Chironomini

Chironomini

Chironomus plumosus Adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genera
See Text

Chironomini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

Genera & Species

Genus Apedilum Townes, 1945
- A. elachistus Townes, 1945
- A. subcinctum Townes, 1945
Genus Axarus Roback 1980
- A. dorneri (Malloch, 1915)
- A. festivus Say, 1823
- A. rogersi (Beck and Beck, 1958)
- A. scopula (Townes, 1945)
- A. taenionotus (Say, 1829)
Genus Baeotendipes Kieffer, 1913
- B. noctivagus (Kieffer, 1911)
Genus Beardius Reiss & Sublette, 1985
- B. truncatus Reiss & Sublette, 1985
Genus Beckidia Sæther 1979
- B. biraensis Zorina, 2006^[1]
- B. connexa Zorina, 2006^[1]
- B. hirsti (Freeman, 1957)^[2]
- B. tethys (Townes, 1945)^[1]^[3]^[4]
- B. zabolotzkyi (Goetghebuer, 1938)^[4]^[5]
Genus Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirschbaum 1990
- C. improvisus Reiss & Kirschbaum, 1990
Genus Chernovskiia Sæther 1977
- C. macrocera Sæther, 1977
- C. orbicus (Townes, 1945)
Genus Chironomus Meigen, 1803
- Subgenus Camptochironomus Kieffer, 1918

- C. pallidivittatus Edwards, 1929
- C. tentans Fabricius, 1805

- Subgenus Chaetolabis Townes 1945

- C. globulus Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
- C. macani Freeman, 1948

- Subgenus Chironomus Meigen, 1803

- C. aberratus Keyl, 1961
- C. acerbus Hirvenoja, 1962
- C. acidophilus Keyl, 1960
- C. acutiventris acutiventris Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
- C. acutiventris bavaricus Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
- C. acutiventris Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
- C. agilis Shobanov & Dyomin, 1988
- C. anchialicus Michailova, 1974
- C. annularius Meigen, 1818
- C. anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
- C. aprilinus Meigen, 1818
- C. balatonicus Dévai, Wülker & Scholl, 1983
- C. beljaninae Wülker, 1991
- C. bernensis Klötzli, 1973
- C. bonus Shilova & Dzhvarsheishvili, 1974
- C. borokensis Kerkis, Filippova, Shobanov, Gunderina & Kiknadze, 1988
- C. brevidentatus Hirvenoja & Michailova, 1998
- C. calipterus Kieffer, 1908
- C. cingulatus Meigen, 1830
- C. clarus Hirvenoja, 1962
- C. coaetaneus Hirvenoja, 1998
- C. commutatus Keyl, 1960
- C. crassimanus Strenzke, 1959
- C. curabilis Belyanina, Sigareva & Loginova, 1990
- C. dorsalis Andersen, 1949
- C. entis Shobanov, 1989
- C. esai Wülker, 1997
- C. fraternus Wülker, 1991
- C. fundatus Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
- C. heterodentatus Konstantinov, 1956
- C. heteropilicornis Wülker, 1996
- C. holomelas Keyl, 1961
- C. hyperboreus Stæger, 1845
- C. inermifrons Goetghebuer, 1921
- C. islandicus (Kieffer, 1913)
- C. jonmartini Lindeberg, 1979
- C. lacunarius Wülker, 1973
- C. longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
- C. lugubris Zetterstedt, 1850
- C. luridus Strenzke, 1959
- C. melanescens Keyl, 1961
- C. melanotus Keyl, 1961
- C. muratensis Ryser, Scholl & Wülker, 1983
- C. neocorax Wülker & Butler, 1983
- C. nigrifrons Linevich & Erbaeva, 1971
- C. nigrocaudatus Erbaeva, 1968
- C. nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
- C. nudiventris Ryser, Scholl & Wülker, 1983
- C. obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
- C. oculatus Shobanov, 1996
- C. pankratovi Grebenyuk, Kiknadze & Belyanina, 1989
- C. parathummi Keyl, 1961
- C. piger Strenzke, 1956
- C. pilicornis (Fabricius, 1787)
- C. plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758, 1758)
- C. prasinus Pinder, 1978
- C. pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
- C. reservatus Shobanov, 1997
- C. riihimakiensis Wülker, 1973
- C. riparius Meigen, 1804
- C. salinarius Kieffer, 1915
- C. saxatilis Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1981
- C. solitus Linevich & Erbaeva, 1971
- C. sollicitus Hirvenoja, 1962
- C. sororius Wülker, 1973
- C. staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
- C. strenzkei Fittkau, 1968
- C. striatus Strenzke, 1959
- C. tenuistylus Brundin, 1949
- C. uliginosus Keyl, 1960
- C. usenicus Loginova & Belyanina, 1994
- C. valkanovi Michailova, 1974
- C. venustus Pinder, 1978
- C. wulkeri Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993

