Table 1. Some larval characters measured from the specimens collected in this study. All measurements are in µm unless otherwise noted. A) Larvae (mm) HL HW HL/HW A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 Flagellum AR Blade B2 Subfamily Tanypodinae Ablabesmyia (s.s.) sp. 3.2 577.2 402.3 1.4 232.0 72.6 6.6 3.7 – – – – 82.9 2.8 76.0 – Meropelopia americana 7.3 979.2 892.0 1.1 435.7 73.2 8.0 6.7 – – – – 87.9 5.0 77.3 – Meropelopia flavifrons 7.0 748.8 679.2 1.1 281.8only 48.6 6.3 5.6 – – – – 60.5 4.7 52.2 9.2 Nilotanypus fimbriatus 2.3 366.5 203.0 1.8 152.7 44.2 5.8 4.0 – – 54.0 2.8 55.5 4.1 [Journal [Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 2016; 48:6075] [page 233] Rheopelopia acra group 3.1 433.5 330.3 1.3 158.1 42.5 7.6 3.1 – – – – 53.3 3.0 – 9.2 Procladius (Holotanypus) sp. 5.6 563.0 555.9 1.0 110.5 15.5 6.0 3.9 – – – – 25.4 4.4 21.0 6.1 Subfamily Diamesinae use Diamesa sp. 7.4 390.3 414.9 0.9 73.8 15.2 8.6 2.8 3.9 – – – 30.4 2.4 32.1 – Pagastia orthogonia 2.7 400.0 274.4 1.5 17.2 15.6 5.1 3.4 4.7 – – – 28.8 0.6 20.9 9.1 Potthastia gaedi group 5.3 445.5 391.1 1.1 46.0 18.3 6.5 3.4 5.4 – – – 33.5 1.4 29.6 10.0 Potthastia longimanus group 4.6 293.2 232.2 1.3 11.5 15.7 4.8 2.3 2.6 – – – 25.4 0.5 24.1 – Subfamily Prodiamesinae Monodiamesa sp. 1 7.5 478.1 429.9 1.1 44.6 18.8 3.8 2.9 – – – – 25.6 1.7 – – Monodiamesa sp. 2 5.1 273.6 254.3 1.1 20.6 13.9 2.6 2.1 – – – – 18.6 1.1 22.3 – Subfamily Orthocladiinae Brillia flavifrons 6.5 657.6 549.5 1.2 71.4 25.8 10.3 5.7 – – – – 41.8 1.7 – – Brillia parva 4.7 687.4 456.5 1.5 88.7 37.0 19.8 6.2 – – – – 63.0 1.4 49.9 – Cardiocladius cf. albiplumus 0.2 145.1 128.6 1.1 11.1 7.0 2.4 4.5 3.1 – – – 16.9 0.7 16.0 5.2 Corynoneura sp. 1 1.7 172.5 127.7 1.4 124.9 58.0 79.2 3.3 – – – – 140.5 0.9 – – Corynoneura sp. 2 1.3 178.5 98.4 1.8 114.7 76.6 77.2 6.2 – – – – 160.1 0.7 – – Cricotopus (s.s.) cf. albiforceps 3.9 311.1 300.3 1.0 34.7 9.7 4.6 3.8 3.7 – – – 21.8 1.6 20.7 – Cricotopus mackenziensis 3.1 319.5 331.6 1.0 44.9 15.7 7.1 4.7 5.6 – – – 33.0 1.4 30.2 – Cricotopus (s.s.) tremulus group 3.7 338.4 382.6 0.9 46.6 14.5 6.7 4.8 3.0 – – – 29.0 1.6 28.6 10.0 Cricotopus (s.s.) trifascia 5.2 495.8 495.2 1.0 69.2 17.6 7.2 3.6 3.7 – – – 32.0 2.2 27.0 13.2 Cricotopus (Nostocladius) nostocicola 4.4 494.1 455.9 1.1 27.8 7.3 3.9 2.8 3.0 – – – 17.0 1.6 18.2 5.1 Doncricotopus sp. 4.3 248.9 296.4 0.8 51.9 12.1 7.2 3.2 4.3 – – – 26.8 1.9 17.4 9.0 Epoicocladius sp. #3 JacobsenNon-commercial 3.9 293.1 242.7 1.2 33.7 11.2 2.1 3.8 – – – – 17.1 2.0 16.2 – Eukiefferiella gracei group 5.9 451.0 458.5 1.0 51.4 11.7 4.6 4.6 5.7 – – – 26.6 1.9 23.2 – Euryhapsis cilium 5.1 350.0 325.9 1.1 63.1 22.1 9.5 5.9 – – – – 37.5 1.7 40.5 – Heterotrissocladius marcidus group 2.8 213.3 219.3 1.0 33.6 20.4 4.0 10.7 4.7 3.0 2.2 44.9 0.7 32.8 – Hydrosmittia sp. 2.5 259.1 251.4 1.0 5.3 3.0 2.1 2.2 – – – – 7.3 0.7 8.2 – Krenosmittia sp. 2.3 139.0 144.0 1.0 31.8 17.5 1.1 1.5 2.4 – – – 22.5 1.4 17.4 – Lopescladius (Cordiella) cf. hyporheicus 3.8 152.8 136.2 1.1 80.5 59.2 30.3 9.4 70.7 – – – 169.7 0.5 59.4 – Nanocladius (s.s.) dichromus group 2.6 225.2 269.4 0.8 47.3 17.0 7.6 3.7 2.4 – – – 30.6 1.5 26.4 7.3 Orthocladius (Eud.) dubitatus 3.6 379.4 364.6 1.0 35.5 10.4 4.0 3.2 2.6 – – – 20.2 1.8 23.0 – Orthocladius (Euo.) rivicola 4.3 299.5 327.4 0.9 37.1 9.5 3.8 4.2 3.8 – – – 21.3 1.7 19.5 3.7 Orthocladius (s.s.) cf. clarkei 4.7 368.7 424.2 0.9 40.8 11.4 3.7 3.5 3.2 – – – 21.9 1.9 24.5 – Orthocladius (s.s.) obumbratus 5.1 347.6 400.2 0.9 40.2 11.5 4.6 3.2 4.3 – – – 23.5 1.7 24.6 8.2 Paracricotopus sp. 1.2 141.4 137.5 1.0 17.8 10.2 2.7 2.6 3.1 – – – 18.5 1.0 16.4 – Parakiefferiella sp. 1 2.6 253.3 237.5 1.1 35.3 13.4 2.7 3.3 3.3 5.6 – – 28.3 1.2 15.7 6.4 Parakiefferiella sp. 2 2.2 172.5 188.6 0.9 20.2 9.8 2.8 3.6 3.8 4.3 – – 24.2 0.8 15.9 – Parakiefferiella sp. 3 2.6 122.5 135.6 0.9 15.4 9.3 1.9 2.5 2.6 0.9 – – 17.3 0.9 12.7 5.9 Parakiefferiella sp. 4 2.3 136.1 149.8 0.9 23.4 17.7 2.8 4.2 3.7 2.0 – – 30.4 0.8 – – Parakeifferiella cf. gracillima 2.8 167.8 207.2 0.8 21.2 9.3 2.5 2.5 3.9 4.6 – – 22.9 0.9 14.9 4.9 Parametriocnemus lundbecki 4.0 292.9 321.3 0.9 54.7 19.3 4.2 5.7 4.6 – – – 33.7 1.6 22.9 10.6 Psectrocladius (s.s.) limbatellus 5.9 486.9 469.6 1.0 96.9 14.1 8.8 5.5 4.9 – – – 33.2 2.9 30.9 6.5 Article Rheocricotopus (Psil.) chalybeatus group – 204.8 195.7 1.0 33.4 13.5 3.5 3.3 2.7 – – – 23.0 1.5 16.3 – To be continued on next page [page 234] [Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 2016; 48:6075] Table 1. Continued from previous page. Article A) Larvae (mm) HL HW HL/HW A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 Flagellum AR Blade B2 Subfamily Orthocladiinae Stictocladius sp. G 5.7 177.8 165.5 1.1 48.5 69.6 6.3 3.2 9.1 – – – 88.2 0.6 65.8 – Thienemanniella xena 2.3 241.0 198.1 1.2 89.8 26.3 25.2 2.2 3.5 – – – 57.3 1.6 19.7 – Tvetenia paucunca 4.0 300.9 269.4 1.1 49.4only 17.4 2.3 3.6 3.8 – – – 27.1 1.8 18.7 – Tvetenia tshernovskii 3.7 374.8 322.9 1.2 62.7 16.8 6.3 4.7 4.4 32.1 1.9 29.6 – Subfamily Chironominae Beckidia tethys 4.6 221.9 259.3 0.9 38.5 21.0 22.2 11.5 2.9 3.9 2.3 63.8 0.6 68.9 – Chernovskiia orbicus 7.8 210.1 208.9 1.0 91.4 26.4 26.9 20.6 6.0 2.3 2.9 2.2 87.2 1.0 43.6 – Chironomus (s.s.) decorus group 13.9 475.7 460.6 1.0 95.1 23.7 6.6 10.3 7.1 – – – 47.7 2.0 43.6 – Chironomus (s.s.) salinarius group 5.8 508.0 566.6 use 0.9 108.1 25.1 6.4 8.0 7.2 – – – 46.7 2.3 45.1 – Cryptochironomus blarina 9.3 505.2 476.5 1.1 64.4 33.2 30.7 3.1 4.4 – – – 71.4 0.9 26.3 6.3 Demicryptochironomus cuneatus 6.5 345.5 292.6 1.2 55.5 12.2 15.7 10.4 4.9 2.2 2.2 47.5 1.2 24.1 6.0 Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) sp. 2.8 233.7 227.0 1.0 29.6 16.2 11.2 11.0 4.8 – – – 43.2 0.7 52.3 5.9 Microtendipes (s.s.) pedellus group 6.9 417.6 409.6 1.0 96.6 15.4 20.1 15.4 11.2 6.5 – – 68.5 1.4 65.5 – Microtendipes (s.s.) rydalensis group 2.1 222.1 201.2 1.1 45.5 13.9 19.1 10.0 6.3 4.2 – – 53.6 0.8 30.8 – Paracladopelma cf.