Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Congo (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 516
8807
39529 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
8793
39506 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 495
8697
39194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 324
7111
34903 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 77
864
3837 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 17
198
1009 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 6
101
689 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
81
334 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 58
161 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Congo
58 Genera with 161 Species #ABCDEGHKLMNPRSTX
| Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1981 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Beckidia Kieffer, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1953 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cantopelopia Roback, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1914 | Non-biting midges | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1954 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Conchapelopia Fittkau, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conochironomus Freeman, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1934 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1954 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1908 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Endochironomus Kieffer, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harnischia Kieffer, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Henrardia Goetghebuer, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kamelopelopia Harrison, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Krenosmittia Thienemann &..., 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kribiocosmus Kieffer, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kribiodosis Kieffer, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larsia Fittkau, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidopelopia Harrison, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lerheimia Andersen & S..., 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limnophyes Eaton, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesosmittia Brundin, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1955 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nilodosis Kieffer, 1957 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parachironomus Lenz, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramerina Fittkau, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratendipes Kieffer, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1955 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1981 | | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Procladius Skuse, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1953 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1956 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1979 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Skusella Freeman, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smittia Holmgren, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stelechomyia Reiss, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stempellina Thienemann &..., 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1922 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1921 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tanypus Meigen, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1981 | Green Midges | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1935 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Congo
161 Species | Ablabesmyia ebbae Lehmann, 1981 | | | Ablabesmyia kisanganiensis Lehmann, 1981 | | | Allocladius niger Kieffer, 1913 | | | Beckidia hirsti Freeman, 1957 | | | Bryophaenocladius brincki Freeman, 1956 | | | Bryophaenocladius kalengoensis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Bryophaenocladius productus Freeman, 1953 | | | Cantopelopia meilloni Freeman, 1955 | | | Cantopelopia robacki Lehmann, 1979 | | | Cardiocladius africanus Freeman, 1955 | | | Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914 | | | Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911 | | | Chironomus leucochlorus Kieffer, 1923 | | | Chironomus seydeli Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Chironomus tetraleucus Kieffer, 1914 | | | Cladotanytarsus bukavus Lehmann, 1979 | | | Cladotanytarsus congolensis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Cladotanytarsus crebrus Lehmann, 1981 | | | Cladotanytarsus irsacus Lehmann, 1979 | | | Cladotanytarsus reductus Freeman, 1954 | | | Clinotanypus lacteus Freeman, 1955 | | | Clinotanypus verbekei Freeman, 1956 | | | Conchapelopia congonsis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Conochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955 | | | Conochironomus avicula Freeman, 1955 | | | Cricotopus hirvenojae Lehmann, 1981 | | | Cricotopus kisantuensis Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus tricinctellus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Cryptochironomus diceras Kieffer, 1923 | | | Cryptochironomus incertus Lehmann, 1979 | | | Cryptochironomus lindneri Freeman, 1954 | | | Cryptochironomus nigrocorporis Freeman, 1957 | | | Cryptochironomus subovatus Freeman, 1954 | | | Demicryptochironomus cinereithorax Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Demicryptochironomus congonsis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Dicrotendipes bredoi Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Dicrotendipes chambiensis Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Dicrotendipes cordatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Dicrotendipes ealae Freeman, 1957 | | | Dicrotendipes kribiicola Kieffer, 1923 | | | Dicrotendipes leucolabis Kieffer, 1922 | | | Dicrotendipes multispinosus Freeman, 1957 | | | Dicrotendipes nigrolineatus Freeman, 1957 | | | Dicrotendipes peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924 | | | Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914) | ⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908 | | Dicrotendipes schoutendeni Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908 | | | Endochironomus hamatus Freeman, 1957 | | | Eukiefferiella brevicalcar Kieffer, 1911 | | | Eukiefferiella kivuensis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Gymnometriocnemus benoiti Freeman, 1956 | | | Harnischia lacteiforceps Kieffer, 1923 | | | Henrardia quadrispinosa Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Kamelopelopia petersi Freeman, 1955 | | | Krenosmittia ignota Lehmann, 1981 | | | Kribiocosmus ornatipes Kieffer, 1921 | | | Kribiodosis clavigera Kieffer, 1921 | | | Larsia africana Lehmann, 1979 | | | Larsia parva Lehmann, 1981 | | | Larsia rutshuruiensis | | | Larsia uniformis | | | Lauterborniella longiventris Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Lauterborniella pulchra (Kieffer, 1921) | ⇒ Stelechomyia pulchra | | Lepidopelopia annulator Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Lerheimia wulfi Freeman, 1956 | | | Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914 | | | Mesosmittia maculosa Lehmann, 1981 | | | Metriocnemus canus Freeman, 1954 | | | Microtendipes albus Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Microtendipes bifasciatus Kieffer, 1921 | | | Microtendipes kahuziensis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Microtendipes litoris Lehmann, 1981 | | | Microtendipes numerosus Lehmann, 1979 | | | Microtendipes satchelli Freeman, 1955 | | | Nanocladius acutus Lehmann, 1981 | | | Nanocladius jannae Lehmann, 1979 | | | Nanocladius ortsi Lehmann, 1979 | | | Nanocladius vitellinus Kieffer, 1913 | | | Nilodorum brevipalpe Kieffer, 1918 | | | Nilodorum fractilobus Kieffer, 1923 | | | Nilodosis fusca Kieffer, 1922 | | | Nilodosis grisea Freeman, 1957 | | | Parachironomus coronatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Paracladopelma reidi Freeman, 1957 | | | Paramerina fittkaui Lehmann, 1981 | | | Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929 | | | Paratendipes crosskeyi Freeman, 1956 | | | Paratrichocladius dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Paratrichocladius pierretti Lehmann, 1979 | | | Pentapedilum anale Freeman, 1954 | | | Pentapedilum hamoni Freeman, 1958 | | | Pentapedilum ruandae Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) ruandae | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) abyssiniae Kieffer, 1918 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) annulatipes Kieffer, 1910 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bifalcatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bipustulatum Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) ephippium Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) fuscipenne (Meigen, 1818) | ⇒ Polypedilum pedestre Meigen, 1830 | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) longicrus Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) natalense Kieffer, 1918 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tenuitarse Kieffer, 1922 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) tridens Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) tropicum Kieffer, 1913 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) annulatum Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) kibatiense Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum aethiopis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Polypedilum aferum Lehmann, 1981 | | | Polypedilum alboguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum amputatum Bjørlo, 2001 | | | Polypedilum declive Kieffer, 1922 | | | Polypedilum lehmanni Oyewo & Saether, 1998 | | | Polypedilum longinerve Kieffer, 1922 | | | Polypedilum majiis Lehmann, 1979 | | | Polypedilum saetosum Lehmann, 1981 | | | Polypedilum stephani Lehmann, 1981 | | | Procladius umbrosus Lehmann, 1981 | | | Pseudorthocladius bernadetti Lehmann, 1979 | | | Pseudorthocladius nigerrimus Kieffer, 1918 | | | Pseudorthocladius similis Freeman, 1953 | | | Pseudosmittia conigera Freeman, 1954 | | | Pseudosmittia guineensis Kieffer, 1918 | | | Pseudosmittia topei Lehmann, 1979 | | | Pseudosmittia wulfi Freeman, 1956 | | | Rheocricotopus cereofasciatus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918 | | | Rheotanytarsus montanus Lehmann, 1979 | | | Rheotanytarsus ororus Lehmann, 1979 | | | Rheotanytarsus samaki Lehmann, 1979 | | | Skusella pallidipes Kieffer, 1921 | | | Smittia atra Freeman, 1954 | | | Smittia wulfi (Freeman, 1956) | ⇒ Pseudosmittia wulfi Freeman, 1956 | | Stelechomyia pulchra | | | Stempellina reissi Lehmann, 1981 | | | Stenochironomus africus Lehmann, 1981 | | | Stenochironomus atroconus Freeman, 1955 | | | Stenochironomus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stenochironomus edwardsi Freeman, 1957 | | | Stenochironomus spatuliger Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stictochironomus bisignatus Kieffer, 1918 | | | Stictochironomus fusiformis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Tanypus brevipalpis Kieffer, 1923 | | | Tanypus fuscus Freeman, 1955 | | | Tanytarsus abnormis Lehmann, 1981 | | | Tanytarsus atrocinctus Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Tanytarsus congus Lehmann, 1981 | | | Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954 | | | Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933 | | | Tanytarsus saetosus Lehmann, 1981 | | | Thienemanniella afra Lehmann, 1981 | | | Thienemanniella fuga Lehmann, 1979 | | | Thienemanniella lineola Freeman, 1953 | | | Thienemanniella safi Lehmann, 1979 | | | Thienemanniella trivittata Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Xenochironomus trisetosus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Xenochironomus ugandae Goetghebuer, 1936 | |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Congo
 | | Chironomidae (Erichson 1842) |
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