The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

CHIRONOMIDAE

Xylotopus par (Coquillett)

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Synonyms: Brillia par Coquillett
                                         (Morris 1979)

 

 
Distribution Citations

1979 Morris

1986 Bass
1986b Bass

1992 Bayer et al.
1998 Moring Rosendale
         Ansley Brown
1999c BFL

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-First Texas Record (Bass 1986, 1986b)

-larvae in leaf & wood debris with strong preference for wood (Bass 1986); mines in partically decomposed wood in shallow lakes and slow flowing streams (Cranston et al. 1983 in Bass 1986)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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