Acricotopus lucens

Description

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 78 meters (0 to 256 feet).[1]

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Superorder: Panorpida ()
        Order: Diptera () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Nematocera ()
        Infraorder: Culicomorpha ()
        Superfamily: Chironomoidea ()
        Family: Chironomidae ()
        Genus: Acricotopus () - Kieffer, 1921
        Specific name: lucens - (Zetterstedt, 1850)
        Scientific name: - Acricotopus lucens (Zetterstedt, 1850)

There are approximately 18 species in this genus:

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:

Mean = 11.210 meters (36.778 feet), Standard Deviation = 24.760 based on 3,027 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]