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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CRICOTOPUS VAN DER WULP (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. R. Oliver
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6

Abstract

All stages of Cricotopus (Isocladius) myriophylli n. sp. are described and differentiated from those of other members of the sylvestris group of Cricotopus van der Wulp. The larval diagnosis for the sylvestris group is emended.

Résumé

L'auteur décrit tous les stades larvaires de la nouvelle espèce Cricotopus (Isocladius) myriophylli n. sp. et les différencie de ceux d'autres membres du groupe sylvestris de Cricotopus. Le diagnostic larvaire du groupe sylvestris est corrigé.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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