Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Chironomus strenzkei n. sp. (Chironomidae, Dipt.), ein neues Laboratoriumstier

Chironomus strenzkei n. sp. (Chironomidae, Dipt.), a new experimental animal

  • Published:
Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A new amazon Chironomus has been described. It is easily reared in laboratories in shallow containers because the adults swarm and mate near the substrate. At an optimum temperature for the larvae of about 30° C the whole life cycle from egg to adult occurs in 10 to 12 days.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Literatur

  • Fittkau, E. J.: Revision der von E. Goeldi aus dem Amazonasgebiet beschriebenen Chironomiden (Diptera). Chironomidenstudien X. Beitr. Neotrop. Fauna 4 (3), 209–226 (1965).

    Google Scholar 

  • Platzer, L: Untersuchungen zur Temperaturadaption der tropischen Chironomidenart Chironomus strenzkei Fittkau (Diptera). Z. vergl. Physiol. 54, 58–74 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  • — Zum Problem der Bedeutung des larvalen Hämoglobins für die Atmung der tropischen Chironomide Chironomus strenzkei Fittkau (Diptera). Z. vergl. Physiol. 58, 229–240 (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  • Strenzke, K. Revision der Gattung Chironomus Meig. I. Die Imagines von 15 norddeutschen Arten und Unterarten. Arch. Hydrobiol. 56 (1/2), 1–42 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

  • — Metamorphose und Verwandtschaftsbezichungen der Gattung Clunio Hol. (Dipt.). (Terrestrische Chironomiden XXIV.) Ann. zool. Soc. “Vanamo” 22 (4), 1–30 (1960).

    Google Scholar 

  • Syrjämäki, L: Laboratory studies on the swarming behaviour of Chironomus strenzkei Fittkau in litt. (Dipt., Chironomidae). I. Mechanism of swarming and matting. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 2, 145–152 (1965).

    Google Scholar 

  • — Laboratory studies on the swarming behaviour of Chironomus strenzkei Fittkau in litt. (Dipt., Chironomidae). II. Daily rhythm of swarming during artifically changed light intensities. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 4, 19–28 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, Abteilung Tropenökologie und Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brasilien

    Ernst Josef Fittkau

Authors
  1. Ernst Josef Fittkau
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Fittkau, E.J. Chironomus strenzkei n. sp. (Chironomidae, Dipt.), ein neues Laboratoriumstier. Z. Morph. Tiere 63, 239–250 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292072

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292072

Search

Navigation