Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 45
202
286 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 11
55
83 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 5
35
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
30
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 26
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
26 Genera with 36 Species #CDHLMNOPRST
| Chironomus Meigen, 1830 | Non-biting midges | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corynoneura Winnertz, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1918 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harnischia Kieffer, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limnophyes Eaton, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1954 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Procladius Skuse, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Smittia Holmgren, 1939 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | Spaniotoma Philippi, 1865 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1954 | Green Midges | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Telmatogeton Schiner, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
36 Species | Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805 | | | Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916 | | | Chironomus brunneus (Freeman, 1954) | ⇒ Micropsectra connexa Kieffer, 1906 | | Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914 | | | Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830) | ⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761 | | Cladotanytarsus linearis Freeman, 1954 | | | Corynoneura elongata Freeman, 1953 | | | Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818 | Midge | | Cricotopus dibalteatus Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus flavozonatus Freeman, 1953 | | | Cricotopus micans (Kieffer, 1918) | ⇒ Orthocladiinae micans Kieffer, 1918 | | Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923) | ⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923 | | Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914) | ⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908 | | Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915 | | | Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914 | | | Metriocnemus capicola Harrison, 2004 | | | Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918 | | | Microtendipes lamprogaster Kieffer, 1914 | | | Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929 | | | Pentapedilum anale Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) lobiferum Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pruina Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) annulatum Freeman, 1954 | | | Procladius brevipetiolatus Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Psectrocladius viridescens Freeman, 1953 | | | Pseudorthocladius similis Freeman, 1953 | | | Pseudosmittia conigera Freeman, 1954 | | | Smittia atra Freeman, 1954 | | | Smittia capensis Kieffer, 1914 | | | Smittia nigrita (Goetghebuer, 1939) | ⇒ Orthocladiinae nigrita Goetghebuer, 1939 | | Tanytarsus bifurcus Freeman, 1958 | | | Tanytarsus luctuosus Freeman, 1958 | | | Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954 | | | Telmatogeton sanctipauli Schiner, 1866 | Cut-leaf water-milfoil | | Thienemanniella lineola Freeman, 1953 | |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Cape Town
 | | Chironomidae (Erichson 1842) |
Links, sources and further information Chironomidae at artfakta.se
Chironomidae at dyntaxa.se
Chironomidae at gbif.org
Chironomidae at irmng.org
Chironomidae at itis.gov
Chironomidae at marinespecies.org
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