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

• 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
• Subjects: Rheocricotopus; Parametriocnemus; Nearctic; New record; Canada; Adult male; Science; Q; Zoology; QL1-991; Nunavut; Bathurst Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i31.2531; https://doaj.org/article/afaa321c57db4b7aacb98d7748e3e72c

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...