Wilhelm Meigen named the genus Chironomus in 1803 and described the harlequin fly species in 1804 as Chironomus riparius. Harlequin flies are small dipterans...

Commission on Zoological Nomenclature restored the traditional name Chironomus. Adult Chironomus are midges with the pronotum widest in the middle and bearing...

Further north in Canada, the Chironomus are called muckle heads or muffle heads. Across the Atlantic in England, the Chironomus are referred to as non-biting...

(2015). "The Use of the Developmental Rate of the Aquatic Midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) in the Assessment of the Postsubmersion Interval"...

to the masculinization of females. Another indicator species is Chironomus riparius, a species of non-biting midge, which has been used to test the effects...

in Chironomus, a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae. Chironomus aberratus Keyl, 1961 c g Chironomus abjectus Kieffer, 1917 c g Chironomus acerbiphilus...

(2015). "The use of the developmental rate of the aquatic midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) in the assessment of the postsubmersion interval"...

Svenson, Anders (April 1981). "Adaptation to an Acid Environment in Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Smoking Hills, NWT, Canada". Ecography...

(May 2015). "The Use of the Developmental Rate of the Aquatic Midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) in the Assessment of the Postsubmersion Interval"...

(May 2015). "The Use of the Developmental Rate of the Aquatic Midge Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) in the Assessment of the Postsubmersion Interval"...