Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen

Saether, Ole A., 2012, The Chironomus group (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Lake Winnipeg, Canada, Zootaxa 3275, pp. 1-19 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280836

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6169905

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scientific name

Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen
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Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen View in CoL

Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804: 13 View in CoL . Tendipes thummi Kieffer, 1911: 36 .

Material examined. Lake Winnipeg light traps: 15 km E off Long Point, 1 male, 6.ix 1969; 20 Mile Creek, 1 male, 1.ix. 1971. North Basin: 3 larvae, 4–12.vi. 1969; South Basin, 1 larva, 4–12.vi. 1969.

The two males examined have an AR of 3.00–3.17, 5–9 sensilla chaetica on p2 and 6–11 on p3. The taxonomic status of C. riparius and C. thummi is treated by Credland (1973). A few larvae probably belonging to C. riparius were present in the bottom samples.

Distribution and ecology. The species was previously known from all over the Holarctic region and also is recorded from the Near East and the Neotropical region ( Saether & Spies 2011). Townes (1945:125) mentions the species from all over North America, and also gives a record from Argentina. The species is often very common in heavily polluted waters and typically saprophilous ( Townes 1945: 126, Thienemann 1954: 646–648, Martin 2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Genus

Chironomus

Loc

Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen

Saether, Ole A. 2012
2012
Loc

Chironomus riparius

Kieffer 1911: 36
Meigen 1804: 13
1804
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