- Subgenus Lobochironomus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985

- C. carbonarius Meigen, 1804
- C. dissidens Walker, 1856
- C. dorsalis Meigen, 1818
- C. improvidus Hirvenoja, 1998
- C. mendax Storå, 1936
- C. montuosus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985
- C. pseudomendax Wülker, 1999
- C. storai Goetghebuer, 1954

Genus Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921
- C. amachaerus (Townes, 1945)
- C. boydi (Beck, 1962)
- C. collator (Townes, 1945)
- C. edwardsi (Kruseman, 1933)
- C. galeator (Townes, 1945)
- C. spectabilis (Townes, 1945)
- C. viridula (Linnaeus, 1767)
Genus Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
- C. albofasciatus (Stæger, 1839)
- C. argus Roback, 1957
- C. blarina (Townes, 1945)
- C. chaetoala (Sublette, 1960)
- C. crassiforceps Goetghebuer, 1932
- C. defectus (Kieffer, 1913)
- C. denticulatus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- C. digitatus (Malloch, 1915)
- C. fulvus Johannsen, 1905
- C. hirtalatus (Beck and Beck, 1964)
- C. obreptans (Walker, 1856)
- C. parafulvus (Beck and Beck, 1964)
- C. ponderosus (Sublette, 1964)
- C. psittacinus (Meigen, 1830)
- C. psittacinus Meigen, 1830
- C. redekei (Kruseman, 1933)
- C. rostratus Kieffer, 1921
- C. scimitarus Townes, 1945
- C. sorex Townes, 1945
- C. supplicans (Meigen, 1830)
- C. ussouriensis (Goetghebuer, 1933)
Genus Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941
- C. ariel (Sublette, 1960)
- C. casuarius (Townes, 1945)
- C. darbyi (Sublette, 1960)
- C. darbyi (Sublette, 1960)
- C. emorsus (Townes, 1945)
- C. holsatus Lenz, 1959
- C. nigronitens (Edwards, 1929)
- C. pflugfelderi Reiss, 1964
- C. pilicuspis Sæther, 1977
- C. pseudotener (Goetghebuer, 1922)
- C. pseudotener Goethgebuer, 1922
- C. usmaensis (Pagast, 1931)
Genus Cyphomella Sæther 1977
- C. argentea (Townes, 1945)
- C. cornea Sæther, 1977
- C. gibbera Sæther, 1977
- C. grisa (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933
- D. abruptus (Townes, 1945)
- D. brachialis (Coquillett, 1907)
- D. obreptus (Townes, 1945)
- D. rufipes (Linnaeus, 1761)
Genus Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941
- D. cuneatus (Townes, 1945)
- D. fastigatus (Townes, 1945)
- D. latior Reiss, 1988
- D. neglectus Reiss, 1988
- D. vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913
- D. adnilus Epler, 1987
- D. aethiops (Townes, 1945)
- D. botaurus (Townes, 1945)
- D. californicus (Johannsen, 1905)
- D. ealae (Freeman, 1957)^[6]
- D. fumidus (Johannsen, 1905)
- D. fusconotatus (Kieffer, 1922)
- D. leucoscelis (Townes, 1945)
- D. lobiger (Kieffer, 1921)
- D. lobus Beck, 1962
- D. lucifer (Johannsen, 1907)
- D. milleri (Townes, 1945)
- D. modestus (Say, 1823)
- D. neomodestus (Malloch, 1915)
- D. nervosus (Stæger, 1839)
- D. notatus (Meigen, 1818)
- D. pallidicornis (Goetghebuer, 1934)
- D. peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924^[6]
- D. pilosimanus Kieffer, 1914^[6]
- D. pulsus (Walker, 1856)
- D. septemmaculatus (Becker, 1908)
- D. simpsoni Epler, 1987
