Species Details
Polycentropus picicornis
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SeasonalityAdults can be found from late June to late July.
IdentificationVertex of adult head red-brown, with the anterior portion darker in females. Antennae are pale grey-brown. Legs and spurs are brownish yellow. In males, there are two pairs of processes. The dorsal pair are small, slender, base narrower than the body, which tapers to an acuminate tip (Nimmo, 1986).
Scientific Name
Polycentropus picicornis
Habitat
Standing waters.
Seasonality
Adults can be found from late June to late July.
Identification
Vertex of adult head red-brown, with the anterior portion darker in females. Antennae are pale grey-brown. Legs and spurs are brownish yellow. In males, there are two pairs of processes. The dorsal pair are small,…
Vertex of adult head red-brown, with the anterior portion darker in females. Antennae are pale grey-brown. Legs and spurs are brownish yellow. In males, there are two pairs of processes. The dorsal pair are small, slender, base narrower than the body, which tapers to an acuminate tip (Nimmo, 1986).
Life History
Annual ?
Conservation
Not common.
Diet Info
Larvae are predacious.
Range
Holarctic. Collected from Great Slave Lake, Alberta, east to Manitoba and Minnesota and New Hampshire (Nimmo, 1986).
Citation
Page Citation for Polycentropus picicornis
Page Citation
"Species Details - Polycentropus picicornis, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2406. 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 11 specimens of this Species.
UASM5874 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bonnyville
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-07-12
UASM5873 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Killam
Collected ByPhilip, H.
Date Collected1976-07-10
UASM5935 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lindbrook
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-07-12
UASM6214 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-07-08
UASM6216 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-06-29
UASM6478 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Upper Mann Lake
Collected ByNimmo, A.
Date Collected1966-07-11
UASM6217 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-07-11
UASM6232 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-06-29
UASM6233 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-07-08
UASM6237 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-06-21
UASM6242 - Polycentropus picicornis
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D.
Date Collected1980-06-24