XV International Symposium on Chironomidae

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Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Chironomidae

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The Thienemann Honorary Lecture:
THE ROLE OF CHROMOSOMES IN CHIRONOMID SYSTEMATICS, ECOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY
WOLFGANG F. WUELKER

Production and Life Cycle of Chironomus major (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Kentucky Lake, USA
PINAR BALCI, DAVID S. WHITE and GARY RICE

Biodiversity of Chironomidae Larvae (Diptera) and segmented worms (Annelida) in Snyder’s Branch Creek(Salem, Virginia, United States)
JORGE A. SANTIAGO-BLAY, BRIAN C. WILSON, and CHRISTINE E. TAYLOR

Definition and Assignment of Indicator Weights to Different Chironomid Species
LAURA MARZIALI, CARLOTTA CASELEGMO, VALERIA LENCIONI and BRUNO ROSSARO

The Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Taro River (Italy)
LAURA MARZIALI, CARLOTTA CASELEGNO, GIORGIO HANOZET, GIUSEPPE PARENTI, MATILDE FORCELLA, ELISAl BERRA, ROBERTO GIACCHINI and BRUNO ROSSARO

The Association of Chironomids and Vibrio cholerae (The First Three Years of Research)
MEIR BROZA, MALKA HALPERN, HANAN GANCZ and YECHEZKEL KASHI

Are Alpine Streams Biodiversity Hotspots for Chironomids?
VALERIA LENCIONI, BRUNO ROSSARO and BRUNO MAIOLINI

Longevities and Survivorship Patters of Adult Diamesa mendotae, a Winter-Active Chironomidae.
LEONARD C. FERRINGTON, Jr., BYRON KARNS, R. WILL BOUCHARD, Jr.,

A New Technique For Using Chironomid (Diptera) Remains in Paleoclimate Research
DONNA R. FRANCIS, MATTHEW J. WOOLLER, GIFFORD H. MILLER, IAN R. WALKER, MARILYN L. FOGEL and ALEXANDER P. WOLFE in the mail

Intersex in the Terrestrial Chironomid Bryophenocladius illimbatus
JAN FROUZ

Terrestrial Chironomids in Disturbed Habitats
JAN FROUZ

The Production of Chironomids and Blackflies in a Subarctic River
GÍSLI MÁR GÍSLASON and ARNTHOR GARDARSSON

Chironomid Species Assemblages of Streams Draining Areas of Serpentine Versus Non-serpentine Bedrock
SUSAN E. GRESENS and LEONARD C. FERRINGTON, Jr.

The Impact of Bank Protection Work on the Chironomid Fauna (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Middle Reaches of the Chikuma River in Central Japan
KIMIO HIRABAYASHI and MASARU YAMAMOTO

Relationships of Chironomidae with Hydroperiod in Eastern Everglades National Park
RICHARD E. JACOBSEN and SUE A. PERRY

Finding the Best Measures of Chironomid Community Response to Disturbance in the Upper Trinity River Basin,North Central Texas
JAYNIE M. STEPHENSON and JAMES H. KENNEDY Sent to Jim Kennedy

Preliminary Physical Maps of the Chironomus Genome, with a Focus on Genes Potentially Involved in Responseto Heavy Metals.
JON MARTIN, HENRY CHUNG, THAVARNALAR BALAFRISHNAN and CHARLES ROBIN

Cytogenetic Biomarkers in Chironomus riparius Mg. (Diptera) as Indicators of Heavy Metal Pollution
Paraskeva Michailova, Ninel Petrova, Gabriella Sella, Stefano Bovero,
KEITH WHITE and LILIAN RARNELLA

Ontogenic Changes in the Diet of Lentic Chironomid Larvae with Emphasis of the First Instar Larvae
J. S. ÓLAFSSON

Chironomidae (Diptera) Living in Freshwater Sponges (Porifera) in Brazil
FABIO DE OLIVEIRA ROQUE, SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO, SHEYLA R. M. COUCEIRO, NEUSA HAMADA and CECILIA VOLKMER-RIBEIRO

Lake Reference State Deduced From Chironomid Pupal Skin Data
LESLIE P. RUSE and STEPHEN J. BROOKS

The Polytene Chromosomes of Kiefferulus (Nilodorum) “species Yanuma” (Diptera: Chironomidae)
SUMITRA SAXENA

Chironomidae of a Floodplain Pond in Córdoba, Argentina
JOHN B. STAHL

New Records and Range Extensions for Several Genera of Chironomidae From Lake Superior
KEVIN T. STROOM, KURT SCHMUDE, JIM SNITGEN, STEPHEN J. LOZANO, TIMOTHY CORRY, and JILL V. SCHAROLD

Chironomidae of the Kenai River From Collections of Pupal Exuviae
DAVID C. WARTINBEE

The History, Present Status and Future Prospects of Chironomidae Re search in China
XINHUA WANG, RUILEI ZHANG, YUHONG GUO, HONGQU TANG, ZHEN LIU and CHUNCAI YAN

The Immature Stages of Chasmatonotus unimaculatus Loew (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) with Notes on their Habitat
MICHAEL J. BOLTON and RICHARD E. JACOBSEN

A new species of Paratanytarsus Thienemann and Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) with unusual larval and adult male morphology
MICHAEL J. BOLTON, TORBJØRN EKREM, JAMES E. SUBLETTE and MARY F. SUBLETTE

Description of the Immature Stages and Adult Fe male of Neostempellina reissi Caldwell (Diptera: Chironomidae)
BROUGHTON A. CALDWELL, ROBERT W. BODE and ALEXANDER J. SMITH

A New Genus From Bromeliads in Florida and Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
J. H. EPLER

Chromosomal Evolution of Nearctic and Palearctic Chironomus Species (Diptera: Chironomidae)
IYA I. KIKNADZE, MALCOLM G. BUTLER, LARISSA I. GUNDERINA, ALBINA G. ISTOMINA, VLADIMIR D. GUSEV and LUBOV A. NEMYTIKOVA

Can Gonostylus Heel of Procladius (Holotanypus) be a Key Character to Identify Species?
TADASHI KOBAYASHI

Two New Brazilian Species OF Axarus Roback, 1980 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae)
HUMBERTO F. MENDES AND TROND ANDERSON

A New Genus of Orthocladiinae from Patagonia and South Chile (Diptera: Chironomidae)
O. A. SÆTHER and T. ANDERSEN

The Female of Bethbilbeckia floridensis Fittkau, 1988 with A Review of the Genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
CHARLES N. WATSON, Jr.

The General Bibliography of the Chironomidae (Diptera)
ODWIN HOFFRICHTER