- D. sudanicus (Freeman, 1957)^[6]
- D. thanatogratus Epler, 1987
- D. tritomus (Kieffer, 1916)
Genus Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924
- E. austini Beck & Beck, 1970
- E. brunneipennis Johannsen, 1905
- E. chelonia (Townes, 1945)
- E. dissidens (Walker, 1856)
- E. natchitocheae (Sublette, 1964)
- E. pagana (Meigen, 1838)
- E. natchitocheae (Sublette, 1964)
- E. pagana (Meigen, 1838)
- E. palaearctica Ashe, 1990
- E. pectoralis Kieffer, 1924
Genus Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
- E. albipennis (Meigen, 1830)
- E. nigricans (Johannsen, 1905)
- E. oldenbergi Goetghebuer, 1932
- E. stackelbergi Goetghebuer, 1935
- E. subtendens (Townes, 1945)
- E. tendens (Fabricius, 1775)
Genus Fleuria Kieffer, 1924
- F. lacustris Kieffer, 1924
Genus Gillotia Kieffer, 1921
- G. alboviridis (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913
- G. aequalis (Kieffer, 1922)
- G. amplus Townes, 1945
- G. barbipes (Stæger, 1839)
- G. caulicola (Kieffer, 1913)
- G. cauliginellus (Kieffer, 1913)
- G. dreisbachi Townes, 1945
- G. foliicola Contreras-Lichtenberg, 1997
- G. glaucus (Meigen, 1818)
- G. gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)
- G. imbecilis (Walker, 1856)
- G. lobiferus (Say, 1823)
- G. meridionalis Dendy and Sublette, 1959
- G. ospeli Contreras-Lichtenberg & Kiknadze, 1999
- G. pallens (Meigen, 1804)
- G. paripes (Edwards, 1929)
- G. salinus Michailova, 1987
- G. scirpi (Kieffer, 1915)
- G. seminole Townes, 1945
- G. senilis (Johannsen, 1937)
- G. signatus (Kieffer, 1909)
- G. testaceus (Townes, 1945)
- G. unacus Townes, 1945
- G. viridis (Macquart, 1834)
Genus Graceus Goetghebuer, 1928
- G. ambiguus Goetghebuer 1928
Genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921
- H. angularis Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
- H. curtilamellata (Malloch, 1915)
- H. fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
- H. incidata Townes, 1945
Genus Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1922
- K. dux (Johannsen, 1905)
- K. tendipediformis (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Genus Kloosia Kruseman 1933
- K. pusilla (Linnaeus, 1761)
Genus Lauterborniella Thienemann & Bause, 1913
- L. agrayloides (Kieffer, 1911)
- L. varipennis (Coquillett, 1902)
Genus Lipiniella Shilova 1961
- L. araenicola Shilova, 1961
- L. moderata Kalugina, 1970
- L. prima Shilova, Kerkis & Kiknadze, 1993
Genus Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918
- M. deribae (Freeman, 1957)
- M. lendli (Kieffer, 1918)
- M. nigrovittatus (Malloch, 1915)
- M. tener (Kieffer, 1918)
Genus Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
- M. anticus (Walker, 1848)
- M. brevitarsis Brundin, 1947
- M. britteni (Edwards, 1929)
- M. caducus Townes, 1945
- M. caelum Townes, 1945
- M. chloris (Meigen, 1818)
- M. confinis (Meigen, 1830)
- M. diffinis (Edwards, 1929)
- M. nigellus Hirvenoja, 1963
- M. nitidus (Meigen, 1818)
- M. pedellus (De Geer, 1776)
- M. rydalensis (Edwards, 1929)
- M. tarsalis (Walker, 1856)
