Hi, in a sample from a mountain brook I found this realy small, probably first instar larva. Some 1 mm long. Maybe it is coleoptera, Scirtidae, because I already found a late instar Scirtid larva there and it also had a log antenna...
pwalter attached the following image:
Scirtidae indeed, and if it is found in a brook then it is most likely Elodes, a common representative in running waters. In the last instar (of Elodes) the thorax is distinctly broader than the abdomen.
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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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