More info on the Chironomidae is available at the Chironomid Home Page.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

In 1942 she submitted her Ph.D. thesis on “Cytological studies in Chironomidae” and was accepted as a junior assistant at the Department of Zoology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elisabeth Goldschmidt.] Reference

Lifestyles in freshwater include free-living crawling/swimming (Culicidae, Simulidae); those that are buried underneath rocks or sediment (Tabanidae); and those that dwell inside silk tubes that they have spun and attached to submerged rocks or plants (Chironomidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

(Chironomidae) whose transformations are described in detail by Miall and Hammond (1900).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

The Water Reclamation District's 1990 assay of the North Channel found 28 species of annelid worms (Tubificidae and Naididae), 4 species of leeches (Hirudinidae), and 23 species of midge larvae (Chironomidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

Chironomidae midges, a bonanza to fly fishermen, a bane to others, still are coming off Elevenmile, and Spinney Mountain reservoirs and the "Sagebrush Lakes" to the north, but the annual hatch is winding down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference

1956 (Diptera: Chironomidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference