Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Diptera — thechironomids or non-bitingmidges , a family of true flies widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.
Etymologies
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In 1942 she submitted her Ph.D. thesis on “Cytological studies in Chironomidae” and was accepted as a junior assistant at the Department of Zoology.
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Lifestyles in freshwater include free-living crawling/swimming (Culicidae, Simulidae); those that are buried underneath rocks or sediment (Tabanidae); and those that dwell inside silk tubes that they have spun and attached to submerged rocks or plants (Chironomidae).
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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More info on the Chironomidae is available at the Chironomid Home Page.
Archive 2007-04-01 AYDIN 2007
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More info on the Chironomidae is available at the Chironomid Home Page.
A shitty way to get dispersed AYDIN 2007
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(Chironomidae) whose transformations are described in detail by Miall and Hammond (1900).
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It is hard to see how something you can only see properly under a microscope - and with complicated names such as Parochlus Chironomidae, Diptera - could rival the polar bear as a symbol of climate change.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The Water Reclamation District's 1990 assay of the North Channel found 28 species of annelid worms (Tubificidae and Naididae), 4 species of leeches (Hirudinidae), and 23 species of midge larvae (Chironomidae).
Chicago Reader 2010
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The Water Reclamation District's 1990 assay of the North Channel found 28 species of annelid worms (Tubificidae and Naididae), 4 species of leeches (Hirudinidae), and 23 species of midge larvae (Chironomidae).
Chicago Reader 2010
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The Water Reclamation District's 1990 assay of the North Channel found 28 species of annelid worms (Tubificidae and Naididae), 4 species of leeches (Hirudinidae), and 23 species of midge larvae (Chironomidae).
Chicago Reader 2010
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The Water Reclamation District's 1990 assay of the North Channel found 28 species of annelid worms (Tubificidae and Naididae), 4 species of leeches (Hirudinidae), and 23 species of midge larvae (Chironomidae).
Chicago Reader 2010
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