Bicinctus -Group of the Genus Cricotopus Van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Nearctic with a Description of a New Species

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Oliver, D. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: General Medicine; Northwest Territories; Fort Simpson
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f77-011; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f77-011

Three species, Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen), C. vierriensis Goetghebuer, and C. mackenziensis n.sp., in the bicinctus-group of the genus Cricotopus Van der Wulp are now known to occur in the Nearctic. The new species is described from the Fort Simpson area, Northwest Territories, and compared with...