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Cricotopus brevipalpis Kieffer (a non-biting midge)

Suggested Literature

Cricotopus brevipalpis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)
CHIRONOMIDAE
(non-biting midges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cricotopus brevipalpis is associated with:

larva Potamogeton natans - Broad-leaved Pondweed (Potamogetonaceae) larva mines live leaf Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [a narrow corridor; initially several mines running out from the midrib. The final mine is usually in a second leaf and may be straight or branched.]

There may be more taxa associated with Cricotopus brevipalpis listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with Cricotopus brevipalpis:

Cricotopus brevipalpis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)

References

Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands

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