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Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) pauciseta Saether 1969

  • 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) pauciseta Saether, 1969

Adults: Male described by Saether (1969), and Makarchenko and Makarchenko (2005). Female is unknown.

Immatures: Pupa and larva described by Saether (1969) and in key by Epler (2001).

Ecology and Habitat: Lotic habitats (Hudson et al. 1990).

NE: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador); USA (North Carolina). In the Palearctic Far East Russia, recently from China (Sichuan Province), Tibet by Liu et al. (2014b).

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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References

  • Saether, O. A. 1969. Some Nearctic Podonominae, Diamesinae, and Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). - Bulletin of Fisheries Research Board of Canada 170: 1 - 154.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Liu, W, Song, C. and Wang, X. 2014 b. Review of the subgenus Rheocricotopus (s. str.) Brundin, 1956 from China (Diptera, Chironomidae). - Pan-Pacific Entomologist 90: 100 - 106.