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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Chile (Southern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
533
4848
12741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
533
4848
12741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
516
4794
12661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
348
3996
11136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1139
4089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
272
1467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
99
302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
84
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
69
172
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Chile
69 Genera with 172 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Alotanypus Roback, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Anatopynia Johannsen, 19316SpeciesTaxom
Apedilum Townes, 1945
0SpeciesTaxom
Austrobrillia Freeman, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Austrocladius Freeman, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 01SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Caladomyia Sawedal, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Camposimyia Reiss, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Chilenomyia Brundin, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1852Non-biting midges11SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsidia Sæther, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Gravatamberus Mendes & And..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Halirytus Eaton, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Heptagyia Philippi, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Limaya Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Ljungneria Brundin, 1964
0SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Mapucheptagyia1SpeciesTaxom
Megacentron Freeman, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19314SpeciesTaxom
Monodiamesa Kieffer, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Nandeva Wiedenbrug, ..., 20112SpeciesTaxom
Nimbocera Reiss, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Onconeura Andersen & S..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads2SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 20083SpeciesTaxom
Paraheptagyia Brundin, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 20024SpeciesTaxom
Paraphrotenia Brundin, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectrocladius Cranston, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 196622SpeciesTaxom
Pentaneura Philippi, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Physoneura Ferrington &..., 19311SpeciesTaxom
Podochlus Brundin, 196615SpeciesTaxom
Podonomius Kalugina, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Podonomopsis Brundin, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Podonomus Philippi, 196623SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Pseudhydrobaenus Brèthes, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Reissmesa Ashe, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Rheochlus Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19722SpeciesTaxom
Rhinocladius Edwards, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Spaniotoma Philippi, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Stictocladius Edwards, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Symbiocladius Kieffer, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1972Green Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Xestochironomus Sublette & W..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chile
172 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) infumata Edwards, 1931
Ablabesmyia punctulata Philippi, 1865
Alotanypus vittigera Edwards, 1931
Anatopynia apicina Edwards, 1931
Anatopynia brunnea (Edwards, 1931)⇒ Macropelopia decedens Walker, 1848
Anatopynia maculosipennis Kieffer, 1906
Anatopynia pallescens Edwards, 1931
Anatopynia trizona Edwards, 1931
Anatopynia vittigera Edwards, 1931
Austrobrillia chilensis Cranston, 2000
Austrocladius hamulatus Edwards, 1931
Boreoheptagyia annulipes
Bryophaenocladius emarginatus Edwards, 1931
Bryophaenocladius fortispinata Edwards, 1931
Caladomyia tuberculatus Reiss, 1972
Camposimyia echinata Reiss, 1972
Chilenomyia paradoxa Brundin, 1983
Chironomus antarcticus Walker, 1837
Chironomus articuliferus Blanchard, 1852
Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus carbo Philippi, 1865
Chironomus delicatulus Philippi, 1865
Chironomus eburneocinctus Philippi, 1865
Chironomus holochlorus Philippi, 1865
Chironomus lepidellus Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus obscurellus Blanchard, 1852
Chironomus pica Philippi, 1865
Chironomus tessellatus Blanchard, 1852
Clunio chilensis Paggi, 1985
Cricotopus balteatus Philippi, 1865
Cryptochironomus petiolatus Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes embalsensis Paggi, 1978
Dicrotendipes villarricensis Contreras-Li..., 1994
Edwardsidia candicans Edwards, 1931
Gravatamberus pilosus Mendes & And..., 2008
Halirytus magellanicus Jacobs, 1900
Heptagyia annulipes (Philippi, 1865)⇒ Boreoheptagyia annulipes
Limaya longitarsis Brundin, 1966
Limnophyes brachyarthra Edwards, 1931
Limnophyes collaris Edwards, 1931
Macropelopia (Alotanypus) vittiger Edwards, 1931
Macropelopia decedens Walker, 1848
Mapucheptagyia brundini Willassen, 1995
Megacentron cuneicalcar Edwards, 1931
Metriocnemus ancudensis Edwards, 1931
Metriocnemus aurantiacus Edwards, 1931
Metriocnemus longicostalis Edwards, 1931
Metriocnemus subrostratus Edwards, 1931
Monodiamesa mariae Andersen, 1996
Nandeva chilena Wiedenbrug, ..., 1998
Nandeva digitifer Andersen, Sa..., 2011
Nimbocera patagonica Reiss, 1972Bajada lupine
Onconeura undecimata Andersen & S..., 2005
Orthocladiinae bivittata Philippi, 1865
