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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Iberian Peninsula (South Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
722
11335
39681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
718
11313
39582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
677
11140
39240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9062
33888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
1431
4846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
23
385
1438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
127
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
100
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
77
148
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iberian Peninsula
77 Genera with 148 Species
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Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Burmeisteria Salter, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1908Non-biting midges12SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 18188SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1945Snow Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19395SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobaenus Fries, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Krenosmittia Thienemann &..., 19571SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19218SpeciesTaxom
Lymnophyes4SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19954SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 20136SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Nomochirus Gil Collado, 19261SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads1SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Parachaetocladius Wulker, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichlocladius1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenospectra1SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Potthastia Kieffer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Prodiamesa Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19703SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 18845SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tanypodinae1SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933Green Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Telmatopelopia Murray & Fit..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomyia Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassosmittia Strenzke & R..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Trichocladius Schaus, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelia Kieffer , Th..., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 18303SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iberian Peninsula
148 Species
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Boreoheptagyia legeri Goetghebuer, 1933
Brillia pudorosa Cobo, Gonzal..., 1995
Bryophaenocladius ictericus Meigen, 1830
Bryophaenocladius illimbatus Edwards, 1929
Bryophaenocladius subvernealis Edwards, 1929
Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Cardiocladius capucinus Zetterstedt, 1850
Cardiocladius freyi Stora, 1936
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) melaleucus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus annularis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Chironomus plumosus Linnaeus, 1758
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus atripes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Clunio marinus Haliday, 1855
Conchapelopia hittmairorum Michiels & S..., 2002
Corynoneura clavicornis (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Corynoneura coronata Edwards, 1924
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) beckeri Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) nevadensis Casas & Vilc..., 1992
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) similis Goetghebuer, 1921
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) vierriensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cricotopus vitripennis (Meigen accep..., 1818)⇒ Halocladius vitripennis Meigen, 1818
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Diamesa (Diamesa) hamaticornis Kieffer, 1924
Diamesa (Diamesa) hyperborea Holmgren, 1869
Diamesa (Diamesa) lavillei Serra-tosio, 1970
Diamesa (Diamesa) permacra Walker, 1856
Diamesa (Nesodiamesa) alata Stora, 1945
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Eukiefferiella atlantica (Stora, 1936)⇒ Orthocladiinae atlantica Stora, 1936
Eukiefferiella bedmari Vilchez-Quer..., 1987
Eukiefferiella devonica Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella gracei Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella similis Goetghebuer, 1939
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Gymnometriocnemus (Rhaphidocladius) brumalis Edwards, 1929
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Halocladius vitripennis Meigen, 1818
Hydrobaenus cranstoni Langton & Cobo, 1992
Krenosmittia hispanica Wuelker, 1957
Larsia curticalcar Kieffer, 1918
Limnophyes cranstoni Saether, 1990
Limnophyes habilis Walker, 1856
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975Alpine French-honeysuckle
Limnophyes prolongatus (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Limnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Lymnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Lymnophyes minimus Meigen, 1818
Lymnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Lymnophyes pentaplastus Kieffer, 1921
Macropelopia adaucta Kieffer, 1916
Macropelopia nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Metriocnemus (Inermipupa) carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) intergerivus Saether, 1995
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Micropsectra andalusiaca Marcuzzi, 1950
Micropsectra freyi Stora, 1945
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Micropsectra seguyi Casas & Laville, 1990
Micropsectra subletteorum Anderson, St..., 2013
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Monopelopia tenuicalcar Kieffer, 1918
Nomochirus sampelayoi J. Gil Collado, 1926
Orthocladiinae atlantica Stora, 1936
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1908
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivicola Kieffer, 1911Quill fameflower
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) thienemanni Kieffer, 1906Pygmy fameflower
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) oblidens Walker, 1856
Parachaetocladius abnobaeus Wülker, 1959
Parachironomus acutus Goetghebuer, 1936
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Parametriocnemus stylatus Kieffer, 1924
Paraphaenocladius exagitans Johannsen, 1905
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratrichlocladius rufiventris Meigen, 1830
Paratrissocladius excerptus Walker, 1856
Phaenospectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Potthastia gaedii Meigen, 1838
Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus Meigen, 1804
Procladius denticulatus Sublette, 1964
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921Maiden fern
Pseudosmittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) atripes Kieffer, 1913
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) notabilis Caspers, 1987
Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) fuscipes Kieffer, 1909Pygmy fameflower
Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918
Rheotanytarsus pentapoda Kieffer, 1909
Rheotanytarsus ringei Lehmann, 1970
Riethia hamodivisa Cranston, 2019
Smittia aterrima Meigen, 1818Seedling bean midge
Smittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Smittia contingens Walker, 1856
Smittia nudipennis Goetghebuer, 1913
Smittia oratavensis Busk, 1884
Stempellinella reissi Casas & Vilc..., 1991
Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Tanypodinae castellanus Strobl, 1900
Tanypus castellanus (Strobl, 1900)⇒ Tanypodinae castellanus Strobl, 1900
Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963Sulphur mallow
Tanytarsus curticornis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963
Tanytarsus guerlus Roback, 1957
Tanytarsus madeiraensis Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933Marine splash midge
Telmatopelopia nemorum Goetghebuer, 1921
Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856Cut-leaf water-milfoil
Thalassomyia frauenfeldi (Schiner, 1856)⇒ Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856
Thalassosmittia atlantica Stora, 1936
Thienemannia gracei Edwards, 1929
Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Thienemannimyia festiva Meigen, 1838
Trichocladius eusandalum (Kieffer & Ki..., 1916)⇒ Halocladius varians Staeger, 1839
Virgatanytarsus albisutus Santos Abreu, 1918
Zavrelia casasi Ekrem & Stur, 2009
Zavrelimyia barbatipes Kieffer, 1911
Zavrelimyia nubila Meigen, 1830
Zavrelimyia nubilus Meigen, 1830

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Iberian Peninsula
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
19
46
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
32
67
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProdiamesinae
Sæther, 1976
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
13
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTelmatogetoninae
Wirth, 1949
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


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