Cryptochironomus eminentia, Mason

Saether, Ole A., 2009, Cryptochironomus Kieffer from Lake Winnipeg, Canada, with a review of Nearctic species (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 2208, pp. 1-24 : 15

C. eminentia Mason

( Fig. 6 E)

C. eminentia Mason, 1985: 406

Cryptochironomus sp. D, Chang et al. 1994

Both sexes and all stages are described by Mason (1985). In Lake Winnipeg a single exuviae was collected at Beaver Point ( Fig. 6 E). Mason (1983: 412) collected larvae of C. eminentia from gravel, sand and muck substrates in 0.1–2.5 m of water. Epler (2009) records the species from Florida.

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FIGURE 6. Cryptochironomus spp., pupae. A - tergites of C. curryi Mason; B – D cephalic tubercles of (B) C. curryi, (C) C. fulvus (Johannsen), (D) C. ponderosus (Sublette), (E) C. eminentia Mason.