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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1521
7930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
478
3711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
147
1167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
110
719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
79
455
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
79 Genera with 455 Species
#ABCDEGHIKLMNOPRSTXZ
Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 198313SpeciesTaxom
Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Allotrissocladius Freeman, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Andamanus Maheshwari &..., 20011SpeciesTaxom
Antillocladius Sæther, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Bernhardia Houst. ex Mill., 19921SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 19935SpeciesTaxom
Chironominae1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomini43SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1911Non-biting midges88SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19855SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 191310SpeciesTaxom
Coffmania Hazra & Chau..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Conocladius Kieffer, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 20037SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 19809SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Dactylocladius Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1983Snow Midges7SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 191311SpeciesTaxom
Diplocladius Kieffer, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19917SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19904SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Himatendipes Tokunaga, 19876SpeciesTaxom
Indoaxarus Maheshwari &..., 20011SpeciesTaxom
Indocladius Chaudhuri & ..., 19891SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Kribiocosmus Kieffer, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19132SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 197916SpeciesTaxom
Lindebergia Tuiskunen, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19897SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19122SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads2SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 199111SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Paracricotopus Thienemann &..., 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19794SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19896SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19923SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 199310SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 198127SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19236SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19837SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19943SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalocladius Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19895SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Sympotthastia Pagast, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Tanypodinae3SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 191011SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsini4SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1911Green Midges38SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Tripelma Kieffer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
455 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Ablabesmyia alba Chaudhuri, D..., 1983
Ablabesmyia annandalei Kieffer, 1910
Ablabesmyia ensiceps Chaudhuri, D..., 1983
Ablabesmyia indicus Kieffer, 1910
Ablabesmyia maculitibialis Chaudhuri, D..., 1983
Ablabesmyia oriplanus Kieffer, 1911
Ablabesmyia ornatipes Kieffer, 1910
Ablabesmyia paivai Kieffer, 1910
Ablabesmyia photophilus Kieffer, 1911
Ablabesmyia pulchripes Kieffer, 1910
Ablabesmyia setosicornis Kieffer, 1910
Ablabesmyia transversus Chaudhuri, D..., 1983
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Allotrissocladius acutus Chaudhuri & ..., 1981
Andamanus manii Maheshwari &..., 2001
Antillocladius subnubilus Sinharay & C..., 1979
Bernhardia unispinosa Datta & Chau..., 1992
Brillia kultia Singh, 1958
Camptocladius areuatus Kieffer, 1918
Camptocladius atomus Kieffer, 1918
Camptocladius flavus Kieffer, 1918
Camptocladius gracilipes Kieffer, 1918
Camptocladius monticola Kieffer, 1911
Camptocladius sublaminatus Kieffer, 1918
Camptocladius tritoma (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Orthocladiinae tritoma Kieffer, 1921
Chaetocladius artistylus Bhattacharya..., 1993
Chaetocladius curvatus Bhattacharya..., 1993
Chaetocladius dilatus Bhattacharya..., 1993
Chaetocladius orientalis Chaudhuri & ..., 1982
Chaetocladius tenuiflexus Bhattacharya..., 1993
Chironominae niger Macquart, 1826
Chironomini albiforceps Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini albiscapula Kieffer, 1918
Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini barbatitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini breviforceps Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini callicomus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini calligaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini callinotus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini callithorax Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini camptogaster Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini caunteri Kieffer, 1913
Chironomini clavatipes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini conjungens Kieffer, 1914
Chironomini dolichogaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini filitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini flaviventris Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini forficularis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini graciliforceps Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini lasiochirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini leptochrius Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini leucotarsus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini lobaticeps Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini longicrus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini melanochirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini melanostictus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini niger Hansen, 1881
