Chironomus (Chironomus)

Saether, Ole A., 2012, The Chironomus group (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Lake Winnipeg, Canada, Zootaxa 3275, pp. 1-19 : 13

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.280836

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6169915

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scientific name

Chironomus (Chironomus)
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Chironomus (Chironomus) View in CoL f. fluviatilis

( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E–H)

Material examined. North Basin, 2 larvae, 2.ix. –12.x. 1969.

Two larvae of this type ( Lenz 1954–62 fig. 73) were found near the outlet of the lake and illustrated in Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 E– H. Wülker (2007) describes two new species from the near-shore sediments of Lake Michigan, C. mozleyi Wûlker and C. winnelli Wülker. These larvae apparently belong to one of these species.

Distribution and ecology. Larvae of this type are known from large Russian rivers and from saline lakes in western Siberia ( Lenz 1954–62: 161) and have been reported from all of the Laurentian Great Lakes with the exception of Lake Superior ( Winnell & White 1984). Mozley (1975: 98) found the larvae commonly in Lake Michigan, and states that the imagines from these larvae are close to C. decorus .

Lenz, F. (1954 - 1962) Tendipedidae (Chironomidae). b) Subfamilie Tendipedinae (Chironomidae). B. Die Metamorphose der Tendipedinae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.): Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, 13 c, 139 - 260.

Mozley, S. C. (1975) Preoperational investigations of zoobenthos in southeastern Lake Michigan near the Cook Nuclear Plant. Great Lakes Research Division, University of Michigan, Special Report, 56, 1 - 132.

Winnell, M. H. & White, D. S. (1984) Ecology of some Chironomidae (Diptera) from southeastern Lake Michigan, U. S. A. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 11, 279 - 359.

Wulker, W. (2007) Two new Chironomus species with fluviatilis - type larvae from the near-shore sandy sediments of Lake Michigan (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Andersen, T. (ed.) Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera - A Tribute to Ole A. Saether. The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 321 - 333.

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FIGURE 4. Chironomus (Chironomus) spp, larva. A, E: labrum and epipharyngeal area. B, F: apex of mandible. C, G: mentum. D, H: posterior end. A – D: Chironomus (C.) bifurcatus Wülker, Martin, Kiknadze, Sublette et Michiels. E – H: Chironomus fluviatilis type.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae