Species 3s. C. tardus Butler

Larva a salinarius type. Very dark gular region, dark frontoclypeus.

Cytology : 4 pairs of chromosomes with the thummi arm combination: AB, CD, EF, G. Centromeres heterochromatinized. Nucleolus terminal on arm G and proximal on arm D. No polymorphism known.
Arm A:    1 - 2c, 10 - 12, 3 - 2d, 9 - 4, 13 - 19            i.e. as holomelas, cucini, major, etc.
Arm D:    1 - 3, 11 - 18d, 7 - 4, 10 - 8, 18e - 24        ie. as in longistylus, tardus, cucini, etc.
Arm E:    1 - 3e, 5 - 10b, 4 - 3f, 10 - 13                    i.e. as cingulatus & cucini.
Arm F:    1 - 10, 17 - 11, 18 - 23                                i.e. as in cucini, major & tenuistylus.

Found: Alaska - Pond S, Barrow; Loon Pond, Prudhoe Bay.

                Tundra ponds.

Description of larva by Butler (1982) and cytology given by Wülker & Butler (1983).

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Modified: 12 December 2003
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