Tanypus (Tanypus) vilipennis Kieffer ...

• Main Author: Saether, Ole A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Tanypus; Tanypus vilipennis; Beaver Creek; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6183805; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6183805

Tanypus (Tanypus) vilipennis (Kieffer) (Fig. 3 A–D) Material examined. CANADA: Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, emergence trap, Beaver Creek, 1 male, 21.vii. 1971. The specimen from Lake Winnipeg has somewhat more smoky wings and slightly darker spots (Fig. 3 C) than that illustrated by Roback (1971 fig. 123). The gonostylus (Fig. 3 D) also has a slightly stronger heel than illustrated by Roback (1971 fig. 124). In other details, however, the Lake Winnipeg specimen fits the description by Roback (1971: 69) and the identification has been confirmed by Dr. S. S. Roback. Distribution and ecology. This species is a summer form known from all over Europe, from Siberia, Turkey and Java, and from Manitoba, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (Oliver et al. 1990: 16, Saether & Spies 2004, Ashe & O’Connor 2009: 232). The larva lives in lakes, ponds and running waters. T. vilipennis is very rare in Lake Winnipeg. ... : Published as part of Saether, Ole A., 2011, Notes on some tanypods from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Diptera: Chironomidae), pp. 26-42 in Zootaxa 3069 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201708 ...