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OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHIRONOMIDAE (DIPTERA) INHABITING THE LEAF AXILS OF TWO SPECIES OF BROMELIACEAE ON ST. JOHN, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Andrew C. Miller
Andrew C. Miller
Affiliation:
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
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Abstract

On St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, the leaf axils of two species of Bromeliaceae were sampled for dipterous larvae. One half of the collections were made from the axils of Tillandsia utriculata, restricted almost entirely to the dry, coastal portions of the island, and the other half from Aechmea lingulata, found in the moist mountainous regions. Three species of Chironomidae, representing three subfamilies, and five other families of nematocerous larvae were found. Though species of Diptera were found throughout the island, the Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae were restricted to the dry areas, and the Culicidae were found predominantly in Aechmea lingulata, on Bordeaux Mountain.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 3 , March 1971 , pp. 391 - 396
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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