Cryptotendipes casuarius Townes

• Main Author: Saether, Ole A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Chironomidae; Cryptotendipes; Cryptotendipes casuarius; South Indian Lake
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199616; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03885A20FFC9712F62ADFECCFCE1FED1

Cryptotendipes casuarius (Townes) Harnischia casuria Townes, 1945: 162. (Fig. 5) Material examined . USA: South Dakota, Lake Francis Case, 5 miles north of Pickstown, 2 males reared from pupae, no date, P.L. Hudson. CANADA: Manitoba, South Indian Lake, Long Bay, female reared from larva, 15.vi. 1976, E. Phillips. Lake Winnipeg records: Victoria Beach, 736 males, 9. & 25.vii. 1969; Pine Dock, 279 males, 10.vii. –2.ix. 1969; 0.5 km off George Island, 2 males, 12.vii. 1969; 3 km off Grand Rapids, 4 males, 13.vii. & 4.ix. 1969; 10 km off Sturgeonskin (Long) Point, 4 males, 14.vii. 1969; Gull Harbour, 319 males, 16.vii. 1969; Gimli Government Warf, 24 males, 24.vii. 1969; Matheson Island Government Warf, 8 males, 26.vii. 1969; 3 km off George Island, 38 males, 27.vii. 1969; Grand Rapids Government Warf, 37 males, 28.vii. 1969; 5 km of Selkirk (Horse) Island, 182 males, 29.vii. 1969; East of Selkirk Island, 1 male, 29.vii. 1969; North-northeast off Reindeer Island, 1 male, 30.vii. 1969; McBeth Harbour, 48 males, 7.ix. 1969; Hnausa Government Wharf, 1 male, 8.ix. 1969; Hecla Island, 312 males, 3.vi. –13.ix. 1971; Beaver Point, 42 males, 18.vi. –8.viii. 1971; 20 Mile Creek, 1 male, 1.ix. 1971; Old Fishing Dock, 301 males, 29.vi. – 27.viii. 1971; Calder’s Dock, 168 males, 6.vii. –31.viii. 1971; South Basin, 13 pupae, 241 larvae, 9.vii. –31.x. 1969; Narrows, 12 larvae, 4.vi. –31.x. 1969; North Basin, 62 pupae, 473 larvae, 4.vi. –31.x. 1969. The male imagines have 3–11, 7 (10) setae on squama; 3–6, 5 (10) sensilla chaetica on p2, none on p3. The hypopygium is illustrated by Saether (1977a fig. 34 B–D). The female genitalia are illustrated by Saether (1977b, fig. 85 A–C). A female from South Indian Lake, Man., has 11 sensilla chaetica on each ta l of p2 and p3. Pupa (n = 5–6, except when otherwise stated) Total length 4.49-5.16, 4.86 mm. Exuviae nearly transparent with pale yellowish grey thorax. Cephalothorax . Thoracic horn 3.74–4.73 mm (3) long, main stem 2.03–2.47 mm (3) long. Cephalic tubercle 26–40 µm (2) ...