An easy to make and simple designed rearing apparatus for Chironomidae

Namayandeh, Armin

doi:10.5324/cjcr.v0i25.1537

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“…An oxygeniser was used to provide two oxygen bubbles per second to each aquarium. All larvae were fed everyday by putting a drop mixture of milk powder and water (1:1) into the aquariums (Namayandeh & Beresford 2012). The experiments were ended when all specimens in the groups reached to adult stage or when all larvae/pupae died.…”

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“…larvae). One common technique used by researchers from various countries to overcome this problem is larval rearing to obtain adults, but this technique has not been applied in Turkey so far (Namayandeh & Beresford 2012). Recent studies suggest that larval identifications should be supported by adult findings to provide the most reliable results.…”

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THE GROWTH OF Tanypus punctipennis Meigen (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) LARVAE IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF WATER TEMPERATURE AND pH

Gülbunar

Aydin

Çamur-Elipek³

2018

Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences

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Recent taxonomic studies suggest that findings of larval chironomids should be supported also by adult findings in order to obtain more robust and reliable results on the studied group. Moreover identifications of larvae of some species can be made to genus level only due to similarities of some larval characteristics in different species. In such cases, species level identifications can be achieved by the growth of larvae in laboratory conditions. Also, larval culturing under optimum growth conditions will not only make it easy to provide materials for experimental studies and but also achievement of larvae with a higher biomass value to be used as food in the sector. In this study, Tanypus punctipennis Meigen (Diptera, Chironomidae), a very common species in Turkish Thrace, was used as the model organism for culture studies. Individual larvae were cultured from third instar stage to adult form under laboratory conditions. A simple and cheap method is offered for experimental studies on larval growths of chironomids and the effects of water temperature and pH, both with very important roles in larval culturing, were determined. The overall results of laboratory tests showed that the temperature value of 25°C and 7-8 pH interval were the optimal laboratory conditions for culture of T. punctipennis larvae.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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THE GROWTH OF Tanypus punctipennis Meigen (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) LARVAE IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF WATER TEMPERATURE AND pH

Gülbunar

Aydin

Çamur-Elipek³

2018

Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences

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“…Because adults hold more developed and specific identifying features, species-level definitions are more possible to be made (Failla et al, 2016). Due to the problems with species identification based on larvae, it is recommended to evaluate the larval and adult individuals together (Namayandeh & Beresford, 2012).…”

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Contributions to the Faunistic Knowledge of Chironomidae (Diptera) of Turkey Based on the Adult Males Collected Around Hazar Lake (Elazığ)

Aydin¹

2022

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In the present study, adult male specimens from the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae) collected around the Hazar Lake (Elazığ, Türkiye) in 2021 were evaluated taxonomically. We collected a total of 17 species in three subfamilies of Tanypodinae, Orthocladiinae, and Chironominae. Two species Cryptotendipes pseudotener (Goetghebuer, 1922), and Dicrotendipes pallidicornis (Goetghebuer, 1934) are new faunistic records for Türkiye. 11 species were observed for the first time in the Hazar Lake, although they have been reported previously in Türkiye. These include: Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus (Meigen, 1804), Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus (Meigen, 1818), Cricotopus (Cricotopus) festivellus (Kieffer, 1906), Cryptotendipes pseudotener (Goetghebuer, 1922), Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921, Dicrotendipes pallidicornis (Goetghebuer, 1934), Polypedilum sp., Polypedilum (Tripodura) bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921, Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens (van der Wulp, 1875), Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939, and Tanytarsus sp.

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“…The studies performed on Chironomidae fauna in inland waters were generally based on their larval stages. However, because of the problems faced during species identifications based on larvae, recent studies started to evaluate the larval and adult individuals together (Saether and Langton, 2011;Namayandeh and Beresford, 2012). In Turkey, while many studies were performed on larval chironomids, there is only one study on adult chironomids (Reiss, 1985).…”

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The Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna of Kırklareli Province

Aydin¹,

Güher²

2017

Turk J Zool

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An easy to make and simple designed rearing apparatus for Chironomidae

Abstract: <p>In this paper we describe an inexpensive and rapid method of constructing an apparatus so that all three stages of individual specimen can be obtained, and that maintains sufficient oxygen during the rearing process.</p>

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THE GROWTH OF Tanypus punctipennis Meigen (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) LARVAE IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF WATER TEMPERATURE AND pH

THE GROWTH OF Tanypus punctipennis Meigen (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE) LARVAE IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF WATER TEMPERATURE AND pH

Contributions to the Faunistic Knowledge of Chironomidae (Diptera) of Turkey Based on the Adult Males Collected Around Hazar Lake (Elazığ)

The Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna of Kırklareli Province

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