Genus Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921
- N. babiyi (Rempel, 1937)
- N. bicorne (Townes, 1945)
- N. mirabile (Townes, 1945)
- N. brayi (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- N. hibaratertium Sasa, 1993
Genus Omisus Townes, 1945
- O. caledonicus (Edwards, 1932)
- O. pica Townes, 1945
Genus Pagastiella Brundin, 1949
- P. orophila (Edwards, 1929)
- P. ostansa (Webb, 1969)
Genus Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
- P. abortivus (Malloch, 1915)
- P. aculeatus (Kieffer, 1921)
- P. acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936)
- P. alatus (Beck, 1962)
- P. arcuatus (Goetghebuer, 1919)^[5]
- P. biannulatus (Stæger, 1839)
- P. carinatus (Townes, 1945)
- P. chaetaolus (Sublette, 1960)
- P. cinctellus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- P. danicus Lehmann, 1970
- P. digitalis (Edwards, 1929)
- P. directus (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
- P. elodeae (Townes, 1945)
- P. forceps (Townes, 1945)
- P. frequens (Johannsen, 1905)
- P. kuzini Shilova, 1969
- P. longiforceps Kruseman, 1933^[5]
- P. mauricii (Kruseman, 1933)
- P. monochromus (van der Wulp, 1874)
- P. paradigitalis Brundin, 1949
- P. parilis (Walker, 1856)
- P. pectinatellae (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
- P. potamogeti (Townes, 1945)
- P. schneideri Beck & Beck, 1969
- P. siljanensis Brundin, 1949
- P. subalpinus (Goetghebuer, 1932)
- P. sublettei (Beck, 1961)
- P. swammerdami (Kruseman, 1933)
- P. tenuicaudatus (Malloch, 1915)
- P. varus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- P. vitiosus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Genus Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
- P. alphaeus (Sublette, 1960)
- P. camptolabis (Kieffer, 1913)
- P. doris (Townes, 1945)
- P. galaptera (Townes, 1945)
- P. laminatum (Kieffer, 1921)
- P. loganae Beck & Beck, 1969
- P. mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937)
- P. nais (Townes, 1945)
- P. nereis (Townes, 1945)
- P. nigritulum (Goetghebuer, 1942)
- P. nixe (Townes, 1945)
- P. undine (Townes, 1945)
- P. winnelli Jackson, 1977
Genus Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941
- P. nigrohalteralis (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
- P. albimanus (Meigen, 1818)
- P. basidens Townes, 1945
- P. fuscitibia Sublette, 1960
- P. nitidulus (Coquillett, 1901)
- P. nubilus (Meigen, 1830)
- P. nudisquama (Edwards, 1929)
- P. plebeius (Meigen, 1818)
- P. sinelobus Albu, 1980
- P. subaequalis (Malloch, 1915)
- P. thermophilus Townes, 1945
Genus Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
- P. albescens (Townes, 1945)
- P. dyari (Townes, 1945)
- P. flavipes (Meigen, 1818)
- P. incompta (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- P. obediens (Johannsen, 1905)
- P. pilicellata Grodhaus, 1976
- P. profusa (Townes, 1945)
- P. punctipes (Wiedemann, 1817)
- P. vittata (Townes, 1945)
Genus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
- Subgenus Cerobregma Zhang & Wang 1999

