Species v .

Larva a large halophilus-type.    Dark gular region and frontoclypeus.    Mentum with rounded teeth; centre tooth with short outward sloping sides, side teeth well seperated; fourth laterals slightly reduced.

Cytology   4 pairs of relatively short chromosomes, probably with the pseudothummi arm combination, AE, BF, CD, G, but Keyl pattern hard to recognise.
Arm G rather indistinct, usually unpaired, with a terminal nucleolus.    Arm A sometimes unpaired.    According to Wülker (pers. comm.), arm A has the holomelas banding sequence.

Arm A:    1 - 2c, 10 - 12, 3 - 2d, 9 - 4, 13 - 19                i.e. as holomelas

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Found: North West Territories - Hazen Camp Pond, Ellesmere Island.
            Possibly also Greenland - Nedre Medsommer Sö.

Mentioned briefly by Wülker & Martin (2000).

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