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Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges

 
 
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Identification manual for the larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina
By John H. Epler
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality., 2001
Epler, J. H. (2001). Identification manual for the larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality.

Keys to genera of Chironomidae of North and South Carolina, but works pretty well anywhere in the country. Also keys to species for many genera. I use this along with the Chironomidae chapter in Merritt, Cummins and Berg as well as the Wiederholm Holarctic larvae book.

PDF available at John Epler's website among other places: http://johnepler.com/SEMidges.pdf

The adult males of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Holarctic Region
By Torgny Wiederholm
Entomologica Scandinavica, 1989
Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34 is a 532 page volume with keys, diagnoses, and drawings of the genera of Chironomidae of the Holarctic region.

The genera of larval midges of Canada (Diptera, Chironomidae)
By Oliver D.R., Roussel M.E.
The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 11. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 263 pp., 1983

The Chironomidae
By P. D. Armitage, P. S. Cranston, L. C. V. Pinder
Springer, 1995
Subtitled "The biology and ecology of non-biting midges."

The publisher writes: "The dipteran family Chironomidae is the most widely distributed and frequently the most abundant group of insects in freshwater with representatives in both terrestrial and marine environments. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of the family including both pure and applied aspects of research."

Available on Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=bQyvnx4x6toC.

Contains a key to subfamilies beginning at page 53, which suffers

Revision of the North American species of the genus Pentaneura (Tendipedidae: Chironomidae, Diptera).
By Johannsen, 0.A.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 54: 267–289., 1946
Full Text - BHL

Johannsen, 0.A. 1946. Revision of the North American species of the genus Pentaneura (Tendipedidae: Chironomidae, Diptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 54: 267–289.

Endochironomus Kieffer, Tribelos Townes, Synendotendipes, n. gen., and Endotribelos, n. gen. of the Nearctic Region
By Gail Grodhaus
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 1987
Full citation: "Endochironomus Kieffer, Tribelos Townes, Synendotendipes, n. gen., and Endotribelos, n. gen. (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Nearctic Region", Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60:167-247 (Apr. 1987).

A review of the known species of Endochironomus and related genera.

On JSTOR.

First Nearctic records of Oliveiriella Wiedenbrug and Fittkau, with new distributional records for two other New World species o
By Krestian, B. J., E. Kosnicki, et al.
Entomological News 120(4): 349-362., 2010
Krestian, B. J., E. Kosnicki, Patrice H. Spindler, Shann Stringer and John H. Epler (2010). "First Nearctic records of Oliveiriella Wiedenbrug and Fittkau, with new distributional records for two other New World species of Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae)." Entomological News 120(4): 349-362.

Among other things, provides characters to help separate the larvae of similar genera Thienemanniella, Corynoneura, Onconeura and Tempisquitoneura.

A Revision of the Holarctic Species of Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) (Diptera: Chironomidae)
By Soponis AR
Spixiana Supplement 13, pp 3-68, 1990
full text here or here

 
 
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