Lauterbornia

Chironomidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Chironomidae
Genus:	Cardiocladius; Kieffer, 1911[1]

Lauterbornia is a genus of midges in the bloodworm family (Chironomidae). Members of this genus live in cold water lakes in stenothermal or limited temperature change areas.[2][3] Lauterbornia coracin is known for inhabiting oligotrophic or nutrient-depleted cold lake waters in the Northern Hemisphere.[3][4]

References

Kieffer 1911. Bull. Soc. Metz, 27:42.
Adams, William J.; Chapman, Gary; Landis, Wayne G., eds. (1988). Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment: 10th Volume. ASTM, 1988. pp. 78. ISBN 978-0-8031-0978-0.
Bliss, L. C. (1987). Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada A High Arctic Ecosystem. University of Alberta Press. ISBN 978-0-88864-121-2.
Humphries, Carmel (1936). "An investigation of the profundal and sublittoral fauna of Windermere". Journal of Animal Ecology. 5 (1): 29–52. doi:10.2307/1090. JSTOR 1090.

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[1] Kieffer 1911. Bull. Soc. Metz, 27:42.

[2] Adams, William J.; Chapman, Gary; Landis, Wayne G., eds. (1988). Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment: 10th Volume. ASTM, 1988. pp. 78. ISBN 978-0-8031-0978-0.

[Bliss-3] Bliss, L. C. (1987). Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada A High Arctic Ecosystem. University of Alberta Press. ISBN 978-0-88864-121-2.

[4] Humphries, Carmel (1936). "An investigation of the profundal and sublittoral fauna of Windermere". Journal of Animal Ecology. 5 (1): 29–52. doi:10.2307/1090. JSTOR 1090.