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Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) en tres quebradas altoandinas tropicales en Colombia: cambios altitudinales y temporales

Rev. biol. trop; 72 (1), 2024
Resumen Introducción: La Familia Chironomidae es reconocida por su gran abundancia y diversidad en los ecosistemas de agua dulce alrededor del mundo. Sin embargo, el conocimiento taxonómico de esta familia es limitado, particularmente en Colombia. Objetivos: Estimar la abundancia y diversidad a niv...

Chironomidae y su relación con variables fisicoquímicas en tres quebradas del río Combeima (Tolima, Colombia)

Introducción: Los quironómidos forman parte de los macroinvertebrados esenciales en la tipificación de hábitats acuáticos, ya que albergan especies sensibles a la contaminación, mientras que otras son indicadoras de ambientes bien conservados. Son organismos claves por su abundancia, diversidad, y ...

Spatio-temporal distribution patterns of Chironomidae communities in the wadis of Northern Tunisia

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
In Northern Tunisia, seasonal streams, called wadi, are characterized by extreme hydrological and thermal conditions. These freshwater systems have very particular features as a result of their strong irregularity of flow due to limited precipitation runoff regime, leading to strong seasonal hydrologic f...

Drivers of diversity and altitudinal distribution of chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Ecuadorian Andes

Rev. biol. trop; 69 (1), 2021
Introduction: Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) are the most globally diverse and widely distributed aquatic insects. Despite their prevalence in lotic systems, little is known about the ecology and diversity of tropical species relative to other aquatic insect taxa, particularly at the immature stages...

Description of the female and larval stage of Denopelopia amicitia Dantas, Hamada & Mendes (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Acta amaz; 50 (4), 2020
Denopelopia amicitia Dantas, Hamada & Mendes foi descrita com base no macho e na pupa coletados na Amazônia brasileira. Aqui descrevemos e ilustramos a fêmea e a larva desta espécie. Em ambos os estágios, D. amicitia é similar à Denopelopia atria Roback & Rutter, que é a única espécie do gênero...

Standard culture of Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885 (Diptera: Chironomidae), for its use in toxicity bioassays

Braz. j. biol; 80 (4), 2020
Abstract The management and use of native species under laboratory conditions is the main difficult for species proposal for its use in bioassays. The present study showed the results about management under controlled conditions of Paratanytarsus grimmii (Diptera: Chironomidae), that is a parthenogenetic...

Description of immature stages of Ablabesmyia cordeiroi Neubern, 2013 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)

Acta amaz; 49 (2), 2019
Abalesmyia cordeiroi Neubern was originally described based on adult males collected in the Amazon region; therefore, females and immatures of this species are unknown. In the present study, the pupal and larval stages of A. cordeiroi are described and illustrated. In addition, an amendment to the larval...

Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity of estuaries across a land use gradient on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

Rev. biol. trop; 66 (3), 2018
Abstract The family Chironomidae (Diptera) is the most widely distributed, most diverse, and often the most abundant of all families of benthic macroinvertebrates in aquatic ecosystems, including estuaries and other coastal marine ecosystems. Chironomid assemblages are likely to provide a useful measure ...

Neolasioptera pantaneira, a new species of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) associated with Aeschynomene denticulata (Fabaceae) from Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 77 (1), 2017
Abstract A new species of gall midge that induces stem galls on Aeschynomene denticulata (Fabaceae) is described based on material collected in Pantanal (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). This species is unique among the Brazilian congeners in having spatula with three convex teeth, cruciate, with defined ant...

Assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates at Nile tilapia production using artificial substrate samplers

Braz. j. biol; 76 (3), 2016
Abstract Biomonitoring is a cheap and effective tool for evaluation of water quality, and infer on the balance of aquatic ecosystems. The benthic macroinvertebrates are bioindicators sensitive to environmental changes, and can assist in detecting and preventing impacts such as organic enrichment and imba...