Species Details

Polycentropus cinereus

Freshwater Invertebrate Collection Read more about this collection »

SeasonalityAdults can be found from late May to mid-September. IdentificationAdult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and ventral lobes (Nimmo, 1986).

Scientific Name Polycentropus cinereus Seasonality Adults can be found from late May to mid-September. Identification
Adult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and…
Adult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and ventral lobes (Nimmo, 1986).
Life History Annual ? Conservation Very common. Diet Info Larvae are predacious. Range South of the treeline, from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to Texas (Nimmo, 1986).

Citation

Page Citation for Polycentropus cinereus

Page Citation

"Species Details - Polycentropus cinereus, Freshwater Invertebrate Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/5-2407. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Authorship

Name Nimmo, A. P.
Role species page author
Date 2001-09

References

Specimen Information

There is 1 specimen of this Species.

1 result plotted on map in 1 marker.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

IN3812 - Polycentropus cinereus

Freshwater Invertebrate Collection

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lake Athabasca Collected ByA.O.S.E.R.P. Date Collected1976-08-31