Nanocladius

Nanocladius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Orthocladiinae
Genus:	Nanocladius; Kieffer, 1913

Nanocladius is a genus of non-biting midges of the bloodworm family Chironomidae. Larvae either live commensally on or as parasites of aquatic insects in nymphal stages; hosts include mayflies, stoneflies, dobsonflies, or damselflies.^[1] The larvae attach to their hosts by forming silken tubes which they later pupate in. They feed on the hemolymph of their host. ^[2]

References

^ Boonsoong, Boonsatien (2016). "Phoretic associations between Nanocladius asiaticus (Diptera, Chironomidae) and its hosts Gestroiella (Heteroptera, Naucoridae) and Euphaea masoni (Odonata, Euphaeidae) in streams in Western Thailand". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 52: 163–169. doi:10.1051/limn/2015025.
^ Jacobsen, Richard E. (1998). "The Symbiotic Relationship of a Chironomid with Its Ephemeropteran Host in an Arizona Mountain Stream". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 71 (4): 426–438. ISSN 0022-8567. Retrieved 21 January 2023.

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[1] Boonsoong, Boonsatien (2016). "Phoretic associations between Nanocladius asiaticus (Diptera, Chironomidae) and its hosts Gestroiella (Heteroptera, Naucoridae) and Euphaea masoni (Odonata, Euphaeidae) in streams in Western Thailand". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 52: 163–169. doi:10.1051/limn/2015025.

[2] Jacobsen, Richard E. (1998). "The Symbiotic Relationship of a Chironomid with Its Ephemeropteran Host in an Arizona Mountain Stream". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 71 (4): 426–438. ISSN 0022-8567. Retrieved 21 January 2023.

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