Cricotopus elegans is a species of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. It is found in Europe.
It mines in the aquatic Potamogeton.Mutualism between the midge Cricotopus and the alga Nostoc. EM Brock - Ecology, 1960 - Wiley Online LibraryBiology of certain Chironomidae reared from Potamogeton. CO Berg - Ecological Monographs, 1950
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External links Cricotopus elegans at insectoid.info