Pentaneura Philippi, 1865

Namayandeh, Armin, Hudson, Patrick L., Bogan, Daniel L. & Hudson, John P., 2024, Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Alaska, USA, with descriptions of new species and a checklist, Zootaxa 5511 (1), pp. 1-95 : 45

Pentaneura Philippi, 1865

We collected the larvae of Pentaneura inconspicua ( Malloch, 1915) from Cottonwood Creek in Wasilla, Southcoastal bioregion and Grey’s Creek in Central Alaska. These are new faunistic records for Alaska. There is also a record of Pentaneura larvae from Takotna in Arctos (2023). Larvae of species in this genus are typically found in small and large bodies of water ( Cranston & Epler 2013).