Chironomini nigriforceps Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini nudipes Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini oriplanus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini pallidum Kieffer, 1913
Chironomini perileucus Kieffer, 1914
Chironomini pictiventris Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini polystictus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini prussicus Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini psilochirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini semiflavus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini seminiger Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini sexpunctatus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini speciosus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini striatipennis Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini tenerrimus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomini vicarius Walker, 1850
Chironomini villis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumatisetigerus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus albiforceps (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini albiforceps Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus albiscapula (Kieffer, 1918)⇒ Chironomini albiscapula Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus anamalipes Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus annandalei Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus aploneurus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus atripes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus atrosignatus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus barbatitarsis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini barbatitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus bharati Singh & Kuls..., 1976
Chironomus breviforceps (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini breviforceps Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus brevistylus Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Chironomus brunetttii Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus callicomus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini callicomus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus calligaster (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini calligaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus callinotus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini callinotus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus callithorax (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini callithorax Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus camptogaster (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini camptogaster Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus choricus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus claggi Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus clavatipes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini clavatipes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus conjungens (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Chironomini conjungens Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus curtitarsis Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus dolichogaster (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini dolichogaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus dolichomerus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus dolichotomus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus erythropterus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus filitarsis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini filitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus flaviventris (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Polypedilum convictum Walker, 1856
Chironomus forficularis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini forficularis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus fortistylus Chaudhuri, D..., 1992
Chironomus glabrimanus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus glabripes Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus graciliforceps (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini graciliforceps Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus grossipes Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus halli Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus heteracerus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus himalayanus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus incertipenis Chaudhuri, 1996
Chironomus lamprathorax Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus lampronotus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus lasiochirus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini lasiochirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus leptochrius (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini leptochrius Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus leucotarsus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini leucotarsus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus lobaticeps (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini lobaticeps Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus longicrus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini longicrus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus longivalvis Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus lucernarum Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus macrogaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus melanochirus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini melanochirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus melanophorus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus melanostictus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini melanostictus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus nepalensis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus niger (Hansen, 1881)⇒ Chironomini niger Hansen, 1881
Chironomus nigriforceps (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini nigriforceps Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus nigromarginatus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus nitidus (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Microtendipes nitidus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus nudipes (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini nudipes Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus oriplanus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini oriplanus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus ornatissimus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus perileucus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Chironomini perileucus Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus pictiventris (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini pictiventris Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus planicollis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus polystictus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini polystictus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus pruninosus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus prussicus (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini prussicus Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus psilochirus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini psilochirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus radialis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus ramosus Chaudhuri, D..., 1992
Chironomus rufescens Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus semiflavus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini semiflavus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus seminiger (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini seminiger Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus sexpunctatus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini sexpunctatus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus speciosus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini speciosus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus stictogaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus striatipennis (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini striatipennis Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus tenerrimus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini tenerrimus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus uttarpadeshensis Singh & Kuls..., 1976
Chironomus validus Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus vicarius (Walker, 1850)⇒ Chironomini vicarius Walker, 1850
Chironomus villis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini villis Kieffer, 1911
Cladopelma kamalanagari Maheshwari &..., 1993
Cladotanytarsus acinatus Datta, Mazum..., 1992
Cladotanytarsus flexus Datta, Mazum..., 1992
Cladotanytarsus fustistylus Datta, Mazum..., 1992
Cladotanytarsus gloveri Chaudhuri & Das, 1988
Cladotanytarsus multispinulus Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Clinotanypus aterrimus Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus crux Wiedemann, 1824
Clinotanypus flavidus Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus fumipennis Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus fuscosignatus Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus jenkinsi Kieffer, 1913
Clinotanypus novempunctatus Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus ornatissimus Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus paivai Kieffer, 1910
Clinotanypus vulgaris Kieffer, 1913
Coffmania adiecta Hazra & Chau..., 2000
Conchapelopia falcistylus Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Conchapelopia telema Roback, 1971Clammy clover
Conocladius flavus (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Orthocladiinae flavus Kieffer, 1910
Corynoneura arctica Kieffer, 1923
Corynoneura carinata Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Corynoneura centromedia Hazra, Nath ..., 2003
Corynoneura chandertali Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Corynoneura incidera Hazra, Nath ..., 2003
Corynoneura lahuli Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Corynoneura nasuticeps Hazra, Nath ..., 2003
Cricotopus (Nostococladius) dentatus Hirvenoja, 1985
Cricotopus adentatus Hirvenoja, 1985
Cricotopus albipes Chaudhuri & ..., 1980
Cricotopus anomalus Kieffer, 1913
Cricotopus ateriarsus Bhattacharyay, 1991
Cricotopus ateritarsus Bhattacharya..., 1991
Cricotopus brunettii Kieffer, 1913
Cricotopus spatulicornis Kieffer, 1911
Cricotopus tenuisetosus Chaudhuri & ..., 1980
Cryptochironomus acuminatus Dutta & Chau..., 1996
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Cryptochironomus bulbosus Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Cryptochironomus calyxus Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Cryptochironomus fuscitarsus Guha & Chaud..., 1979
Cryptochironomus gracilis Dutta & Chau..., 1996
Cryptochironomus judicius Chaudhuri & ..., 1990
Cryptochironomus polius Kieffer, 1911
Dactylocladius calosandalum Kieffer, 1918
Diamesa barraudi Pagast, 1947
Diamesa bicornipes Chaudhuri & ..., 1981
Diamesa cornipes Ghosh & Chau..., 1981
Diamesa dashauhari Singh & Mahe..., 1989
Diamesa edentistyla Bhattacharya..., 1991
Diamesa kasaulica Pagast, 1947
Diamesa tenuescens Serra-tosio, 1983
Dicrotendipes arcistylus Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Dicrotendipes canitibialis Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Dicrotendipes modestus Say, 1823
Dicrotendipes paxillus Guha, Chaudh..., 1982
Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes punctatipennis Kieffer, 1910
Dicrotendipes rajasthani Singh & Kuls..., 1977
Dicrotendipes semiviridis Kieffer, 1911
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes socionotus Guha, Chaudh..., 1982
Dicrotendipes tenuiforceps Kieffer, 1913
Endochironomus ampliceps Dutta, 1994
Endochironomus effusus Dutta, 1994
Eukiefferiella claripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Eukiefferiella debilis Sinharay, Ch..., 1978
Eukiefferiella halvorseni Caspers, 1990
Eukiefferiella lehmanni Bhattacharyay, 1991
Eukiefferiella oryza Chattopadhyay, 1991
Eukiefferiella peculiaris Sinharay, Ch..., 1978
Eukiefferiella saccularis Bhattachryay, 1991
Glyptotendipes melanostolus Kieffer, 1911
Glyptotendipes pilosus Dutta & Chau..., 1995
Glyptotendipes verrucosus Kieffer, 1911
Harnischia atrophus Kieffer, 1913
Harnischia minuta Dutta & Chau..., 1996
Harnischia orissae Kieffer, 1913
Harnischia tenuitubercula Chaudhuri & ..., 1990
Heterotrissocladius chandra Singh, 1958
Heterotrissocladius kuluensis Singh, 1958
Himatendipes chanderi Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Himatendipes chandertalensis Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Himatendipes glacies (Tokunaga, 1959)⇒ Tanytarsini glacies Tokunaga, 1959
Himatendipes himachali Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Himatendipes lahulensis Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Himatendipes spatulata Singh & Mahe..., 1987
Indoaxarus santokhi Maheshwari &..., 2001
Indocladius clivus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Kiefferulus inciderus Chattopadhya..., 1991
Kribiocosmus tumulus Dutta & Chau..., 1995
Lauterborniella agrayloides Kieffer, 1911
Lauterborniella cristata Kieffer, 1913
Limnophyes brevicorpis Chaudhuri, 1987
Limnophyes brevis (Chaudhuri, S..., 1979)⇒ Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Limnophyes distinctigenitalis Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes flavus Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes fuscimarginalis Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limnophyes magnus Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes mediocris Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes montanus (Goetghebuer, 1932)⇒ Limnophyes pentaplastus Kieffer, 1921
Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Limnophyes nigripes Chaudhuri, 1987
Limnophyes pentaplastus Kieffer, 1921
Limnophyes puncticellus Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes saetheri Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Limnophyes schnelli Saether, 1990
Limnophyes uniformis Chaudhuri, S..., 1979
Lindebergia kadamtullaensis Maheshwari &..., 2001
Macropelopia amplituberculata Hazra & Chau..., 2001
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) picipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus aculeatus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Metriocnemus amplispinus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Metriocnemus callinotus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Orthocladiinae callinotus Kieffer, 1911
Metriocnemus longipalpus (Sinharay & C..., 1978)⇒ Metriocnemus picipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus pseudorostratus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Metriocnemus unilinearis Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Microchironomus clarilatus Guha & Chaud..., 1981
Microchironomus oblanceolata Maheshwari &..., 1993
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra candida Chaudhuri & ..., 1991
Micropsectra clava Chaudhuri, G..., 1985
Micropsectra confundendus Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Microtendipes nitidus Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
Nilodorum biroi Kieffer, 1918
Nilodorum tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Orthocladiinae callinotus Kieffer, 1911
Orthocladiinae flavus Kieffer, 1910
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) dorenus Roback, 1957Cusp clover
Orthocladius androgynus Bhattacharyay, 1991
Orthocladius brevipennis Chaudhuri & ..., 1982
Orthocladius bryophila Singh, 1958
Orthocladius corporaali Goetghebuer, 1935
Orthocladius deflectus Bhattacharyay, 1991
Orthocladius nigroplotus Chaudhuri & ..., 1982
Orthocladius novostylus Chaudhuri & ..., 1982
Orthocladius nudus Chaudhuri & ..., 1982
Orthocladius oriplanus Kieffer, 1911
Orthocladius uniradialis Bhattacharyay, 1991
Parachironomus agraensis Maheshwari &..., 1993
Paracladopelma aratra Chaudhuri & ..., 1990
Paracladopelma diutinistyla Dutta & Chau..., 1996
Paracladopelma sacculifera Chaudhuri & ..., 1990
Paracricotopus missilus Chaudhuri & Som, 1998
Parakiefferiella crassispina Mazumdar, Ha..., 1997
Paramerina inficia Chaudhuri & ..., 1985
Paramerina quininficia Chaudhuri & ..., 1985
Parametriocnemus aduncus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Parametriocnemus brundini Sinharay & C..., 1979
Parametriocnemus fusinger Kieffer, 1911
Parametriocnemus subnubilus Sinharay & C..., 1979
Paraphaenocladius albusalatus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Paraphaenocladius croceus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Paraphaenocladius distinctus Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Paraphaenocladius proprius Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Paraphaenocladius trichialis Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Paraphaenocladius triquetrius Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Paratanytarsus albus Chaudhuri, G..., 1985
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus papillatus Datta & Chau..., 1992
Paratendipes caunteri (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Chironomini caunteri Kieffer, 1913
Paratendipes digraphis Kieffer, 1911
Paratendipes ditaenius Kieffer, 1913
Paratendipes dolens Kieffer, 1910
Paratendipes hirsutus Guha & Chaud..., 1985
Paratendipes lahaulensis Singh, 1958
Paratendipes maculipennis Dutta & Chau..., 1996
Paratendipes pelargus Kieffer, 1913
Paratendipes penicilliceps Dutta & Chau..., 1996
Paratendipes unimaculipennis Chattopadhya..., 1993
Paratrichocladius brevicornis Hirvenoja, 1985
Pentapedilum kuluensis Kulshrestha, 1980
Pentapedilum macrotrichium Guha & Chaud..., 1981
Pentapedilum robusticeps Guha & Chaud..., 1981
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) annulatipes Kieffer, 1910
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum albipalpus Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum angustifoceps Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum ascium Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum brumale Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum centisetum Hazra, Mazum..., 2003
Polypedilum chaudhurii Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum circulum Chaudhuri & ..., 1990
