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Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) glabricollis

  • 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 (Psilocricotopus) glabricollis (Meigen, 1830)

Adults: Male described by 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), figs. in Lehman (1969) under R. gouini, and in key by Langton (1991). Larva described in Namayandeh (2016), and in key by Epler (2001).

Ecology and Habitat: Larvae inhabit lotic habitats (Hudson et al. 1990).

NE: Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick); USA (Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee). 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 18, DOI: 10.5324/cjcr.v0i31.2531, http://zenodo.org/record/7994948

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References

  • Makarchenko, E. A. and Makarchenko, M. A. 2005. Chironomidae of the genus Rheocricotopus Thienemann et Harnisch, 1932 (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) of the Russian Far East. - Eurasian Entomological Journal 4 (2): 126 - 134.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hudson, P. L. Lenat, D. R., Caldwell, B. A. and Smith D., 1990. Chironomidae of the southeastern United States: a checklist of species and notes on biology, distribution, and habitat. US Fish and Wildlife Publications 53 p.