Books

• Nilsson: Aquatic Insects of North Europe. CD-Rom edition. Section on Chironomidae by Claus Lindegaard, University of Copenhagen. Pages 265-295. Chapters include an introduction to the Chironomidae, keys to subfamilies and Chironominae tribes, divided by Instar III and IV larvae, pupae, and adult males, and numerous references and line drawings. (Scroll down the page to find the publisher's information on the book).
• Wichard et al.: Biological Atlas of Aquatic Insects contains sections on the mode of life of larval midges, anal papillae and blood gills, case making, and specific biological information on Diamesa and Clunio marinus. Each chapter contains a page with opposite scanning microscopical photos.
• P.H. Langton and L.C.V. Pinder have published through the Freshwater Biological Association Keys to the Adult Male Chironomidae of Britain and Ireland, in 2 volumes (ISBN 978-0-900386-75-6; ISSN 0367-1887)
• An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America, 4th Edition, is now available. The numerous errors contained in the first run (not the fault of the editors) have been corrected by the publisher. OWNERS OF 1ST PRINTING ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A FREE REPLACEMENT (ISBN 978-0-7575-5049-2) FROM THE PUBLISHER BY CALLING KENDALL/HUNT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT (01) 800-228-0810. (added March 2008).
• Chironomidae Larvae of the Netherlands by Henk Vallenduuk and henk Moller Pillot
• Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera: A Tribute to Ole Sæther. Edited by Trond Andersen, published by Caddis Press.  Submitted papers list: festschrift
• An identification guide by for Identification Guide for Fossil Head Capsules by Brooks, Langdon, and Heiri
• Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Genus Polypedilum
• Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae
• Identification Manual for the Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of North and South Carolina
• Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to the flies of economic importance) (contains updated chironomid keys)
• Contributions to chironomid research in memory of Dr. Friedrich Reiss (SPIXIANA)

References and Bibliographies:

Compiled from publications:

• Chironomid publications in Spixiana
• The Chironomidae: The Biology and Ecology of non-biting midges (370 K)
• Chironomids: from genes to ecosystems (160 K)

By year:

• 1994 Current Bibliography (136K including 598 citations) by Odwin Hoffrichter (Updated 1 August 1998)
• Supplement to the 1994 Current Bibliography by Odwin Hoffrichter (13 August 2000)
• 1995 Current Bibliography (162K including 625 citations) by Odwin Hoffrichter (Updated 1 August 1998)
• Supplement to the 1995 Current Bibliography by Odwin Hoffrichter (13 August 2000)
• 1996 Current Bibliography by Odwin Hoffrichter (13 August 2000)
• 1997 Current Bibliography by Odwin Hoffrichter (13 August 2000)

Compiled from the Curricula Vitae of individual scientists:

• Publications by Cranston
• Publications by Epler (remote)
• Publications by Fittkau
• Publications by Makarchenko
• Publications by Reiss
• Publications by Sæther (recent update including 2005)
• Publications by Sokolova
• Publications by Walker (since 1991)
• Publications by Wülker (recent update including 2007)

Pertaining to specific subjects:

• Quaternary Entomology (remote)
• Recent theses
• The Insect Bibliography Server (remote: includes a large chironomid bibliography)

Recent publications are easily available but older publications are often hard to find for young students of Chironomidae. Therefore, if you have a long list of publications spanning > 10 years or more than 50 publications we can put it online at this place or include a link to your local WWW page.

Last updated: 18-Apr-2008 (EB)