Atrichopogon sp.

Rogers, D. Christopher & Cruz-Rivera, Edwin, 2021, A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Journal of Natural History 55 (13 - 14), pp. 799-850 : 835

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1923850

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scientific name

Atrichopogon sp.
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Atrichopogon sp.

Larvae were found in bromeliad phytotelmata ( Billbergia pryamidalis ) at the Etelman Observatory. Three species in the genus have been reported from nearby Puerto Rico ( Maldonado Capriles and Navarro 1967). This is a new record for the US Virgin Islands.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Genus

Atrichopogon

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