English
Noun
Chironomidae
- scientific name for the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true flies (Diptera) widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats
#:Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
See also
chironomid
References
Walker, I. R., 1995. Chironomids as indicators of past environmental change. pp. 405-422, In P. D. Armitage, P. S. Cranston, and L. C. V. Pinder (eds). The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges, Chapman and Hall, Inc., London.
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