Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) effusus (Walker 1856)
- Dataset
- A NEW SPECIES IN THE RHEOCRICOTOPUS (R.) EFFUSUS GROUP FROM CANADA WITH A REVIEW OF THE NEARCTIC SPECIES OF RHEOCRICOTOPUS AND PARAMETRIOCNEMUS (CHIRONOMIDAE: ORTHOCLADIINAE) Abstract
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Chironomidae
- genus
- Rheocricotopus
- species
- Rheocricotopus effusus
description
Immatures: Pupa described by Saether (1985), in key by Langton (1991). Larva described by Cranston (1982), Saether (1985), and in key by Epler (2001). Ecology and Habitat: Larvae mainly inhabit springs (Thienemann 1954). NE: Canada (Alberta, Northwest Territories); USA (Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota). Widespread in the Palearctic.