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Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) effusus

Creators

  • 1. Taxanama Corp., 25 Mabelle Ave, Toronto, ON, M 9 A 4 Y 1, Canada.
  • 2. Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Description

Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) effusus (Walker, 1856)

Adults: Male described by Albu (1968), Lehman (1969), Saether (1985), Makarchenko and Makarchenko (2005), hypopygium in key by Pinder (1978). Female described by Saether (1985).

Immatures: Pupa described by Saether (1985), in key by Langton (1991). Larva described by Cranston (1982), Saether (1985), and in key by Epler (2001).

Ecology and Habitat: Larvae mainly inhabit springs (Thienemann 1954).

NE: Canada (Alberta, Northwest Territories); USA (Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota). Widespread in the Palearctic.

Notes

Published as part of Namayandeh, Armin & Beresford, David V., 2018, A NEW SPECIES IN THE RHEOCRICOTOPUS (R.) EFFUSUS GROUP FROM CANADA WITH A REVIEW OF THE NEARCTIC SPECIES OF RHEOCRICOTOPUS AND PARAMETRIOCNEMUS (CHIRONOMIDAE: ORTHOCLADIINAE) Abstract, pp. 16-29 in CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 31 on page 19, DOI: 10.5324/cjcr.v0i31.2531, http://zenodo.org/record/7994948

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87EF4C5069779193FE10FD05FC5C

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5324/cjcr.v0i31.2531 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/7994948 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFF2FF974C5369749170FFA0FFC6FF99 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/3625C1D8-40F1-44D9-8571-97C481739253 (URL)
Is source of
https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03CB87EF4C5069779193FE10FD05FC5C (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/209665169 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/53576/taxon/03CB87EF4C5069779193FE10FD05FC5C.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Rheocricotopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walker
Species
effusus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) effusus (Walker, 1856) sec. Namayandeh & Beresford, 2018

References

  • Albu, P. 1968. Chironomide din Carpatii romanesti (III). - Studii si Cercetari de Biologie, Serie de Zoologie. Bot. 20 (5): 455 - 465.
  • Pinder, L. C. V. 1978. A key to adult males of the British Chironomidae (Diptera), Vol. 1, The key; Vol. 2, Illustrations of the Hypopygia. - Freshwater Biological Association Scientific Publication 37: 1 - 169.
  • Langton, P. H. 1991. A key to pupal exuviae of West Palaearctic Chironomidae. Private publication. Printed by Graytones, UK. 386 p.
  • Cranston, P. S. 1982. A key to the larvae of the British Orthocladiinae (Chironomidae). - Scientific Publication Freshwater Biological Association 45: 1 - 152.
  • Epler, J. H. 2001. Identification manual for the larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina. A guide to the taxonomy of the midges of the southeastern United States including Florida. Special Publication SJ 2001 - SP 13. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality and St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, 530 p.