Chironomus tentans

Chironomus tentans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Genus:	Chironomus
Species:	C. tentans
Binomial name
Chironomus tentans Fabricius 1805

Chironomus tentans is a species in the family Chironomidae (non-biting midges) in the order Diptera (true flies). Like several other species of Chironomidae, C. tentans can be easily and quickly cultivated in laboratories thanks to the species' short lifecycle. Their larvae make good candidates for toxicity tests. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Muscatello, Jorgelina R.; Liber, Karsten (16 January 2009). "Accumulation and chronic toxicity of uranium over different life stages of the aquatic invertebrate Chironomus tentans" . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 57 (3): 531–539. Bibcode:2009ArECT..57..531M. doi:10.1007/s00244-009-9283-1. ISSN   0090-4341. PMID   19148695.
2. Kutsenko, Alexey; Svensson, Thomas; Nystedt, Björn; Lundeberg, Joakim; Björk, Petra; Sonnhammer, Erik; Giacomello, Stefania; Visa, Neus; Wieslander, Lars (2014-09-27). "The Chironomus tentans genome sequence and the organization of the Balbiani ring genes". BMC Genomics. 15 (1): 819. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-819 . ISSN   1471-2164. PMC   4192438 . PMID   25261295.

Further reading

• Benoit, D.A., Sibley, P.K., Juenemann, J.L. and Ankley, G.T. (1997), Chironomus tentans life-cycle test: Design and evaluation for use in assessing toxicity of contaminated sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 16: 1165–1176.
• Martinez, E. A., et al. “Morphologic and growth responses in Chironomus tentans to arsenic exposure.” Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 51, no. 4, Nov. 2006, pp. 529–36. EBSCOhost.
• Savić-Zdravković, Dimitrija, et al. “An environmentally relevant concentration of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles induces morphological changes in the mouthparts of Chironomus tentans.” Chemosphere, vol. 211, Nov. 2018, pp. 489–99. EBSCOhost.
• Tang, Guanghui, et al. “Comparison of gene expression profiles in the aquatic midge (Chironomus tentans) larvae exposed to two major agricultural pesticides.” Chemosphere, vol. 194, Mar. 2018, pp. 745–54. EBSCOhost.

External links

• Media related to Chironomus tentans at Wikimedia Commons