Polypedilum convictus Walker, 1856
Polypedilum fasciatipennis Kieffer, 1910
Polypedilum flagellatum Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum insolitum Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum kempi Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum lineatum Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum lucidum Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum milnei Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum nudiceps Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum numerus Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum obscurum Guha & Chaud..., 1982
Polypedilum pseudoflagellatum Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum purimanus Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum rufomarginalis Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Polypedilum scalaenulus Edwards, 1932
Polypedilum tripunctum Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Procladius bifidus Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Procladius bilobatus (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Tanypodinae bilobatus Kieffer, 1913
Procladius brunettii Kieffer, 1911
Procladius duplexus Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Procladius fuscipes Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Procladius vitripennis Edwards, 1923
Psectrocladius flavicollis Kieffer, 1911
Pseudorthocladius prolixistylus Bhattacharya..., 1990
Pseudorthocladius retusus Bhattacharya..., 1990
Rheocricotopus bicornuatus Bhattacharya..., 1991
Rheocricotopus frequens Bhattacharyay, 1991
Rheocricotopus himalayensis Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Rheocricotopus nemoacrostichalis Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Rheocricotopus rarispina Hazra & Chau..., 2004
Rheocricotopus robacki Beck & Beck, 1964
Rheocricotopus valgus Chaudhuri & ..., 1983
Rheotanytarsus madarihatensis Kyerematen, ..., 2000
Rheotanytarsus pellucidus Walker, 1848
Rheotanytarsus tumidus Chaudhuri & ..., 1994
Rhopalocladius himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Smittia avicorneata Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia indica Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Smittia tenuispina Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Smittia unicapitis Chaudhuri & ..., 1989
Stenochironomus longipalpis Kieffer, 1913
Sympotthastia virendri Singh, 1958
Tanypodinae bilobatus Kieffer, 1913
Tanypodinae photophilus Kieffer, 1910
Tanypodinae violaceipennis Kieffer, 1910
Tanypus bilobatus (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Tanypodinae bilobatus Kieffer, 1913
Tanypus grandis Chaudhuri, D..., 1985
Tanypus himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Tanypus lucidus Chaudhuri, D..., 1985
Tanypus macrochaeta Kieffer, 1913
Tanypus microcercus Kieffer, 1910
Tanypus photophilus (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Tanypodinae photophilus Kieffer, 1910
Tanypus riparius Kieffer, 1911
Tanypus saltatrix Kieffer, 1911
Tanypus tenebrosus Chaudhuri, D..., 1985
Tanypus violaceipennis (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Tanypodinae violaceipennis Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsini glacies Tokunaga, 1959
Tanytarsini leptogastrus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsini setosipennis Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsini viridis Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus aigos Ekrem, Suble..., 2003
Tanytarsus argaensis Singh & Kuls..., 1976
Tanytarsus atroxitarsus (Datta, 1991)⇒ Tanytarsus mcmillani Freeman, 1958
Tanytarsus bicornutus Kieffer, 1913
Tanytarsus breviventris Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsus clavatitarsis Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsus cristatus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus cultellus (Datta, 1991)⇒ Tanytarsus oscillans Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus fasciculus Chaudhuri & ..., 1998
Tanytarsus flaviradialis Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus gracilistylus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus indicus Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsus infundibulus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus insulus Mazumdar, 1998
Tanytarsus ipei Maheshwari, 1987
Tanytarsus khandariensis Singh & Kuls..., 1976
Tanytarsus lasiopus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus leptogastrus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini leptogastrus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus macrochirus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus magnituberculus Guha, Das & ..., 1985
Tanytarsus mcmillani Freeman, 1958
Tanytarsus minimus Kieffer, 1924
Tanytarsus monstrosus Chaudhuri, A..., 1992
Tanytarsus oscillans Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus parvistylus (Datta, 1991)⇒ Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus pentatomus Kieffer, 1913
Tanytarsus pilosipennis Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsus piratus Chaudhuri & ..., 1998
Tanytarsus pollexus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus quinspinosus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus rectistylus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus semiglaber Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus setosipennis (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Tanytarsini setosipennis Kieffer, 1910
Tanytarsus sinuatus Goetghebuer, 1936
Tanytarsus ungulituberculata Singh & Kuls..., 1976
Tanytarsus uvus Chaudhuri & ..., 1998
Tanytarsus viridis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini viridis Kieffer, 1911
Thienemanniella xena Roback, 1957
Thienemannimyia tuberculata Chaudhuri & ..., 1987
Tripelma pallidum (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Chironomini pallidum Kieffer, 1913
Xenochironomus lacertus Dutta & Chau..., 1995
Xenochironomus loripes Guha & Chaud..., 1981

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
25
228
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
26
105
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
10
46
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


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