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FIRST CANADIAN RECORD OF CORETHRELLA BRAKELEYI (DIPTERA: CHAOBORIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. A. Ellis  and
D. M. Wood
R. A. Ellis
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa
D. M. Wood
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Corethrella brakeleyi (Coquillett), a haemophagous chaoborid, is recorded for the first time in Canada. Among the insects associated with the larvae of C. brakeleyi was Culiseta melanura (Coq.), a new addition to the mosquito fauna of Quebec.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 2 , February 1974 , pp. 221 - 222
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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