Cricotopus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Orthocladiinae
Tribus: Orthocladiini
Genus: Cricotopus
Subgenus: Cricotopus (Cricotopus)
Species: Cricotopus elegans

Name

Cricotopus elegans Johannsen, 1943

Synonym: Cricotopus (Cricotopus) elegans

Distribution

North America

• United States

Found on Nostoc and larvae mine Potamogeton.

References

• Johannsen O.A., 1943c. Adult and immature stages of Cricotopus elegans n. sp. (Chironomidae, Diptera). Ent. News, 54:77-79.
• Brock E.M., 1960. Mutualism between the midge Cricotopus and the alga Nostoc. Ecology, Wiley Online Library.
• Berg C.O., 1950. Biology of certain Chironomidae reared from Potamogeton. Ecological Monographs.
• Boesel M.W., 1983. A Review of the Genus Cricotopus in Ohio, With a Key to Adults of Species of the Northeastern United States (Diptera, Chironomidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, vol. 83, n. 3 (June, 1983), pp. 74-90 (link).

Links

• Cricotopus elegans - Catalogue of Life
• Cricotopus elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).