A polar insect's tale: observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica

• Main Authors: Contador Mejias, Tamara, Gañan, Melisa, Rendoll-Cárcamo, Javier, Maturana, Claudia, Benitez, Hugo, Kennedy, James, Rozzi, Ricardo, Convey, Peter
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; Chironomidae; environmental adaptation; insect phenology; life history; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic midge; antartic*; Belgica antarctica; Instituto Antartico Chileno; King George Island; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.73n5tb31j

Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands are considered natural laboratories to study and understand the influence of environmental variable and patterns of variation therein on the biota, including the influences of climate change. The Antarctic terrestrial fauna consists only of small invertebrate...