Open AccessTelmatogeton Schiner, 1866 (Chironomidae: Diptera), a newly recorded genus of chironomid larva for the Egyptian Mediterranean Fauna
Author(s) -
Khaled Mahmoud Abdelsalam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
polish journal of entomology/polskie pismo entomologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2299-9884
pISSN - 0032-3780
DOI - 10.2478/pjen-2019-0019
Subject(s) - chironomidae , biology , fauna , larva , mediterranean climate , genus , ecology , algae , mediterranean sea
Sampling of fouling organisms carried out during January 2019 at Al-Max (west of the city of Alexandria) on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt revealed the presence of larval populations belonging to the genus Telmatogeton (Chironomidae), which is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The larvae were found among clumps of fine filamentous green algae ( Enteromorpha compressa ). A description of the larva with taxonomic remarks and comments on its ecology and geographical distribution are given.