Adult similar to that of C. anonymus Williston. Best distinguished by the lower AR (2.1-2.4 in South America).
Larva: a medium-sized (abt. 11.8 - 13.3 mm) plumosus-type with well developed lateral (0.4 - 0.6 mm) and ventral tubules, posterior pair of VTs slightly longer (ant VT 1.9 - 2.3 mm; post VT 2.5 - 3.1 mm). Dorsal pair of anal tubules constricted in the middle (abt 550 - 1000 micron). Gular region slightly darkened only on the posterior edge; dorsal head sometimes with slight darkening paralleling the frontoclypeus near its posterior end. Mentum (Fig. c) with 4th laterals reduced to level of 5th laterals, c1 tooth moderately broad with c2 teeth well developed (type II). Ventromentum (Fig. d) with about 40 - 42 striae. Pecten epipharyngis (Fig. a) with about 14 teeth. Antenna (Fig. b) with relatively long narrow basal segment, almost 4.5 times as long as wide; AR about 1.8; ratio of segments (microns) 110 ; 31 ; 7 ; 11 ; 6 . Mandible (Fig. e) with third inner tooth pale (type I).
Cytology: Four pairs of chromosomes with the columbiensis-cytocomplex combination: AG, BF, CD, E.
Nucleolus on arm G near the centromere. Arm G also with two BRs, one near middle of the arm and another near the distal end. No polymorphism yet found in North American populations, but heterozygosity of arms A and B was found in a Guatemalan population (Wülker et al., 1989b).
colA1: 1a-e, 6c - 4, 10 - 12, 6d - 9, 2d - 3b, 2c - 1f, 3c-i, 13 - 19
colB1: Large puff (group 7) near centre of arm with distal dark bands (group 8)
colC1: The typical dumb-bell (group 4 plus parts of 3 and 5) is about one third from centromere
colD1:
colE1: 1 - 2, 9 - 10b, 3e-a, 8 - 3f, 10c - 13 as anonymus E1
colF1: 1, 16 - 19, 6b - 2, 15 - 14, 12 - 13, 6c - 11, 20 - 23 as anonymus F1
Click here for the polytene chromosomes.
Found: Florida - Grassy Key, Munroe Co. (Hribar et al., 2008)
Virgin Islands (USA) - Lameshur Bay, St. John Island
This species has also been found at Cali, Colombia and Jocotan, Chiquimula, Guatemala.
So far found in man-made habitats, in Colombia associated with algae.
The banding sequences of arms A, E and F were described by Wülker & Morath (1989) as C. spec. Cali. The species was described for all stages and the polytene chromosomes pictured by Wülker et al. (1989b).