Cricotopus elegans
Cricotopus elegans is a species of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. It is found in Europe.
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| Species: | C. elegans |
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| Cricotopus elegans Johannsen, 1943 | |
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Cricotopus (Cricotopus) elegans | |
It mines in the aquatic Potamogeton.[1][2]
References
- Mutualism between the midge Cricotopus and the alga Nostoc. EM Brock - Ecology, 1960 - Wiley Online Library
- Biology of certain Chironomidae reared from Potamogeton. CO Berg - Ecological Monographs, 1950
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