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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
12552
43810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
648
12549
43801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
622
12414
43343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
9699
34661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
106
1670
6839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
316
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
104
678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
72
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
51
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
51 Genera with 182 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Calopsectra Kieffer, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Carteria Kieffer, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Chironomini10SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1912Non-biting midges28SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 19406SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipus2SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Epoicocladius Sulc & ZavÍ..., 19841SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipus2SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads4SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Paradentipus1SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipus3SpeciesTaxom
Pelopia Meigen, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Pentaneura Philippi, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 192218SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Prochironomus Kieffer, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Spaniotoma Philippi, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Tanyarsus1SpeciesTaxom
Tanypodinae4SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1938Green Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Tendipes Meigen, 19128SpeciesTaxom
Tendipus9SpeciesTaxom
Trichocladius Schaus, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Trichotanypus Kieffer, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 19401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
182 Species
Ablabesmyia moniliformis Fittkau, 1962
Ablabesmyia pulchripes Kieffer, 1910
Calopsectra formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Calopsectra uraiensis Tokunaga, 1938
Camptocladius despectus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Orthocladiinae despectus Kieffer, 1922
Camptocladius formosanus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Orthocladiinae formosanus Kieffer, 1922
Carteria fulviventris Kieffer, 1921
Carteria lacca (Signoret, 1874)⇒ Kerria lacca lacca Kerr, 1782
Chironomini albicollum Kieffer, 1922
Chironomini anomalus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomini bihamatus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomini concoloripes Kieffer, 1916
Chironomini crucifer Kieffer, 1922
Chironomini formosanus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomini nigrofasciatus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomini nudiforceps Kieffer, 1922
Chironomini striatipennis Kieffer, 1910
Chironomini tristictus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) inermifrons Pinder, 1978
Chironomus anomalus (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Chironomini anomalus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus aurantiacus Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus basitibialis (Tokunaga, 1936)⇒ Chironomus circumdatus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus bihamatus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Chironomini bihamatus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus chlorophorus Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus chlorostolus Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus circumdatus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus crucifer (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Chironomini crucifer Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus dystenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus esakii (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Chironomus crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus formosae Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus formosicola Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus fulviventris (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Pseudochironomus fulviventris Johannsen, 1905
Chironomus glauciventris Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus gracilipes Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus grandilobus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus insolens (Johannsen, 1946)⇒ Chironomus crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus longilobus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus nigerarticulus Tokunaga, 1940
Chironomus prasinellus Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus sauterianus Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus sordidus Kieffer, 1912
Chironomus striatipennis (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini striatipennis Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus takahashii (Tokunaga, 1938)⇒ Stenochironomus takahashii Tokunaga, 1938
Chironomus validus Kieffer, 1912
Cladopelma apicale Kieffer, 1922
Clinotanypus formosae Kieffer, 1916
Clinotanypus immaculatus Kieffer, 1916
Clinotanypus lampronotus Kieffer, 1916
Clunio takahashii Tokunaga, 1938
Cricotopus carbonarius Kieffer, 1922
Cricotopus carnosus Kieffer, 1912
Cricotopus formosanus Kieffer, 1916
Cricotopus nitens Kieffer, 1921
Cricotopus polyannulatus Tokunaga, 1936
Cricotopus taiwanus Tokunaga, 1940
Cryptochironomus lacteipennis (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Parachironomus lacteipennis Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus leucopterus Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus nudiforceps (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Cryptochironomus olivaceus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus petiolatus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus sauteri (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Parachironomus sauteri Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus subroseus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus viridiclava Kieffer, 1922
Dicrotendipes formosanus Kieffer, 1916
Dicrotendipes frontalis Kieffer, 1916
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dicrotendipus formosanus Kieffer, 1916
Dicrotendipus forntalis Kieffer, 1916
Endochironomus pekanus Kieffer, 1916
Epoicocladius chuzeundecimus Sasa, 1984
Glyptotendipes brevilobus Kieffer, 1916
Glyptotendipes formosae Kieffer, 1922
Glyptotendipus brevilobus Kieffer, 1916
Glyptotendipus formosae Kieffer, 1922
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Kiefferulus longilobus Kieffer, 1916Midge
Kiefferulus tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Limnophyes fiscipygma Tokunaga, 1940
