Chironomus
| Chironomus | |
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| Chironomus plumosus adult male. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Culicomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironominae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Chironomus Meigen, 1803 |
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Chironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family, Chironomidae containing several cryptic species that can only be distinguished by experts based on the characteristics of their giant chromosomes.
Species
- Chironomus anonimi Williston
- Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
- Chironomus athalassicus Cannings, 1975
- Chironomus atrella Townes, 1945
- Chironomus atritibia Malloch, 1934
- Chironomus atroviridis Townes, 1945
- Chironomus attenuatus Walker, 1848
- Chironomus bimaculus Walker, 1848
- Chironomus biseta Townes, 1945
- Chironomus borealis Curtis, 1835
- Chironomus boydi
- Chironomus brevipalpis Kieffer, 1926
- Chironomus brunneipennis Johannsen, 1905
- Chironomus carus Townes, 1945
- Chironomus chelonia Townes, 1945
- Chironomus crassicaudatus Malloch, 1915
- Chironomus cristatus Fabricius, 1805
- Chironomus Cucini Webb, 1969
- Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905
- Chironomus decumbens Malloch, 1934
- Chironomus edwardsi Kruseman
- Chironomus equisitus
- Chironomus esakii Tokunaga
- Chironomus excavatus Kieffer, 1917
- Chironomus excisus Kieffer, 1917
- Chironomus frommeri Atchley e Martin, 1971
- Chironomus halophilus Packard, 1873
- Chironomus harti Malloch, 1915
- Chironomus hawaiiensis Grimshaw
- Chironomus hyperboreus Staeger, 1845
- Chironomus jacundus Walker
- Chironomus grande Wulker e Bulter, 1983
- Chironomus maturo Johannsen, 1908
- Chironomus melanderi Kieffer, 1917
- Chironomus nigritibia Walker, 1848
- Chironomus ochreatus Townes, 1945
- Chironomus pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915
- Chironomus pauciplumatus Hardy, 1960
- Chironomus pilicornisFabricius, 1794
- Chironomus plumosusLinnaeus, 1758
- Chironomus polonicus Michailova, Kownacki & Langton, 2013[1]
- Chironomus prior Butler, 1982
- Chironomus pungens Townes, 1945
- Chironomus ramosus
- Chironomus redeuns Walker
- Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804
- Chironomus salinarius Kieffer, 1915
- Chironomus samoensis Edwards, 1928
- Chironomus sanctipaula Sublette, 1966
- Chironomus staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
- Chironomus stigmaterus Say, 1823
- Chironomus stylifera Johannsen
- Chironomus subtendens Townes
- Chironomus tamapullus Sasà, 1981
- Chironomus tardus Butler, 1982
- Chironomus tentansFabricius, 1805
- Chironomus trichomerus Walker, 1848
- Chironomus tuberculatus Townes, 1945
- Chironomus tuxis Curran, 1930
- Chironomus utahensis Malloch, 1915
- Chironomus viridulus Linnaeus
- Chironomus vockerothi Rasmussen, 1984
- Chironomus whitseli Sublette e Sublette, 1974
- Chironomus yoshimatsui Martin e Sublette, 1972
- Chironomus yoshimatsui Martin e Sublette, 1972
References
- ↑ Michailova, Paraskeva; Kownacki, Andrzej; Langton, Peter H. (2013). "Chironomus polonicus sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from southern Poland". Zootaxa (magnolia press) 3599 (6): 564–576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.5.