Lower lethal temperature for adult male Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski (Diptera: Chironomidae), a winter-emerging aquatic insect

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-66

  Bouchard Jr , Raymond W ^a   Carrillo, Mario A ^a   Ferrington Jr , Leonard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Cold hardiness; Diamesa mendotae; Lower lethal temperature; Supercooling point; Winter activity

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESA MENDOTAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33644784712     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: 17444152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650420500293239     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Abbott WS. 1925. A method of computing the effectiveness of an insecticide. Journal of Economic Entomology 18:265-267.
2. Bale JS. 1996. Insect cold hardiness: A matter of life and death. European Journal of Entomology 93:369-382.
3. Bale JS, Harrington R, Clough MS. 1988. Low temperature mortality of the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae. Ecological Entomology 13:121-129.
4. Baust JG, Edwards JS. 1979. Mechanisms of freezing tolerance in an Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. Physiological Entomology 4:1-5.
5. Baust JG, Rojas RR. 1985. Insect cold hardiness: facts and fancy. A review. Journal of Insect Physiology 31:755-759.
6. Block W. 1982. Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula. Ecological Entomology 7:1-8.
7. Boothroyd I, Cranston P. 1999. The "ice worm"- the immature stages, phylogeny and biology of the glacier midge Zealandochlus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Aquatic Insects 21:303-316.
8. Carrillo MA, Cannon CA, Ferrington LC Jr. 2004a. Effect of sex and age on the supercooling point of the winter-active Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski (Diptera: Chironomidae). Aquatic Insects 26:243-251.
9. Carrillo MA, Cannon CA, Wilcke WF, Morey RV, Kaliyan N, Hutchison WD. 2005a. Relationship between supercooling point and mortality at low temperatures in Indianmeal moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 98:618-625.
10. Carrillo MA, Heimpel GE, Moon RD, Cannon CA, Hutchison WD. 2005b. Cold hardiness of Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of pyralid moths. Journal of Insect Physiology (In Press).
11. Carrillo MA, Kaliyan N, Cannon CA, Morey RV, Wilcke WF. 2004b. A simple method to adjust cooling rates for supercooling point determination. CryoLetters 25:155-160.
12. Danks HV. 1971. Overwintering of some north temperate and arctic Chironomidae: II Chironomid Biology. The Canadian Entomologist 103:1875-1910.
13. Danks HV. 1981. Arctic arthropods: A review of systematics and ecology with particular reference to the North American fauna. Entomological Society of Canada. p 608.
14. Ferrington LC Jr. 2000. Hibernal emergence patterns of Chironomidae in lotie habitats of Kansas versus ambient air and water temperatures. In: Hoffrichter O, editor. Late 20th century research on Chironomidae. Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag. pp 375-382.
15. Ferrington LC Jr, Hansen D, Karns B, Bouchard RW Jr. Submitted. Longevities of Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski, a hibernal emerging species of Diamesinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Chironomidae.
16. Hansen DC, Cook EF. 1976. The systematics and morphology of the Nearctic species of Diamesa Meigen, 1835 (Diptera: Chironomidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 30:1-203.
17. Harrisson PM, Block W. 1988. Survival of freezing in a midge introduced to the Antarctic. CryoLetters 9:433 (abstract only).
18. Hågvar S, Østbye E. 1973. Notes on some winter-active Chironomidae. Norsk Entomologisk Tidskrift 20:253-257.
19. Hermann SJ, Sublette JE, Sublette M. 1987. Midwinter emergence of Diamesa Leona Roback in the upper Arkansas River, Colorado, with notes on other diamesines (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 29:309-332.
20. Hinton HE. 1960. A fly larva that tolerates dehydration and temperatures of -270° to +102°C. Nature 188:336-337.
21. Hintze J. 2001. NCSS and PASS, Kaysville, UT: Number Cruncher Statistical Systems.
22. Irons JC III, Miller LK, Oswood MW. 1993. Ecological adaptations of aquatic macroinvertebrates to overwintering in interior Alaska (U. S. A.) subarctic streams. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:98-108.
23. Koch RL, Carrillo MA, Venette RC, Cannon CA, Hutchison WD. 2004. Cold hardiness of the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Environmental Entomology 33:815-822.
24. Kohshima S. 1984. A novel cold-tolerant insect found in a Himalayan glacier. Nature 310:225-227.
25. Leader JP. 1962. Tolerance to freezing of hydrated and partially hydrated larvae of Polypedilum (Chironomidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 8:155-163.
26. Lee RE Jr. 1991. Principles of insect low temperature tolerance. In: Lee Jr RE, Denlinger DL, editors. Insects at low temperature. New York: Chapman and Hall. pp 17-46.
27. Lencioni, V. 2004. Survival strategies of freshwater insects in cold environments. Journal of Limnology 63(Supplement 1):45-55.
28. Miller LK. 1982. Cold-hardiness strategies of some adult and immature insects overwintering in interior Alaska. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 73:595-604.
29. Nolte U, Hoffmann T. 1992. Fast life in cold water: Diamesa incallida (Chironomidae). Ecography 15:25-30.
30. Olsson TI. 1981. Overwintering of benthic macroinvertebrates in ice and frozen sediment in a North Swedish stream. Holarctic Ecology 4:161-166.
31. Renault D, Salin C, Vannier G, Vernon P. 2002. Survival at low temperatures in insects: What is the ecological significance of the supercooling point? CryoLetters 23:217-228.
32. Ring RA. 1982. Freezing-tolerant insects with low supercooling points. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 73:605-612.
33. Ring RA. 1989. Intertidal Chironomidae of B.C., Canada. Acta Biologica Debrecina Supplementum Oecologica Hungarica 3:275-288.
34. Salt RW. 1961. Principles of insect cold-hardiness. Annual Review of Entomology 6:55-74.
35. Scholander PF, Flagg W, Hock RJ, Irving L. 1953. Studies on the physiology of frozen plants and animals in the arctic. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology 42:1-56.
36. Sømme L, Block W. 1991. Adaptations to alpine and polar environments in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. In: Lee Jr RE, Denlinger DL, editors. Insects at low temperature. New York: Chapman and Hall. pp 318-359.
37. Sømme L, Østbye E. 1969. Cold hardiness in some winter active insects. Norsk Entomologisk Tidskrift 16:45-48.
38. Turnock WJ, Lamb RJ, Bodnaryk RP. 1983. The effects of cold stress during pupal diapause on the survival of Mamestra configurata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Oecologia 56:185-192.
39. Young RM. 1969. Field observations on a midwinter breeding flight of Diamesa arctica (Diptera: Chironomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 6:1204.