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INTRASPECIFIC AND INTERSPECIFIC BREEDING BEHAVIOR OF CHIRONOMUS PALLIDIVITTATUS (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. Hein  and
J. C. Schmulbach
J. Hein
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion
J. C. Schmulbach
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion
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Abstract

A chironomid population found in a temporary pond in South Dakota and believed to be conspecific with the European Chironomus pallidivittatus was studied. Field and laboratory observations of intraspecific mating behavior are reported. The percentages of females producing viable eggs in crosses of C. pallidivittatus males with females of C. tentons and C. crassicaudatus were 6.2% and 6.3% respectively. In the reciprocal combinations, mating was difficult to induce and no viable eggs were produced. Neither the South Dakota population nor the European species called C. pallidivittatus conform to the morphology of the lectotype.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 3 , March 1971 , pp. 458 - 464
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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