recorded in the Tatra Mts. lakes
E. claripennis
-
type
B.