Cricotopus elegans

Taxonavigation

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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

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Cricotopus elegans Johannsen, 1943

Synonym: Cricotopus (Cricotopus) elegans

Distribution

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North America

  • United States

Found on Nostoc and larvae mine Potamogeton.

References

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  • 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).
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