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  Genus Leptodiaptomus

Species L. siciloides

Taxon Information

The Species L. siciloides has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

  • Leptodiaptomus siciloides, "Canada (except extreme north), USA (except southeastern states), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Coahuila). Lakes, ponds" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
  • Diaptomus siciloides, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
  • Diaptomus (Leptodiaptomus) siciloides, "Lakes, ponds. Known from most of the continent except the extreme north and the east coast" (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).

Bibliography

  • Reid, J.W. & C.E. Williamson. 2010. Copepoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 829-899.
  • Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
  • Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.

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