Chaoborus astictopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chaoboridae |
Genus: | Chaoborus |
Species: | C. astictopus
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Binomial name | |
Chaoborus astictopus Dyar & Shannon, 1924
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Chaoborus astictopus, the Clear Lake gnat, is a species of phantom midges in the family Chaoboridae. [1] [2] [3] [4] The older larvae are commonly found in the profundal zone of lakes during the day and in the open waters at night, suggesting that they are negatively phototactic. [5]
The larvae can be vulnerable to the pathogen Thelohania corethrae during the winter season. [6] They are also susceptible to the fungal pathogen Tolypocladium cylindrosporum. [7]
Chaoborus astictopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chaoboridae |
Genus: | Chaoborus |
Species: | C. astictopus
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Binomial name | |
Chaoborus astictopus Dyar & Shannon, 1924
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Chaoborus astictopus, the Clear Lake gnat, is a species of phantom midges in the family Chaoboridae. [1] [2] [3] [4] The older larvae are commonly found in the profundal zone of lakes during the day and in the open waters at night, suggesting that they are negatively phototactic. [5]
The larvae can be vulnerable to the pathogen Thelohania corethrae during the winter season. [6] They are also susceptible to the fungal pathogen Tolypocladium cylindrosporum. [7]