An Appraisal of Life History Features of Kiefferulus calligaster (Kieffer, 1911) (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Kolkata,India |
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Authors: | Soumi Nandi Gautam Aditya Goutam Kumar Saha |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India 2. Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan, 713104, India
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Abstract: | Life history parameters of the freshwater chironomid species Kiefferulus calligaster (Kieffer, 1911) were investigated under laboratory conditions, with the use of larval development time and wing length as key features. An index of fitness was derived using these two parameters to represent the fitness of adults as a function of the larval development. Survivorship, deduced from the data on the mortality of larval stages, was related to developmental time as—(survivorship, lx) y = 1.16 ? 0.04 × (days). The larval development time varied between males and females with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 days from first instar larva to eclosion of imagine. The average wing length of adult females was larger than males (3.9 mm ± 0.03 S.E. vs. 3.36 mm ± 0.02 S.E.), for both early and late emerging individuals. The degree of dimorphism between the sexes was prominent for wing length and larval development time. The index of fitness for the early and late emerging adults differed significantly (P < 0.05) in both the sexes. |
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