One or more longitudinal, paramedian rows of setae on the scutum. Sometimes the 'rows' consists of a single setae, which it then most often placed close to the posterior margin of the scutum. In several groups the number, size and position of dorsocentral setae is of diagnostic importance, for example the number of presutural and postsutural dorsocentral setae (given as a formula like 0+2 or 1+4 for the presutral and postsutural dorsocentral setae).
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys...
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Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"?
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Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?