Limnophyes fuscipygma Tokunaga, 1940
Limnophyes fuscipygmus Wang, 2000
Micropsectra chlorophila Kieffer, 1922
Micropsectra taiwana Tokunaga, 1939
Micropsectra taiwanus Tokunaga, 1939
Microtendipes dimidiatus Kieffer, 1921
Nilodorum tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Orthocladiinae despectus Kieffer, 1922
Orthocladiinae formosanus Kieffer, 1922
Orthocladiinae multiannulata Tokunaga, 1940
Orthocladiinae takahashi Tokunaga, 1939
Parachironomus formosanus Kieffer, 1922
Parachironomus lacteipennis Kieffer, 1921
Parachironomus sauteri Kieffer, 1921
Paradentipus bifascipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Parakiefferiella tipuliformis Tokunaga, 1940
Paratendipes astictus Kieffer, 1916
Paratendipes bifascipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Paratendipes concoloripes (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Chironomini concoloripes Kieffer, 1916
Paratendipes nigrofasciatus (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Chironomini nigrofasciatus Kieffer, 1916
Paratendipes stictoptera Kieffer, 1922
Paratendipes tristictus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Chironomini tristictus Kieffer, 1922
Paratendipus concoloripes Kieffer, 1916
Paratendipus nigrofasciatus Kieffer, 1916
Paratendipus tristictus Kieffer, 1922
Pelopia gracillima (Kieffer, 1926)⇒ Tanypodinae gracillima Kieffer, 1916
Pentaneura circumdata (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Tanypodinae circumdata Tokunaga, 1940
Pentaneura pleuralis (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Zavrelimyia pleuralis Tokunaga, 1940
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum albicollum (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Chironomini albicollum Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum atrinerve Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum bellipes Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum ciliatum Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum consobrinum Kieffer, 1916
Polypedilum flaviscapus Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum iricolor Kieffer, 1916
Polypedilum leucopterum Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum macrotrichum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum monostictum Kieffer, 1916
Polypedilum nanulus Kieffer, 1916
Polypedilum nudifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum octosema Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum pygmaeum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum sauteri Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum tetrasema Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum unifasciatum Kieffer, 1922
Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926
Pontomyia oceana Tokunaga, 1964Hyssopleaf asphead
Prochironomus atrinervis Kieffer, 1922
Prochironomus formosanus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Chironomini formosanus Kieffer, 1922
Procladius formosanus (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Tanypus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Procladius insularis Kieffer, 1921
Procladius lacteiclava Kieffer, 1922
Procladius transiens Kieffer, 1921
Psectrocladius formosae Kieffer, 1922
Pseudochironomus fulviventris Johannsen, 1905
Rheocricotopus taiwanensis Wang, Yan & Maa, 2004
Rheotanytarsus formosae Kieffer, 1921
Smittia niitakana Tokunaga, 1939
Smittia truncatocaudata Tokunaga, 1939
Spaniotoma multiannulata (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Orthocladiinae multiannulata Tokunaga, 1940
Spaniotoma niitakana (Tokunaga, 1939)⇒ Smittia niitakana Tokunaga, 1939
Spaniotoma takahashi (Tokunaga, 1939)⇒ Orthocladiinae takahashi Tokunaga, 1939
Spaniotoma takahashii Tokunaga, 1939
Spaniotoma tipuliformis (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Parakiefferiella tipuliformis Tokunaga, 1940
Spaniotoma truncatocaudata (Tokunaga, 1939)⇒ Smittia truncatocaudata Tokunaga, 1939
Stenochironomus takahashii Tokunaga, 1938
Tanyarsus formosae Kieffer, 1922
Tanypodinae circumdata Tokunaga, 1940
Tanypodinae fusciclava Kieffer, 1922
Tanypodinae gracillima Kieffer, 1916
Tanypodinae iris Kieffer, 1916
Tanypus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanypus fusciclava (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Tanypodinae fusciclava Kieffer, 1922
Tanypus gracillima Kieffer, 1916
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus taiwanus (Tokunaga, 1939)⇒ Micropsectra taiwanus Tokunaga, 1939
Tanytarsus uraiensis Tokunaga, 1938
Tendipes circumdatus (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Chironomus circumdatus Kieffer, 1916
Tendipes crassiforceps (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Chironomus crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916
Tendipes dystenus (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Chironomus dystenus Kieffer, 1916
Tendipes formosae (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Chironomus formosae Kieffer, 1912
Tendipes longilobus (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Chironomus longilobus Kieffer, 1916
Tendipes pekanus (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Endochironomus pekanus Kieffer, 1916
Tendipes prasinellus (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Chironomus prasinellus Kieffer, 1912
Tendipes validus (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Chironomus validus Kieffer, 1912
Tendipus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Tendipus chlorophorus Kieffer, 1912
Tendipus chlorostolus Kieffer, 1912
Tendipus formosicola Kieffer, 1912
Tendipus glauciventris Kieffer, 1912
Tendipus gracilipes Kieffer, 1916
Tendipus grandilobus Kieffer, 1916
Tendipus pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Tendipus tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Trichocladius formosanus (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Cricotopus formosanus Kieffer, 1916
Trichocladius nitens (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Cricotopus nitens Kieffer, 1921
Trichotanypus insularis (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Procladius insularis Kieffer, 1921
Trichotanypus iris (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Tanypodinae iris Kieffer, 1916
Trichotanypus lacteiclava (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Procladius lacteiclava Kieffer, 1922
Trichotanypus transiens (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Procladius transiens Kieffer, 1921
Zavrelimyia pleuralis Tokunaga, 1940

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Taiwan
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
19
86
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads
11
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPodonominae
Thienemann & Edwards, 1937
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTanypodinae
Skuse, 1889
6
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)
Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)


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