A checklist of Chironomid midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Indian subcontinent

New species ofCladotanytarsusKieffer from the Deltaic region of West Bengal, India (Diptera: Chironomidae)

“…So far, 9 species have been recorded from India (Guha et al, 1985;Chaudhuri & Guha, 1987;Chaudhuri & Das, 1988;and Datta et al, 1992).…”

Chromosomal Characteristics of an Indian Tanyponid Midge, Anatopynia spp. (Tanypodinae Chironomidae)

“…The fourth instar larvae collected from Ooty Lake, Udakamandalam, Tamil Nadu (Chaudhuri andGuha 1987, Singh andKulshresta 1989) were used for the cytological preparations. In both neuroblast and gonadal cells, squashing did not yield good quality mitotic chromosomes, whereas use of air-drying technique gave better dispersion and adequate spreading of chromosomes and were later stained by 5% diluted Giemsa solution (Chowdaiah and Venkatachalaiah 1987).…”

Records of chironomids of the tribe Pentaneurini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Eastern Himalayas of India

“…and pupa and male of another new one, P. clara n. sp. Th e genus Paramerina Fittkau has a world wide distribution comprising at least 25 species (Roback 1982;Oliver et al 1990;Ashe & Cranston 1991;Sasa & Kikuchi 1995;Spies & Reiss 1996;Saether et al 2000;Chaudhuri et al 2001;Harrison 2004). Th e present larvae of Ablabesmyia and Paramerina are rheophilous inhabiting 2-5 cm below organically enriched substrate of the slow fl owing perennial spring while the larvae of Rheopelopia are rheobiontic preferring to 8-12 cm below the water of the fast fl owing cold stream of the study areas.…”