Chironomid Exchange Forum

† Patrick J. Ashe
18 March 1954 - 19 June 2022

For those of you who have not heard this already, I am extremely sad but have to report that Paddy Ashe passed away on 19 June after fighting illness for three quarters of a year.

A memorial paper by Declan Murray has been published in the CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, vol. 35 for 2022; please see https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/chironomus/article/view/5034/4570.

Many among us will painfully miss and never forget Paddy's presence as a kind human being and friendly colleague always ready to cooperate or share his findings. In the scientific record of chironomid research, he has earned an eternal place by investing decades of often very tedious work in finding thousands of more or less hidden data items and compiling them in standard references fundamentally essential to our field (e.g., his World Catalogue volumes with James O'Connor 2009 and 2012).

Farewell, dear friend - may we meet again, in the garden of a stream-side pub in the sky !

2021

Bolshakov, V. V., Prokin, A. A., Artemenko, S. V. (2021) Karyotype and COI gene sequence of Chironomus heteropilicornis Wülker, 1996 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Gydan Peninsula, Russia. CompCytogen 15(4): 447-458.

Krosch, M. N., Silva, F. L., Ekrem, T., Baker, A. M., Bryant, L. M., Stur, E., Cranston, P. S. (2021) A new molecular phylogeny for the Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) places the Australian diversity in a global context. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 166(item 107324): 11 pp. + online suppl. material. [first publd online 8.x.2021]

Lencioni, V., Rodriguez-Prieto, A., Allegrucci, G. (2021) Congruence between molecular and morphological systematics of Alpine non-biting midges (Chironomidae, Diamesinae). Zoologica Scripta: 18 pp. + online suppl. material. [first publd online 17.ii.2021]

Lin, X.-L., Zhao, Y.-M., Yan, L.-P., Liu, W.-B., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H., Zheng, C.-G. (2021) Mitogenomes provide new insights into the evolutionary history of Prodiamesinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zool. Scripta 51(1): 119-132 + online suppl. material. [first publd online 11.x.2021]

Makarchenko, E. A. (2021) Confirmation of a species status of Diamesa leoniella Hansen, 1976, stat. resurr. (Diptera, Chironomidae) from North America. Zootaxa 4985(3): 439-442. [publd 15.vi.2021]

Makarchenko, E. A., Yavorskaya, N. M. (2021) Redescription of the little-known chironomid species Parachaetocladius akanoctavus Sasa et Kamimura, 1987 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Russian Far East. Evraziat. Entomol. Zh. (= Euroas. Entomol. J.) 20(3): 119-124. [in English, some texts also in Russian]

Michailova, P., Lencioni, V., Nenov, M., Nikolov, S. (2021) Can DNA barcoding be used to identify closely related Clunio Haliday, 1855 species (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)? Zootaxa 4927(1): 1-8. [publd 11.ii.2021]

Zheng, Ch.-G., Zhu, X.-X., Yan, L.-P., Yao, Y., Bu, W.-J., Wang, X.-H., Lin, X.-L. (2021) First complete mitogenomes of Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) and their implication in phylogenetics. PeerJ 9:e11294: 17 pp. + online suppl. material.

2020

Borkent, A., Dominiak, P. (2020) Catalog of the biting midges of the world (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4787(1): 001-377. [publd 5.vi.2020]

Cuppen, H., Gresens, S. E., Tempelman, D. (2020) Description of the larvae of Cricotopus festivellus (Kieffer 1906) and Cricotopus diversus (Boesel 1983) with keys to discrimination of larval, pupal and adult stages (Diptera: Chironomidae). CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 4-16. [publd online (25.ii.2020)]

Dantas, G. P. S., Hamada, N. (2020) Description of the female and larval stage of Denopelopia amicitia Dantas, Hamada & Mendes (Diptera: Chironomidae). Acta amazonica 50(4): 313-316.

Donato, M., Zanotto Arpellino, J. P., Siri, A. (2020) Description of the pupa of Tanytarsus alatus Paggi (1992) (Chironominae: Tanytarsini). CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 4 pp. [publd online (12.ii.2020)]

Gibson, J. F., Choong, H. H. C. (2020) New range records and life history observations of insects (Diptera: Dryomyzidae, Chironomidae; Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with barnacles (Balanomorpha: Balanidae, Chthamalidae) on the Pacific coasts of North America and Japan. Can. Ent. 153(2): 196-210 + online suppl. material. [first publd online 7.xii.2020]

Klink, A., Moller Pillot, H., Beentjes, K. (2020) Description of the larva of Molleriella calcarella (Diptera: Chironomidae) and notes on life-cycle and biotope. Lauterbornia 87: 68-74. [publd 28.xii.2020]

