this special issue provides an overview of recent advances in the study of chironomids (Diptera chironomidae), as an outcome of the 20th International Symposium on Chironomidae held in trento (italy), in July 2017. it includes 27 selected papers, representative of the six topics of the symposium: genetics and cytogenetics, taxonomy and systematics, autecology and physiology, toxicology and adaptive biology, ecology and biomonitoring, palaeolimnology. Most papers emphasise the value of chironomids in the monitoring programmes, mainly on europe and case histories from South america and africa. however, as our title indicates, the reported contemporary studies represent a range from the genetic through the autecological to the ecosystem scale. the aim of the volume is to give new insights on ecology and biology of non-biting midges, the freshwater insect family that comprises the highest number of species in the world, in both lentic and lotic habitats.

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摇蚊科研究的最新进展：概述

本特刊概述了摇蚊科（双翅目摇蚊科）研究的最新进展，作为 2017 年 7 月在特伦托（意大利）举行的第 20 届摇蚊科国际研讨会的成果。其中包括 27 篇精选论文，代表六篇论文研讨会的主题：遗传学和细胞遗传学、分类学和系统学、自然生态学和生理学、毒理学和适应性生物学、生态学和生物监测、古湖泊学。大多数论文强调摇蚊在监测计划中的价值，主要是关于欧洲和南美洲和非洲的案例历史。然而，正如我们的标题所表明的，所报告的当代研究代表了从遗传到自产学到生态系统规模的范围。这本书的目的是对不咬人的蠓的生态学和生物学提供新的见解，