Notes on some tanypods from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Author
Saether, Ole A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3069
26
42
journal article
46099
10.5281/zenodo.201708
e75d917a-2872-44fc-afb0-fd7f5308b94a
1175-5326
201708
Psectrotanypus (Psectrotanypus) dyari
(Coquillett)
Material examined.
CANADA
: Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, Victoria Beach,
1 male
,
9.vii. 1969
.
The wing markings of this specimen differ slightly from those figured by
Roback (1971 figs. 213, 215)
. However, there seems to be little doubt about the identification which also has been confirmed by Dr. S. S. Roback.
Distribution and ecology.
According to
Roback (1971: 98–99)
P. d y a r i
is a very common species tolerating a wide variety of ecological conditions. It is found in the cleanest waters as well as in some of the most polluted. The species is known from ponds, lakes, rivers and streams over most of North
America
(
Roback 1971
: 100, 1978:174;
Oliver
et al.
1990
: 9;
Spies 1999
;
Epler 2003
,
2010
;
Caldwell 2009
;
Ashe & O’Connor 2009
: 219).