Biology:Chaoborus astictopus

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Chaoborus astictopus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chaoboridae
Genus: Chaoborus
Species:
C. astictopus
Binomial name
Chaoborus astictopus
Dyar & Shannon, 1924
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaoborus lacustris Freeborn, 1926

Chaoborus astictopus, the Clear Lake gnat, is a species of phantom midges in the family Chaoboridae.[1][2][3][4] The older larvae is 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Chaoborus astictopus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=125909. Retrieved 2018-05-06. 
  2. "Chaoborus astictopus species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/e2a4702cd27bbe3725b4fc882f566cb6. Retrieved 2018-05-06. 
  3. "Chaoborus astictopus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1679416. Retrieved 2018-05-06. 
  4. "Chaoborus astictopus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/786435. Retrieved 2018-05-06. 
  5. Cook, S. F.; Conners, J. D. (1964-05-01). "The Direct Response of Chaoborus astictopus to Light (Diptera: Gulicidae)" (in en). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 57 (3): 387–388. doi:10.1093/aesa/57.3.387. ISSN 0013-8746. https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/57/3/387/88448. 
  6. Sikorowski, Peter P.; Madison, Clifford H. (1968-09-01). "Host-parasite relationships of Thelohania corethrae (Nosematidae: Microsporidia) from Chaoborus astictopus (Diptera: Chaoboridae)". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 11 (3): 390–397. doi:10.1016/0022-2011(68)90188-2. ISSN 0022-2011. 
  7. Turlington, L.W.; Woodward, D.L.; Colwell, A.E. (January 1990). "Pathogenesis of Tolypocladium cylindrosporum (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) in Chaoborus astictopus (Diptera: Chaoboridae)" (in en). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 55 (1): 126–129. doi:10.1016/0022-2011(90)90042-5. 

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