“…This association occurs among various organisms in aquatic environments (Tokeshi, 1993). The family Chironomidae (Diptera) have been found to associate themselves phoretically with other aquatic insects, most notably Plecoptera (Dosdall and Mason, 1981;Giberson et al, 1996;Dorville´et al, 2000), Odonata (Dosdall and Parker, 1998;Vescovi Rosa et al, 2009), Ephemeroptera (Epler, 1986;Callisto and Goulart, 2000), Trichoptera (White et al, 1980;Callisto and Goulart, 2000), Megaloptera (Tracy and Hazelwood, 1983;De La Rosa, 1992;Hayashi, 1998) and Hemiptera (Roback, 1977).…”