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A NEW SPECIES OF CHIRONOMUS (DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) FROM SALINE LAKES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert A. Cannings
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Abstract

A new species, Chironomus athalassicus, is described from saline lakes in south-central British Columbia.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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