Species 3f. C. decorus of Rothfels and Fairlie (1957).

Larva not available for study.

Cytology: 4 pairs of chromosomes with the thummi arm combination, AB, CD, EF, G.
Arm G generally paired only at one end, a virtually terminal nucleolus at the other end; 2 or 3 Balbiani rings, variable in position due to inversions.    No nucleolus in long chromosomes.    Arm F seems to be derived from F3 of C. decorus (Sp.3a).    Quite polymorphic with inversions in A, B, C, D, E and G.

Arm E (Seq. A):    1 - 3e, 8 - 5, 9 - 10b, 4 - 3f, 10c - 13                                  i.e. as matE1, decE1, etc.
Arm E (Seq. S):    1 - 3e, 8i-e, 3f - 4, 10b - 9, 5 - 8d, 10c - 13                        i.e. as decE2
Arm F:      possibly 1a-d, 9 - 3d, 1i-e, 3c - 2d, 18 - 10, 2a-c, 19 - 23              i.e. as decF3+4

Found: Ontario - Don River, Toronto.

            Slow moving river?

Chromosomes and chromosomal polymorphism described by Rothfels and Fairlie (1957).    Some information of arm F given by Martin (1979).

See also    C. bifurcatus,    C. sp. b,    C. sp. c,    C. sp. j,    C. sp. 2a,    C. sp. 2b,    C. decorus gp. sp. 2,    C. sp. 3h,    C. sp. 3i,    C. sp. 3j,    C. sp. 3r,    C. harpi,    C. 'blaylocki',    C. decorus Johannsen.,    C. mozleyi,    C. winnelli.

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