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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Scotland (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
496
4542
11076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
494
4539
11073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
470
4461
10920
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
329
3859
9906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
93
966
3269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
286
1057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
85
238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
68
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
56
125
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scotland
56 Genera with 125 Species
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Acamptocladius van der Wulp, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Burmeisteria Salter, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1838Non-biting midges12SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 179411SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1932Snow Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsidia Sæther, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18393SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Himatendipes Tokunaga, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18695SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Nubensia1SpeciesTaxom
Omisus Townes, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 18186SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectra Reiss, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Potthastia Kieffer, 19335SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Prodiamesa Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Protanypus Kieffer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pseudokiefferiella Laurence, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933Green Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19282SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scotland
125 Species
Acamptocladius submontanus Edwards, 1932
Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Brillia modesta (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Brillia bifida Kieffer, 1909
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) dentiforceps Edwards, 1929
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) dissipatus Edwards, 1929
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) perennis Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Chironominae lugens Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus (Chironomus) luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus atripes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus tenuis (Macquart, 1826)⇒ Chironominae tenuis Macquart, 1826
Chironomus viridis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Glyptotendipes viridis Macquart, 1834
Clunio marinus Haliday, 1855
Corynoneura carriana Edwards, 1924
Corynoneura lacustris Edwards, 1924
Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) albiforceps Kieffer, 1916
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) flavocinctus Kieffer, 1924
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) pallidipes Edwards, 1929
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tibialis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Cricotopus reversus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) triannulatus Macquart, 1826
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) trifascia Edwards, 1929
Cricotopus (Isocladius) brevipalpis Kieffer, 1909
Cricotopus (Isocladius) laricomalis Edwards, 1932
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) supplicans Meigen, 1830
Diamesa (Diamesa) bohemani Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Dicrotendipes modestus Say, 1823
Dicrotendipes notatus Meigen, 1818
Edwardsidia philhygra Edwards, 1931
Endochironomus dispar (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus impar Walker, 1856
Eukiefferiella claripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) glaucus Meigen, 1818
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Gymnometriocnemus (Gymnometriocnemus) subnudus Edwards, 1929
Gymnometriocnemus (Rhaphidocladius) brumalis Edwards, 1929
Halocladius (Halocladius) fucicola Edwards, 1926
Halocladius (Halocladius) variabilis Staeger, 1839Marine midge
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Harnischia lacustris (Haliday, 1840)⇒ Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Himatendipes glacies (Tokunaga, 1959)⇒ Tanytarsini glacies Tokunaga, 1959
Limnophyes edwardsi Saether, 1990
Limnophyes pumilio Holmgren, 1869
Macropelopia adaucta Kieffer, 1916
Macropelopia nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Macropelopia notata Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) inopinatus Strenzke, 1950
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) ursinus Holmgren, 1869
Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra bidentata (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra fusca Meigen, 1804
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes chloris Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Nubensia nubens Edwards, 1929
Omisus caledonicus Edwards, 1932
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) gelidus Kieffer, 1922
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) grampianus Edwards, 1933
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) glabripennis Goetghebuer, 1921
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) oblidens Walker, 1856
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) obumbratus Johannsen, 1905Disphyma
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) rubicundus Meigen, 1818
Parachironomus digitalis Edwards, 1929
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paraphaenocladius penerasus Edwards, 1929
Paraphaenocladius pseudirritus Strenzke, 1950
Parapsectra chionophila Edwards, 1933
Parapsectra monticola Edwards, 1929
Parapsectra nana Meigen, 1818
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Parochlus kiefferi Garrett, 1925
Parochlus peregrinus Edwards, 1929
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nubens Edwards, 1929
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830
Potthastia campestris Edwards, 1929
Potthastia gaedii Meigen, 1838
Potthastia longimana (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Potthastia longimanus Kieffer, 1922
Potthastia montium Edwards, 1929
Potthastia pastoris Edwards, 1933
Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus Meigen, 1804
Procladius (Holotanypus) culiciformis Linnaeus, 1767
Prodiamesa olivacea Meigen, 1818
Protanypus morio Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrocladius (Allopsectrocladius) obvius Walker, 1856
Psectrocladius (Allopsectrocladius) platypus Edwards, 1929
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Pseudokiefferiella parva Edwards, 1932
Pseudosmittia scotica Edwards, 1929
Pseudosmittia trilobata Edwards, 1929
Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) fuscipes Kieffer, 1909Pygmy fameflower
Rheocricotopus foveatus Edwards, 1929
Rheocricotopus robacki Beck & Beck, 1964
Smittia aterrima Meigen, 1818Seedling bean midge
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia pratorum Goetghebuer, 1927
Smittia stercoraria (Rossaro & Le..., 2000)⇒ Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Stempellinella brevis Edwards, 1929
Stictochironomus pictulus Meigen, 1830
Stictochironomus sticticus Fabricius, 1781
Tanypus (Tanypus) punctipennis Meigen, 1818
Tanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905)⇒ Paratanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1905
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933Marine splash midge
Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856Cut-leaf water-milfoil
Thienemanniella xena Roback, 1957
Thienemannimyia carnea Fabricius, 1805
Thienemannimyia laeta Meigen, 1818
Thienemannimyia lentiginosa Fries, 1823
Virgatanytarsus reflexens Edwards, 1929
Virgatanytarsus triangularis Goetghebuer, 1928

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Scotland
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
17
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiamesinae
Kieffer, 1922
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
21
56
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPodonominae
Thienemann & Edwards, 1937
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProdiamesinae
Sæther, 1976
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTelmatogetoninae
Wirth, 1949
1
1
Genus
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
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Chironomidae at itis.gov
Chironomidae at marinespecies.org