Chironomus (Chaetolabis) atroviridis (Townes)

Saether, Ole A., 2012, The Chironomus group (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Lake Winnipeg, Canada, Zootaxa 3275, pp. 1-19 : 3

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6169885

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scientific name

Chironomus (Chaetolabis) atroviridis (Townes)
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Chironomus (Chaetolabis) atroviridis (Townes) View in CoL

Tendipes (Chaetolabis) atroviridis Townes, 1945: 114 View in CoL .

Material examined. Lake Winnipeg light traps: Pine dock, 3 males, 10.vi. & 31.vi. 1969; Grand Rapids Government Wharf, 1 male, 28.vi.1969.

The males from Lake Winnipeg have an AR of 3.58–3.95, 14–16 sensilla chaetica in apical 1/3–1/4 of ta1 of p2 and 9–11 sensilla chaetica in apical 1/4 of ta l of p3.

Distribution. The species was previously known from Massachusetts and Ontario to Idaho and British Columbia, and south to Iowa and Virginia ( Townes 1945: 115, Oliver et al. 1990: 42).

Oliver, D. R., Dillon, M. E. & Cranston, P. S. (1990) A catalog of Nearctic Chironomidae. Research Branch Agriculture Canada Publication, 1857 / B, 89 pp.

Townes, H. K. (1945) The Nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera: Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae )). American Midland Naturalist, 34, 1 - 206.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Chironomus