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2 unusual facts about Chironomidae


Arctopelopia

Arctopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Australopelopia

Australopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.


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Brillia

Brillia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the family (Chironomidae).

Cladopelma

Cladopelma is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae and tribe (Chironomini) of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Clunio

Clunio is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).

Constempellina

Constempellina is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Cricotopus

Cricotopus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Dicrotendipes

Dicrotendipes is a worldwide genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Glyptotendipes

Glyptotendipes is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Guttipelopia

Guttipelopia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Iheringichthys

Main items in the diet of I. labrosus are aquatic insects (mainly Chironomidae) and mollusks (mainly Bivalvia).

Metriocnemus

Metriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Natarsia

Natarsia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Neozavrelia

Neozavrelia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Ole A. Sæther

He was scientific assistant and university lecturer at Department of Limnology, University of Oslo, from 1960 to 1966; research scientist at Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 1966-1977; and professor of systematic zoology in the Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen from 1977 to his retirement in 2006.He specialized in aquatic Diptera, especially Chironomidae and Chaoboridae.

Orthocladius

Orthocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Parachironomus

Parachironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Paracladopelma

Paracladopelma is a genus of Palearctic and Nearctic non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Paralauterborniella

Paralauterborniella is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Parametriocnemus

Parametriocnemus is a genus of non-biting midges, distributed world-wide (except Antarctica), in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the family (Chironomidae).

Phaenopsectra

Phaenopsectra is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Polypedilum

Polypedilum is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Polytene chromosome

Some of the largest polytene chromosomes described thus far (see scale bar in figure below) occur in larval salivary gland cells of the Chironomid genus Axarus.

Potthastia

Potthastia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Diamesinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Procladius

Procladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Sätraån

An inventory in late 1999 / early 2000 also documented larvae of Chironomidae flies and Asellus aquaticus crustaceans; A few species of beetles and caddisflies, including species more typical for moist environments such as wetlands and marshes.

Stictochironomus

Stictochironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Tanytarsus

Tanytarsus is a large genus of non-biting midges of the tribe Tanytarsini and subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae).

Trissopelopia

Trissopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

Yasuhikotakia modesta

They are omnivorous, but prefer a meat-intensive diet of krill, bloodworms, Daphnia, earthworms and live insects.

Zavreliella

Zavreliella is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.


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