Can the Antarctic terrestrial midge, Eretmoptera murphyi, tolerate life in water?

• Published in: Ecological Entomology
• Main Authors: Everatt, Matthew J., Convey, Peter, Mirbahai, Leda, Worland, Michael R., Bale, Jeff S., Hayward, Scott A. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/113321/; https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12147

1. Early-season flooding and ice entrapment at sub-zero temperatures pose significant challenges to any polar terrestrial invertebrate. 2. The chironomid midge, Eretmoptera murphyi, is native to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia and has been introduced to the maritime Antarctic (Signy Island...