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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
5757
13395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
522
5738
13355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5673
13247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
319
4508
10911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
912
2398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
283
800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
114
402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
88
302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
71
185
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Macaronesia
71 Genera with 185 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 17764SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Chironomini1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1918Non-biting midges9SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 18463SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17947SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1945Snow Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Lymnophyes4SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19189SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19195SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Nandeva Wiedenbrug, ..., 1998
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads22SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 191815SpeciesTaxom
Parachaetocladius Wulker, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichlocladius1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 18305SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenospectra1SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19954SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 20006SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tanypodinae4SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsini2SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1918Green Midges7SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Telmatopelopia Murray & Fit..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomyia Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassosmittia Strenzke & R..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Tvetenia Tvetenia, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 18303SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
185 Species
Ablabesmyia pseudornata (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Tanypodinae pseudornata Santos Abreu, 1918
Ablabesmyia rubicundulus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Tanypodinae rubicundulus Santos Abreu, 1918
Ablabesmyia suturalis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Tanypodinae suturalis Santos Abreu, 1918
Ablabesmyia virduliventris (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Tanypodinae virduliventris Santos Abreu, 1918
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Boreoheptagyia legeri Goetghebuer, 1933
Bryophaenocladius cuneiformis Armitage, 1987
Bryophaenocladius illimbatus Edwards, 1929
Bryophaenocladius subvernealis Edwards, 1929
Camptocladius fulviscutellatus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae fulviscutellatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Camptocladius palmensis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Camptocladius punctaticollis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae punctaticollis Santos Abreu, 1918
Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Cardiocladius capucinus Zetterstedt, 1850
Cardiocladius freyi Stora, 1936
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) melaleucus Meigen, 1818
Chironomini leopardinus Santos Abreu, 1918
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
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 leopardinus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Chironomini leopardinus Santos Abreu, 1918
Clunio marinus Haliday, 1855
Corynoneura clavicornis (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Corynoneura coronata Edwards, 1924
Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846Coville's phlox
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) beckeri Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) similis Goetghebuer, 1921
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) vierriensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
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 claripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Eukiefferiella devonica Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella gracei Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella grancanariensis Stora, 1936
Eukiefferiella similis Goetghebuer, 1939
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Gymnometriocnemus (Rhaphidocladius) brumalis Edwards, 1929
Halocladius (Halocladius) millenarius Santos Abreu, 1918
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Halocladius vitripennis Meigen, 1818
Krenopelopia nigropunctata Staeger, 1839
Larsia curticalcar Kieffer, 1918
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
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 nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Metriocnemus (Inermipupa) carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus canariensis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae canariensis Santos Abreu, 1918
Metriocnemus decor (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae decor Santos Abreu, 1918
Metriocnemus hirsutulus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae hirsutulus Santos Abreu, 1918
Metriocnemus lurulentus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae lurulentus Santos Abreu, 1918
Metriocnemus palmensis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae palmensis Santos Abreu, 1918
Metriocnemus sociatus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae sociatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Micropsectra andalusiaca Marcuzzi, 1950
Micropsectra freyi Stora, 1945
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Orthocladiinae articulatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae atlantica Stora, 1936
Orthocladiinae azoricus Stora, 1945
Orthocladiinae canariensis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae decor Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae filipes Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae fulviscutellatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae griseicollis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae hirsutulus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae lineolatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae lurulentus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae multicolor Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae nigrovittatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae ornaticollis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae palmensis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae pseudictericus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae pulchralis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae punctaticollis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae rivalris Strol, 1945
Orthocladiinae sociatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae umbraticus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladiinae vicinus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1908
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivicola Kieffer, 1911Quill fameflower
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivulorum Kieffer, 1909Okanogan fameflower
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) thienemanni Kieffer, 1906Pygmy fameflower
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) dorenus Roback, 1957Cusp clover
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) mallochi Kieffer, 1919
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) oliveri Soponis, 1977Bittersweet
Orthocladius articulatus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae articulatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius filipes (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae filipes Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius griseicollis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae griseicollis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius lineolatus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae lineolatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius pulchralis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae pulchralis Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius rivalris (Strol, 1945)⇒ Orthocladiinae rivalris Strol, 1945
Orthocladius umbraticus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae umbraticus Santos Abreu, 1918
Orthocladius vicinus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae vicinus Santos Abreu, 1918
Parachaetocladius abnobaeus Wülker, 1959
Parachironomus lupus Trivinho-Str..., 2010
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
Paratrichocladius multicolor (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae multicolor Santos Abreu, 1918
Paratrichocladius nigrovittatus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae nigrovittatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Paratrichocladius ornaticollis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Rheocricotopus glabricollis Meigen, 1830
Paratrichocladius pseudictericus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae pseudictericus Santos Abreu, 1918
Paratrichocladius rufiventris Meigen, 1830
Paratrissocladius excerptus Walker, 1856
Phaenospectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) lene Becker, 1908
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus Meigen, 1804
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrocladius insularis Stora, 1945
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921Maiden fern
Pseudosmittia azoricus (Stora, 1945)⇒ Orthocladiinae azoricus Stora, 1945
Pseudosmittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) atripes Kieffer, 1913
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) glabricollis Meigen, 1830
Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918
Rheotanytarsus pentapoda Kieffer, 1909
Rheotanytarsus ringei Lehmann, 1970
Rheotanytarsus rioensis Langton & Ar..., 1995
Smittia aterrima Meigen, 1818Seedling bean midge
Smittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Smittia contingens Walker, 1856
Smittia leucopogon Meigen, 1804
Smittia nudipennis Goetghebuer, 1913
Smittia stercoraria (Rossaro & Le..., 2000)⇒ Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Tanypodinae pseudornata Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanypodinae rubicundulus Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanypodinae suturalis Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanypodinae virduliventris Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanytarsini hiemalis Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanytarsini trilineatus Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963Sulphur mallow
Tanytarsus curticornis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963
Tanytarsus hiemalis (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Tanytarsini hiemalis Santos Abreu, 1918
Tanytarsus inaequalis Goetghebuer, 1921
Tanytarsus madeiraensis Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Tanytarsus riopreto Fittkau & Reiss, 1973
Tanytarsus trilineatus (Santos Abreu, 1918)⇒ Tanytarsini trilineatus Santos Abreu, 1918
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
Thienemanniella xena Roback, 1957
Tvetenia commutata Stora, 1936
Virgatanytarsus albisutus Santos Abreu, 1918
Zavrelimyia barbatipes Kieffer, 1911
Zavrelimyia nubila Meigen, 1830
Zavrelimyia nubilus Meigen, 1830

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Macaronesia
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
19
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
30
111
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
12
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTelmatogetoninae
Wirth, 1949
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


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