- P. paucisetum Zhang & Wang, 2009

- Subgenus Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913

- P. botiense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
- P. scirpicola (Kieffer, 1921)
- P. botosaneanui Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
- P. camposense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
- P. exsectum (Kieffer, 1916)
- P. intuber Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
- P. nubens (Edwards, 1929)
- P. reei Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
- P. sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)
- P. tissamaharense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
- P. tritum (Walker, 1856)
- P. wittei (Freeman, 1955)

- Subgenus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912

- P. acutum Kieffer, 1915
- P. albicorne (Meigen, 1838)
- P. albosignatum Kieffer, 1925
- P. amoenum Goetghebuer, 1930
- P. arundineti (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- P. barboyoni Serra-Tosio, 1981
- P. dudichi Berczik, 1957
- P. fallax (Johannsen, 1905)
- P. intermedium Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
- P. laetum (Meigen, 1818)
- P. lene (Becker, 1908)
- P. nubeculosum (Meigen, 1804)
- P. nubifer (Skuse, 1889)
- P. octopunctatum (Thunberg, 1784)
- P. pedestre (Meigen, 1830)
- P. vanderplanki Hinton, 1951

- Subgenus Tripodura Townes, 1945

- P. acifer Townes, 1945
- P. aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
- P. akani Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. amplificatus Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. amputatum Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. apfelbecki (Strobl, 1900)
- P. bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
- P. chelum Vårdal, 2001^[8]
- P. dagombae Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. elongatum Albu, 1980
- P. ewei Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. malickianum Cranston, 1989
- P. ogoouense Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. patulum Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
- P. pulchrum Albu, 1980
- P. pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- P. quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
- P. scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)
- P. spinalveum Vårdal, 2001^[8]
- P. tetracrenatum Hirvenoja, 1962

- Subgenus Uresipedilum Oyewo & Sæther, 1998

- P. convictum (Walker, 1856)
- P. cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
- P. marsafae Ghonaim, Ali & Osheibah, 2005

Genus Robackia Sæther, 1977
- R. claviger (Townes, 1945)
- R. demeijerei (Kruseman, 1933)
- R. pilicauda Sæther, 1977
Genus Saetheria Jackson, 1977
- S. hirta Saether, 1983
- S. reissi Jackson, 1977
- S. tylus (Townes, 1945)
Genus Sergentia Kieffer, 1922
- S. albescens (Townes, 1945)
- S. baueri Wülker, Kiknadze, Kerkis & Nevers, 1999
- S. coracina (Zetterstedt, 1850)
- S. prima Proviz & Proviz, 1997
Genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
- S. aestivalis Townes, 1945
- S. albipalpus Borkent, 1984
- S. annettae Borkent, 1984
- S. bisetosus Borkent, 1984
- S. browni Townes, 1945
- S. cinctus Townes, 1945
- S. colei (Malloch, 1919)
- S. fascipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- S. fuscipatellus Borkent, 1984
- S. gibbus (Fabricius, 1794)
- S. hibernicus (Edwards, 1929)
- S. hilaris (Walker, 1848)
- S. macateei (Malloch, 1915)
- S. maculatus Borkent, 1984
- S. niger Borkent, 1984
- S. poecilopterus (Mitchell, 1908)
- S. pulchripennis (Coquillett, 1902)
- S. ranzii Rossaro, 1982
- S. totifuscus Sublette, 1960
- S. unictus Townes, 1945
- S. woodi Borkent, 1984
Genus Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919
- S. albicrus (Townes, 1945)
- S. annulicrus (Townes, 1945)
- S. crassiforceps (Kieffer, 1922)
- S. devinctus (Say, 1829)
- S. flavicingulus (Walker, 1848)
- S. lutosus (Townes, 1945)
- S. maculipennis (Meigen, 1818)
- S. marmoreus (Townes, 1945)
- S. naevus (Mitchell, 1908)
- S. palliatus (Coquillett, 1902)
- S. pictulus (Meigen, 1830)
- S. quagga (Townes, 1945)
- S. rosenschoeldi (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- S. sticticus (Fabricius, 1781)
- S. unguiculatus (Malloch, 1934)
- S. varius (Townes, 1945)
- S. virgatus (Townes, 1945)
Genus Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 1987
- S. luski Grodhaus, 1987
- S. abranchius (Lenz, 1955)
- S. dispar (Meigen, 1830)
- S. impar (Walker, 1856)
- S. lepidus (Meigen, 1830)
Genus Tribelos Townes, 1945
- T. ater (Townes, 1945)
- T. donatoris (Shilova, 1974)
- T. fuscicorne (Malloch, 1915)
- T. hesperius (Sublette, 1960)
- T. intextum (Walker, 1856)
- T. jucundus (Walker, 1848)
- T. protextus (Townes, 1945)
- T. quadripunctatus (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921
- X. trisetosis (Kieffer, 1922)^[9]
- X. ugandae (Goetghebuer, 1936)^[9]
- X. xenolabis Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916^[10]
Genus Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920
- Z. marmorata (van der Wulp 1859)

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