The Chironomidae. The Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges

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Insect body size changes under future warming projections: a case study of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera)

“…Ultimately, bigger adult size early in the emergence season compensates for their larval diapause. The other species in this study probably avoid larval diapause and are forced to emerge before winter leading to smaller adults (McLachlan et al, 1995). However, this assumption must be evaluated further by investigating the life cycle and phenology of these species.…”

A temporal perspective on aquatic subsidy: Bti affects emergence of Chironomidae

“…Explanations for the observed pattern were mostly contaminant-specific but reasons for earlier emerging insects remained mainly unclear. Our observations may be explained by local chironomid communities assembled from various species comprising a wide range of breeding cycles (voltinism) and feeding strategies (Armitage et al, 1995). Chironomidae species are known to be varyingly susceptible to Bti which can be partly attributed to the feeding strategy (Ali et al, 1981;Kondo et al, 1995Kondo et al, , 1992Theissinger et al, 2019).…”

“…The indication for non-target effects on Chironomidae, which are phylogenetically closely related to the mosquito target species, is of particular concern, especially against the background of aquatic subsidy of terrestrial food webs. Chironomidae contribute substantially to emergent subsidy, in some cases up to 90% (Armitage et al, 1995;Leeper and Taylor, 1998). At the same time, they are considered easily digestible high-protein prey for a variety of terrestrial predators (Bergeron et al, 1988;de la Noüe and Choubert, 1985).…”

Chironomidae as a food resource for Leporinus amblyrhynchus (Teleostei: Characiformes) and Pimelodus maculatus (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in a Brazilian reservoir

“…However, paucity of data hampers any predictions about changes of benthic community structure in response to the fish community. Ali (1995) pointed out that chironomid larvae and pupae comprised a significant part of the diet of a variety of both juvenile and adult fish, including several sunfish, catfish, carp, mosquito fish and Tilapia. Furthermore, Ali, (1995) and Lobón-Cerviá & Bennemann (2000) showed that midge larvae and pupae comprised 40-70% by volume and 40-80% by wet weight, of the total food contents of benthophagous fishes.…”