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Conchapelopia telema Roback

Description

Conchapelopia telema Roback

(Fig. 4 E)

Material examined. CANADA: Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, Grand Rapids Government Wharf, 3 males, 28.vii. 1969; Beaver Point, 5 males, 30.vi. & 6.viii. 1971; Old Fishing Dock, 5 males, 21.vii. 1971; Calder's Dock, 28 males, 6.vii. & 24.viii. 1971.

C. telema was caught in the light traps, from around Grand Rapids in 1969 and from Hecla Island and Beaver Point in 1971. The cibarial pump, tentorium and stipes are illustrated.

Distribution. C. telema is known from the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Montana, Illinois, Kansas, New York and North Carolina (Roback 1981: 93, Oliver et al. 1990: 11, Epler 2003, Ashe & O’Connor 2009: 150).

Notes

Published as part of Saether, Ole A., 2011, Notes on some tanypods from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Diptera: Chironomidae), pp. 26-42 in Zootaxa 3069 on page 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201708

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Conchapelopia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Roback
Species
telema
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Roback, S. S. (1981) The immature chironomids of the eastern United States V. Pentaneurini- Thienemannimyia group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 133, 73 - 128.
  • Oliver, D. R., Dillon, M. E. and Cranston, P. S. (1990) A catalog of Nearctic Chironomidae. Research Branch Agriculture Canada Publication, 1857 / B, 89 pp.
  • Epler, J. (2003) Epler's checklist of the Chironomidae of North and South Carolina (last updated 7 July 2003). http: // home. comcast. net / ~ johnepler 3 / NCSCCHCK. pdf
  • Ashe, P. & O'Connor, J. P. (2009) A World Catalogue of Chironomidae (Diptera). Part 1. Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyinae, Podonominae, Aphroteniinae, Tanypodinae, Usambaromyiinae, Diamesinae, Prodiamesinae and Telmatogetoninae. Irish Biographical Society & National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. 445 pp.