A new species in the Rheocricotopus (R.) effusus group from Canada with a review of the Nearctic species of Rheocricotopus and Parametriocnemus (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)

Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) reduncusoides sp. n. is described from Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada. Its discovery was made while curating and examining specimens deposited by H. V. Danks in 1969 at the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa, Canada. We also report the first Canadian record of P...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research
Main Authors: Armin Namayandeh, David V. Beresford
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: NTNU University Museum Norwegian University of Science and Technology 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i31.2531
https://doaj.org/article/afaa321c57db4b7aacb98d7748e3e72c
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Summary:Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) reduncusoides sp. n. is described from Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada. Its discovery was made while curating and examining specimens deposited by H. V. Danks in 1969 at the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa, Canada. We also report the first Canadian record of Parametriocnemus hamatus (Johannsen, 1934) from Québec, based on previously unsorted material deposited at the Canadian National Collection. In this paper we provide distributional records of the Nearctic species of Rheocricotopus Thienemann and Harnisch and Parametriocnemus Goetghebuer, and present a key to the Nearctic adult males of these genera.