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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Oriental (Indo-Australian region)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
219
2910
33189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
219
2910
33189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
201
2796
32596
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
151
2429
30765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
42
395
4957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
143
3681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
34
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
25
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
20
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Oriental
20 Genera with 26 Species
Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1936Non-biting midges4SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1968Snow Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19122SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1936Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oriental
26 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga, 1936
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) atridorsum Kieffer, 1924
Clinotanypus crux Wiedemann, 1824
Diamesa loeffleri Reiss, 1968
Dicrotendipes niveicauda Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Einfeldia dissidens Walker, 1856
Endochironomus pekanus Kieffer, 1916
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Kiefferulus tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939
Neozavrelia lindbergi Reiss, 1968
Nilodorum tainanum Kieffer, 1912
Nilodorum tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) convexum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubiferum Skuse, 1889Midge
Stenochironomus nelumbus Tokunaga, 1935
Tanytarsus sinuatus Goetghebuer, 1936
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933Marine splash midge
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Oriental
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
16
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


Links, sources and further information
Chironomidae at artfakta.se
Chironomidae at dyntaxa.se
Chironomidae at gbif.org
Chironomidae at irmng.org
Chironomidae at itis.gov
Chironomidae at marinespecies.org