Cricotopus elegans is a species of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. It is found in Europe.
Cricotopus elegans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chironomidae |
Genus: | Cricotopus |
Species: | C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Cricotopus elegans Johannsen, 1943
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Synonyms | |
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) elegans |
It mines in the aquatic Potamogeton.[1][2]