Orthocladiinae unicolor Philippi, 1865
Orthocladius chilensis Kieffer, 1906
Orthocladius fissicornis Kieffer, 1906
Orthocladius lateralis Walker, 1837
Orthocladius latiforceps Edwards, 1931
Orthocladius macrorhynchus Kieffer, 1906
Parachironomus puberulus Edwards, 1931
Parachironomus supparillis Edwards, 1931
Parachironomus valdiviensis Spies, 2008
Paraheptagyia cinerascens Edwards, 1931
Paraheptagyia nitescens Edwards, 1931
Paraheptagyia semiplumata Edwards, 1931
Parakiefferiella claviculata Edwards, 1931
Parakiefferiella hernandezi Wiedenbrug &..., 2002
Parakiefferiella lagorum (Wiedenbrug &..., 2002)⇒ Parakiefferiella claviculata Edwards, 1931
Parakiefferiella wardorum Wiedenbrug &..., 2002
Paraphrotenia multispinosa Brundin, 1966
Paraphrotenia umbraculata Brundin, 1966
Parapsectrocladius longistylus Cranston, 2000
Parapsectrocladius reissi Cranston, 2000
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratrissocladius acuminatus Edwards, 1931
Parochlus araucanus Brundin, 1966
Parochlus ayseni Brundin, 1966
Parochlus brevipennis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus chiloensis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus crassicornis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus darwini Brundin, 1966
Parochlus duseni Brundin, 1966
Parochlus fascipennis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus grandilobus Brundin, 1966
Parochlus montivagus Brundin, 1966
Parochlus nigrinus Edwards, 1931
Parochlus pallidus Brundin, 1966
Parochlus pilosus Bigot, 1888
Parochlus skottsbergi Brundin, 1966
Parochlus squamipalpis Edwards, 1931
Parochlus steinenii Gercke, 1889
Parochlus subantarcticus Brundin, 1966
Parochlus tricornis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus trigonocerus Brundin, 1966
Parochlus tubulicornis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus villarricensis Brundin, 1966
Parochlus wellingtoni Brundin, 1966
Pentaneura cinereus Philippi, 1865
Pentaneura elisae Fittkau, 1962
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra magellanica Edwards, 1931
Physoneura minuscula Edwards, 1931
Podochlus beschi Brundin, 1966
Podochlus conjunctus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus flexistylus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus gracilistylus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus longisetus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus longispinus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus magellanicus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus osornensis Brundin, 1966
Podochlus parvilobus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus paynensis Brundin, 1966
Podochlus pusillus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus robsoni Brundin, 1966
Podochlus simplex Edwards, 1931
Podochlus subantarcticus Brundin, 1966
Podochlus valdesianus Brundin, 1966
Podonomius macromastix E. D. Lukash..., 2011
Podonomopsis andinus Brundin, 1966
Podonomopsis brevipalpis Brundin, 1966
Podonomopsis torrentium Brundin, 1966
Podonomus albinervis Edwards, 1931
Podonomus besti Brundin, 1966
Podonomus bipartitus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus chilensis Brundin, 1966
Podonomus decarthrus Edwards, 1931
Podonomus discistylus Wirth, 1952
Podonomus edwardsi Brundin, 1966
Podonomus illiesi Brundin, 1966
Podonomus inermis Brundin, 1966
Podonomus kuscheli Wirth, 1952
Podonomus magellanicus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus montanus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus nordenskjoldi Brundin, 1966
Podonomus nudipennis Edwards, 1931
Podonomus orbiculatus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus oreophilus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus paynensis Brundin, 1966
Podonomus radonichi Brundin, 1966
Podonomus reticulatus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus rivulorum Brundin, 1966
Podonomus setosus Brundin, 1966
Podonomus stigmaticus Philippi, 1865
Podonomus valdesianus Brundin, 1966
Polypedilum quinquesetosum Edwards, 1931
Pseudhydrobaenus porteri Brèthes, 1912
Reissmesa antiqua Brundin, 1966
Reissmesa gelida Brundin, 1966
Reissmesa valdesiana Brundin, 1966
Rheochlus insignis Brundin, 1966
Rheotanytarsus globosus Reiss, 1972
Rheotanytarsus lamellatus Reiss, 1972
Rhinocladius culicinus Edwards, 1931
Rhinocladius longirostis Edwards, 1931
Riethia truncatocaudata Edwards, 1931
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Smittia magellanica Edwards, 1931
Spaniotoma bivittata (Philippi, 1865)⇒ Orthocladiinae bivittata Philippi, 1865
Spaniotoma unicolor (Philippi, 1865)⇒ Orthocladiinae unicolor Philippi, 1865
Stenochironomus ancudensis Edwards, 1931
Stictocladius calonotus Edwards, 1931
Stictocladius pulchripennis Edwards, 1931
Symbiocladius renatae Spies, 1997
Tanytarsus clivosus Reiss, 1972
Tanytarsus fastigatus Reiss, 1972
Tanytarsus hamatus Reiss, 1972
Tanytarsus paraligulatus Reiss, 1972
Tanytarsus rinihuensis Reiss, 1972
Telmatogeton simplicipes Edwards, 1931
Telmatogeton trochanteratum Edwards, 1931
Xestochironomus aisenensis Andersen & K..., 1999

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Chile
SubfamilyAphroteniinae
Brundin, 1966
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChilenomyinae
Brundin, 1983
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
19
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
25
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPodonominae
Thienemann & Edwards, 1937
6
65
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProdiamesinae
Sæther, 1976
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
6
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTelmatogetoninae
Wirth, 1949
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


Links, sources and further information
Chironomidae at artfakta.se
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Chironomidae at marinespecies.org