Cricotopus elegans
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C. elegans
Binomial name
Cricotopus elegans
Johannsen, 1943
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Cricotopus (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.

It mines in the aquatic Potamogeton.[1][2]

References

  1. Mutualism between the midge Cricotopus and the alga Nostoc. EM Brock - Ecology, 1960 - Wiley Online Library
  2. Biology of certain Chironomidae reared from Potamogeton. CO Berg - Ecological Monographs, 1950
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