Chaoborus is a genus of midges in the family Chaoboridae. The larvae are known as glassworms because they are transparent. They can be found commonly in lakes all over the world and can be up to 2 cm (0.8 in). The adults are sometimes called phantom midges or lake flies.[1]
^Lehman; Halat; Betz; Ndawula; and Kiggundu (1998). Secondary Production by the Lake Fly Chaoborus in Lake Victoria, East Africa: Implications for Trophic Dynamics of the Modern Lake. Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes Volume 79. Monographiae Biologicae, pp. 135-145.
genus Chaoborus: Chaoborus albatus Johnson, 1921 i g b Chaoborus americanus (Johannsen, 1903) i c g Chaoborus annandalei Edwards, 1930 c g Chaoborus anomalus...
Chaoborus edulis is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae). Colloquially, the larval stage is termed a glassworm. "Chaoborus edulis...
significant problems for local populations. She cites an example of swarms of Chaoborus edulis, a species of midge, forming near Lake Malawi and how the local...
Chaoborus festivus is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae). "Chaoborus festivus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
Chaoborus punctipennis is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae). "Chaoborus punctipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
Chaoborus maculipes is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae). "Chaoborus maculipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
Chaoborus flavicans is a species of fly in the family Chaoboridae. It is found in the Palearctic. Fauna Europaea Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988)...
Chaoborus albatus is a species of phantom midges in the family Chaoboridae. "Chaoborus albatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
Chaoborus cooki is a species of phantom midges (insects in the family Chaoboridae). "Chaoborus cooki Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System....
Chaoborus trivittatus is a species of phantom midges (flies in the family Chaoboridae). "Chaoborus trivittatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
when in the presence of Chaoborus kairomones. These morphological defenses have shown to reduce mortality due to Chaoborus predation, which is a gape-limited...
Baleiomyia c g Chachotosha Lukashevich, 1996 g Chaoborites Kalugina, 1985 g Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800 i c g b Chaoburmus c g Chironomaptera Ping, 1929 g...
plastic response to the presence of predators. Phantom midge larvae (Chaoborus) release kairomones – chemical cues – that induce the development of small...
Bunyavirales. Phasmaviruses were first discovered in phantom midges of the genus Chaoborus in 2014. The family contains the following six genera: Feravirus Hymovirus...
Lake Malawi is famous for the huge swarms of tiny, harmless lake flies, Chaoborus edulis. These swarms, typically appearing far out over water, can be mistaken...
predators include cladocerans (such as Leptodora kindtii) and larvae of Chaoborus flavicans, a midge. They respond to these kairomones by doubling the size...
fishes. Other invertebrate predators are the larvae of the phantom midge Chaoborus and hemipterans (Notonecta) and Triops. The large size of the adults protects...
kairomone to which the prey responds. For example, the midge larvae (Chaoborus) that feed on Daphnia cucullata (a water flea) release a kairomone that...
Lakes of California in 1967, in order to control the Clear Lake gnat Chaoborus asticopus and midges, and in lakes and reservoirs of Alameda County and...
removed in the 1990s, which resulted in a noticeable increase in the Chaoborus and Daphnia populations, in the absence of predation. The removal of fish...
allowing it to briefly enter low-oxygen water to feed on glassworms (Chaoborus). Other cichlid species in the lake include both generalist and specialist...
of the family Mycetophilidae belonging to the subfamily Sciophilinae. Chaoborus kishenehnicus Sp. nov Valid Raranov & Haug in Baranov et al. Eocene Kishenehn...
such as water fleas (Cladocera), midge (chironomid) pupae and phantom (Chaoborus) larvae. Sonaghen will be most readily located close to the surface over...
†Comptosia pria Wedmann & Yeates, 2008 A species of bee fly. Chaoboridae Chaoborus Unnamed Unnamed midges known from aquatic larval form. Nemestrinidae Hirmoneura...
invertebrate feeder which specialises in feeding on the larvae of the mosquito Chaoborus spp. To reach this food source the dikumbe must spend time in water that...
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