Checklist of Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 68
560
1261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 14
98
185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 4
69
133 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
58
94 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 53
80 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
53 Genera with 80 Species
| Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1991 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeochlus Brundin, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Beckidia Kieffer, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1923 | Non-biting midges | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1954 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conchapelopia Fittkau, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1956 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1923 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1957 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Endochironomus Kieffer, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gillotia Kieffer, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harnischia Kieffer, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Knepperia Kieffer, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kribiodorum Kieffer, 2018 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kribiothauma Kieffer, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larsia Fittkau, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nilodosis Kieffer, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nilotanypus Kieffer, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nilothauma Kieffer, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parachironomus Lenz, 1957 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramerina Fittkau, 1962 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratendipes Kieffer, 1957 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1921 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Procladius Skuse, 1935 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1918 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sergentia Kieffer, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1961 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1921 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Synorthocladius Thienemann, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1958 | Green Midges | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1935 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Trichocladius Schaus, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1936 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
80 Species | Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) freemani Harrison, 1978 | | | Ablabesmyia appendiculata Kieffer, 1923 | | | Ablabesmyia rimae Harrison, 1991 | | | Archaeochlus biko Cranston, Ed..., 1987 | | | Beckidia hirsti Freeman, 1957 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914 | | | Chironomus imicola Kieffer, 1913 | | | Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923 | | | Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pseudomancus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Cladotanytarsus lewisi Freeman, 1950 | | | Cladotanytarsus reductus Freeman, 1954 | | | Clinotanypus claripennis Kieffer, 1918 | | | Conchapelopia cygnus Kieffer, 1914 | | | Cricotopus (Cricotopus) albitibia Walker, 1848 | | | Cricotopus obscurus Freeman, 1953 | | | Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus sudanicus Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus verbekei Freeman, 1956 | | | Cryptochironomus lindneri Freeman, 1954 | | | Cryptochironomus longicrus | | | Cryptochironomus neonilicola Freeman, 1957 | | | Cryptochironomus niligenus Kieffer, 1923 | | | Dicrotendipes ealae Freeman, 1957 | | | Dicrotendipes peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924 | | | Dicrotendipes sudanicus Freeman, 1957 | | | Endochironomus disparilis Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Gillotia trifida Freeman, 1957 | | | Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915 | | | Harnischia lacteiforceps Kieffer, 1923 | | | Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911 | | | Kiefferulus disparilis | | | Knepperia gracilis Kieffer, 1908 | | | Kribiodorum kunene Cranston & H..., 2018 | | | Microchironomus lendli Kieffer, 1918 | | | Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955 | | | Nanocladius vitellinus Kieffer, 1913 | | | Nilodorum brevipalpis | | | Nilodosis fusca Kieffer, 1922 | | | Nilotanypus remotissimus | | | Nilothauma pictipenne Kieffer, 1927 | Pygmy fameflower | | Orthocladius bergensis Freeman, 1953 | | | Parachironomus lewisi Freeman, 1957 | | | Parachironomus sinuatus Freeman, 1957 | | | Parachironomus unicalcar Freeman, 1957 | | | Paracladopelma graminicolor Kieffer, 1925 | | | Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915 | | | Paramerina vaillanti Fittkau, 1962 | | | Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929 | | | Paratendipes seydeli Freeman, 1957 | | | Paratrichocladius pretorianus Freeman, 1956 | | | Pentapedilum micra Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) anale Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) micra (Freeman, 1958) | ⇒ Pentapedilum micra Freeman, 1958 | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) abyssiniae Kieffer, 1918 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albosignatum Kieffer, 1925 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bipustulatum Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) longicrus Kieffer, 1921 | | | Procladius brevipetiolatus Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Psectrocladius fusiformis Kieffer, 1929 | | | Rheotanytarsus abonae Kyerematen &..., 2000 | | | Rheotanytarsus fuscus Freeman, 1954 | | | Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918 | | | Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935 | | | Stenochironomus spatuliger Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stenochironomus unicalcar Freeman, 1961 | | | Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus fusiformis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Tanytarsus balateatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Tanytarsus balteatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Tanytarsus trifidus Freeman, 1958 | | | Thienemanniella lineola Freeman, 1953 | | | Thienemanniella safi Lehmann, 1979 | | | Thienemanniella trivittata Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Trichocladius eusandalum (Kieffer & Ki..., 1916) | ⇒ Halocladius varians Staeger, 1839 | | Xenochironomus trisetosus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Xenochironomus ugandae Goetghebuer, 1936 | |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Namibia
 | | Chironomidae (Erichson 1842) |
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