Chaoborus punctipennis

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Chaoborus punctipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chaoboridae
Genus: Chaoborus
Species:
C. punctipennis
Binomial name
Chaoborus punctipennis
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms [1]
  • Corethra appendiculata Herrick, 1884
  • Corethra punctipennis Say, 1823

Chaoborus punctipennis is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae). [1] [2] [3] [4]

Survival Patterns: Chaoborus punctipennis tend to move vertically through the levels of the water to avoid predation by fish. “an oxygen concentration below 2.0 mg/l could not be tolerated by fish. Comparison of the depths at which this critical oxygen concentration occurred with mean larval depth showed a significant correlation (P<0.05), supporting the hypothesis that diel vertical migration affords protection from fish predation” (Rine 2001).

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[5] References

  1. 1 2 "Chaoborus punctipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Chaoborus punctipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Chaoborus punctipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Chaoborus punctipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. ↑ Rine, H. E., & Kesler, D. H. (2001). A long-term study of larval Chaoborus punctipennis (Diptera: Insecta) vertical migration and the role of critical oxygen concentration. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, P. 145-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2001.9663797


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