Species Details
Polycentropus variegatus
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SeasonalityAdults can be found from early June to late September.
IdentificationVertex of the adult head is a dull reddish brown and the antennae are a very pale brownish yellow. Legs are brownish yellow with yellow-brown spurs. Generally, females are darker in colour, with the yellows replaced by browns. The male cercus is massive and polyhedral. Clapser is curved postero-dorsad and tapers distally to an acuminate tip. Both the clasper and cercus are subequal in size and extends well past the genital capsule (Nimmo, 1986).
Scientific Name
Polycentropus variegatus
Habitat
Lakes and a variety of moving waters in the subalpine to the boreal plains.
Seasonality
Adults can be found from early June to late September.
Identification
Vertex of the adult head is a dull reddish brown and the antennae are a very pale brownish yellow. Legs are brownish yellow with yellow-brown spurs. Generally, females are darker in colour, with the yellows replaced…
Vertex of the adult head is a dull reddish brown and the antennae are a very pale brownish yellow. Legs are brownish yellow with yellow-brown spurs. Generally, females are darker in colour, with the yellows replaced by browns. The male cercus is massive and polyhedral. Clapser is curved postero-dorsad and tapers distally to an acuminate tip. Both the clasper and cercus are subequal in size and extends well past the genital capsule (Nimmo, 1986).
Life History
Annual ?
Conservation
Not common.
Diet Info
Larvae are predacious.
Range
From the Alaska panhandle, British Columbia and Alberta, south to Colorado, Arizona and California (Nimmo, 1986).
Citation
Page Citation for Polycentropus variegatus
Page Citation
"Species Details - Polycentropus variegatus, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2405. Accessed 08 May. 2024.
References
Author
Nimmo, A. P.
Title
The adult Polycentropodidae of Canada and adjacent United States.
Publication Date
1986
Series Title
Quaestiones Entomologicae
Volume
22
Pages
143-252
Specimen Information
There are 5 specimens of this Species.
UASM5885 - Polycentropus variegatus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Moose Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1976-07-17
UASM5883 - Polycentropus variegatus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1975-07-10
UASM5884 - Polycentropus variegatus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Cameron Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1965-08-19
UASM6526 - Polycentropus variegatus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-07-03
UASM6527 - Polycentropus variegatus
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1967-07-03