Ptychoptera paludosa Meigen 1830
- Dataset
- Key to Ptychopteridae (Diptera) larvae of Northern Europe, with notes on distribution and biology
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Ptychopteridae
- genus
- Ptychoptera
- species
- Ptychoptera paludosa
description
The larvae are exclusively found in different types of running waters. Data from Denmark show that although the species has a preference for small streams (width <3 m), it also occurs in larger lotic waters. The preferred streams may be slow- to fast-flowing and are mostly situated in woodland but also in open land. In all cases, the larvae are found immediately alongside the banks where the current is low and the sediment consist of silt with a high organic content. According to Stubbs (1993), the habitats in the U. K. are densely shaded, silty streams but also include marginal areas of small, shaded, lowland rivers. Furthermore, the species is not found together with P. lacustris in the U. K., which is, however, often the case in small streams in Denmark. Flight period generally ranges from May to June, with some records in July or even later. At the northern-most Fennoscandian sites, flight peaks about one month later than in the more southern areas.
Name
- Homonyms
- Ptychoptera paludosa Meigen 1830