Krosch, M. N., Herold, N., Thornhill, A. H., Cranston, P. S. (2020) How 'Gondwanan' is Riethia? Molecular phylogenetics elucidates the mode and tempo of diversification in Austro-Pacific Chironominae (Diptera). Invert. Syst. 34(3): 328-341. [publd 24.iv.2020]

Lei, Q., Chen, J., Song, Ch., Qi, X., Zhang, R. (2020) Description of larva and female of Polypedilum (Probolum) bullum Zhang & Wang with DNA barcodes. Zootaxa 4890(2): 257-265. [publd 2.xii.2020]

Martin, J. (2020) Chironomus calligraphus Goeldi, 1905 and C. hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901 are sibling species. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 5 pp. [publd online 21.xii.2020]

Moubayed, J., Michailova, P., Langton, P. H. (2020) Description of the adult and immature stages of Clunio ponticus Michailova, 1980 (Diptera, Chironomidae), from the Black Sea, Varna, Bulgaria. CHIRONOMUS J. Chironomidae Res. 33: 31-47. [publd 21.iii.2020]

Moubayed-Breil, J., Michailova, P. (2020) Description of the adult and larva of Clunio balticus Heimbach, 1978 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the seashore of Bergen (Norway). Zootaxa 4822(2): 209-220. [publd 5-viii.2020]

Wang, X., Liu, W., Lin, X., Song, Ch., Sun, B., Yan, Ch., Qi, X. (2020) Yáo wén kē  Chironomidae. Pp. 221-289 in: Yang, D., Li, Zh., Liu, Q. et al. (eds), Species catalogue of China. Volume 2 Animals. Insecta (V). Diptera (1): Nematocera. Science Press, Beijing. [in Chinese and English]

Hi All,

I'm working on sensory systems in mosquito swarms and I'd like to rear a Chironomid species as a model to avoid any blood-feeding; this chironomid species would require to:
- make dense station-keeping mating swarms that could be elicited under laboratory conditions
- be a native species of ~Paris region where I plan to work (just to avoid any containment regulations);
- be easy reared, and possibly without over-wintering if kept at ~20°C;

Would you have any species in mind that fit with these requirements? The bigger the body size is, the better it would be for me.

Thank you very much,
All the best,
Lionel

2021

Park, K., Kwak, L.-S. (2021) Multi-level gene expression in response to environmental stress in aquatic invertebrate chironomids: Potential applications in water quality monitoring. Reviews envir. Contamin. Toxicol. 259: 77-122 + online suppl. material. [publd online 19.x.2021]

2021

Krosch, M. N., Silva, F. L., Ekrem, T., Baker, A. M., Bryant, L. M., Stur, E., Cranston, P. S. (2021) A new molecular phylogeny for the Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) places the Australian diversity in a global context. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 166(item 107324): 11 pp. + online suppl. material. [first publd online 8.x.2021]

Park, K., Kwak, L.-S. (2021) Multi-level gene expression in response to environmental stress in aquatic invertebrate chironomids: Potential applications in water quality monitoring. Reviews envir. Contamin. Toxicol. 259: 77-122 + online suppl. material. [publd online 19.x.2021]

We are seeking cultures of Chironomus plumosus, or any true sediment-burrowing species of Chironomus, for a laboratory study on carbon and nitrogen cycling.
We can provide payment or co-authorship in exchange, depending on level of involvement in the research.

If you are able to help, please contact Andrew Mehring at andrew.mehring@louisville.edu

Thanks!
Andrew

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Andrew S. Mehring
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Louisville
https://andrewmehring.wixsite.com/home

Dear colleagues,

The 21st International Symposium no Chironomidae (ISC2022) will be held online next 4-7 July 2022.
The registration is now open to public at the link below:

https://kinki-convention.jp/isc2022sp/

Please note that this is the last week for abstract submission (Deadline May 27th). Due to the tight schedule for preparing the program of the symposium, we encourage participants to register and submit their abstracts as soon as possible (please note that the deadline will not be extended).
The core time of the sessions will be set at Japanese time for direct discussions, but oral presentations will be also uploaded as video files and available throughout the period of the symposium, as for poster presentations. We believe that this system will be more comfortable for participants all around the world and thus encourage them to register for presentations.

Looking forward to share recent advances in the field of Chironomidae research with you.

Best regards,

Richard Cornette,
on behalf of ISC2022 organizing committee
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Richard CORNETTE
Biological Functions Research Group
Division of Biomaterial Sciences
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO
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2022

Gunkel, G., Michels, U., Scheideler, M. (2022) Climate change: Water temperature and invertebrate propagation in drinking-water distribution systems, effects, and risk assessment. Water [Basle] 14(8, paper 1246): 23 pp. [publd online 13.iv.2022] [incl. data on Paratanytarsus grimmii]