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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Götaland (Sweden)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
494
5315
15233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
492
5310
15228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
471
5252
15100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
339
4512
13582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
93
1099
3644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
370
1122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
90
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
79
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
64
139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Götaland
64 Genera with 139 Species
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Aagaardia Sæther, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Acricotopus Kieffer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1805Non-biting midges15SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 18465SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17947SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Demeijerea Kruseman, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18393SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18696SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19294SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19315SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Monodiamesa Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pagastiella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralimnophyes Brundin, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19213SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Potthastia Kieffer, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Prodiamesa Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1931Green Midges7SpeciesTaxom
Telmatopelopia Murray & Fit..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Xenopelopia Fittkau, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Zalutschia Lipina, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Götaland
139 Species
Aagaardia protensa Saether, 2000
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) phatta Egger, 1864
Acricotopus lucens Zetterstedt, 1850
Bryophaenocladius propinquus Brundin, 1947
Bryophaenocladius scanicus Brundin, 1947
Camptocladius tritoma (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Orthocladiinae tritoma Kieffer, 1921
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) piger Goetghebuer, 1913
Chironomus (Chironomus) acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) annularius Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus intersectus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Chironominae intersectus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus punctatus Fabricius, 1805
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma viridula (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Cladopelma viridulum Linnaeus, 1767
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) atridorsum Kieffer, 1924
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) mancus Walker, 1856
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) nigrovittatus Goetghebuer, 1922
Clinotanypus nervosus Meigen, 1818
Corynoneura arctica Kieffer, 1923
Corynoneura carriana Edwards, 1924
Corynoneura edwardsi Brundin, 1949
Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846Coville's phlox
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) caducus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) cylindraceus Kieffer, 1908
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) festivellus Kieffer, 1906
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) triannulatus Macquart, 1826
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) defectus Kieffer, 1913
Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Demicryptochironomus (Demicryptochironomus) vulneratus Zetterstedt, 1838
Dicrotendipes lobiger Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes modestus Say, 1823
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Einfeldia carbonaria Meigen, 1804
Einfeldia dissidens Walker, 1856
Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Endochironomus impar Walker, 1856
Endochironomus lepidus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes lepidus Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Eukiefferiella brevicalcar Kieffer, 1911
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) glaucus Meigen, 1818
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Glyptotendipes gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Glyptotendipes cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Gymnometriocnemus (Rhaphidocladius) brumalis Edwards, 1929
Halocladius (Halocladius) variabilis Staeger, 1839Marine midge
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Heterotrissocladius marcidus Walker, 1856
Krenopelopia binotata Wiedemann, 1817
Krenopelopia nigropunctata Staeger, 1839
Limnophyes asquamatus Andersen, 1937Alpine French-honeysuckle
Limnophyes eltoni Edwards, 1922
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes prolongatus (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Limnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Limnophyes pumilio Holmgren, 1869
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) tristellus Edwards, 1929
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra apposita Walker, 1856
Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928Rock polypody
Micropsectra vernalis Goetghebuer, 1931
Microtendipes brevitarsis (Brundin, 1947)⇒ Microchironomus brevitarsis Brundin, 1947
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Monopelopia tenuicalcar Kieffer, 1918
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) dichromus Kieffer, 1906
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) oblidens Walker, 1856
Pagastiella orophila Edwards, 1929
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Paralimnophyes hydrophilus (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Paralimnophyes longiseta Thienemann, 1919
Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paraphaenocladius intercedens Brundin, 1947
Paratanytarsus inopertus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus tenellulus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratendipes subaequalis Malloch, 1915
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra punctipes Wiedemann, 1817
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) tritum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum Goetghebuer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Tripodura) bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
Potthastia longimana (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Potthastia longimanus Kieffer, 1922
Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus Meigen, 1804
Procladius (Holotanypus) culiciformis Linnaeus, 1767
Procladius (Holotanypus) ferrugineus Kieffer, 1918
Procladius (Psilotanypus) imicola Kieffer, 1922
Procladius (Psilotanypus) lugens Kieffer, 1915
Prodiamesa olivacea Meigen, 1818
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) fennicus Stor” , 1939Summer grape
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) ventricosus Kieffer, 1925
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Pseudochironomus prasinatus Staeger, 1839
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921Maiden fern
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) filiformis Kieffer, 1908
Pseudosmittia forcipata Goetghebuer, 1921
Pseudosmittia obtusa Strenzke, 1960
Smittia albipennis (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Pseudosmittia albipennis Goetghebuer, 1921
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia leucopogon Meigen, 1804
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) gibbus Fabricius, 1794
Tanypus (Tanypus) kraatzi Kieffer, 1912
Tanypus (Tanypus) punctipennis Meigen, 1818
Tanytarsus buchonius Reiss & Fittkau, 1971
Tanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905)⇒ Paratanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1905
Tanytarsus eminulus Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus medius Reiss & Fittkau, 1971
Tanytarsus multipunctatus Brundin, 1947
Tanytarsus pallidicornis Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus usmaensis Pagast, 1931Rough avens
Telmatopelopia nemorum Goetghebuer, 1921
Tribelos intextus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Xenopelopia falcigera Kieffer, 1911
Xenopelopia nigricans Goetghebuer, 1927
Zalutschia zalutschicola Lipina, 1939Bristly-stemmed checkerbloom

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Götaland
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
26
70
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
25
49
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProdiamesinae
Sæther, 1976
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
10
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


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Chironomidae at artfakta.se
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