Black Arctic Midge

Arctopelopia melanosoma

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Black Arctic Midge
Scientific Name: 
Arctopelopia melanosoma
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Fly (Chironomid Midge)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Diptera
Family: 
Chironomidae
Distribution

Distribution

Reported only in AB, NU and NT.
Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

Not enough sampling effort.
Score: 
U
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Large and small oligotrophic lentic habitats (Lindegaard and Maehl, 1992)
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft rank by Armin Namayandeh (2019), contract with ECCC, reviewed by SC, ENR.
Last Updated: 
November 19, 2019

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