Cricotopus brevipalpis Kieffer, 1909
(a non-biting midge)

Interactions where Cricotopus brevipalpis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva mines live leaf Restricted Potamogeton natans Broad-leaved Pondweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chironomidae/Cricotopus brevipalpis/Cricotopus brevipalpisa non-biting midgelarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/Potamogeton natansbroad-leaved pondweedliveleafSole (summer)

Author & YearTitleSource
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Cricotopus brevipalpis (a non-biting midge) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cricotopus brevipalpis (a non-biting midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCricotopus brevipalpis (a non-biting midge)
GenusCricotopus (a genus of non-biting midges)
FamilyCHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cricotopus brevipalpis (a non-biting midge)

Cricotopus brevipalpis (a non-biting midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cricotopus brevipalpis (a non-biting midge):

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