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THE CHIRONOMIDAE (DIPTERA) OF THE PHILIP L. BOYD DEEP CANYON DESERT RESEARCH CENTER, RIVERSIDE CO., CALIFORNIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Saul I. Frommer
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside
James E. Sublette
Affiliation:
School of Graduate Studies, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales

Abstract

Collections of chironomids have been made in Deep Canyon, a part of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, since 1963. Of the 73 species collected 40 were species new to science. These will be described in later publications. Adults emerged during all months of the year with maximum number of species occurring in June. The fauna is dominated by the Orthocladiinae with 34 species with the Chironominae a close second with 26 species. Of those subfamilies known from North America only the Diamesinae was not represented.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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