Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 482
6547
17544 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 480
6543
17539 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 464
6450
17312 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 303
5522
15636 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 77
810
2202 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 16
155
502 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 6
98
326 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
86
236 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 66
176 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Zimbabwe
66 Genera with 176 Species #ABCDEGHKLMNPQRSTVXZ
| Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Afrochlus Freeman, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrozavrelia Harrison, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1956 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cantopelopia Roback, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomini | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1923 | Non-biting midges | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysopelopia Harrison, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1954 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conchapelopia Fittkau, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conochironomus Freeman, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Corynoneura Winnertz, 1953 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1956 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1923 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1957 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gillotia Kieffer, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harnischia Kieffer, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harrisonina Freeman, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Krenosmittia Thienemann &..., 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kribiodosis Kieffer, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larsia Fittkau, 0 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limnophyes Eaton, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lunditendipes Harrison, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 1923 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nilotanypus Kieffer, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nilothauma Kieffer, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parachironomus Lenz, 1934 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramerina Fittkau, 1962 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratendipes Kieffer, 1922 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1955 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1936 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Procladius Skuse, 1955 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1955 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Qiniella Wang & Sæth..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1934 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1918 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sergentia Kieffer, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Skusella Freeman, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stelechomyia Reiss, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stempellina Thienemann &..., 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1922 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1921 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tanypus Meigen, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 2004 | Green Midges | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Telmatogeton Schiner, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 1955 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xestotendipes Harrison, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zavreliella Kieffer, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zimbabwe
176 Species and 1 Subspecies | Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) dusoleili Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) freemani Harrison, 1978 | | | Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) pruinosa Harrison, 1978 | | | Ablabesmyia apendiculata | | | Afrochlus harrisoni Freeman, 1964 | | | Afrozavrelia kribiensis Kieffer, 1923 | | | Bryophaenocladius brincki Freeman, 1956 | | | Bryophaenocladius productus Freeman, 1953 | | | Bryophaenocladius ruwenzoriensis Freeman, 1956 | | | Cantopelopia meilloni Freeman, 1955 | | | Cardiocladius africanus Freeman, 1955 | | | Cardiocladius latistilus Freeman, 1956 | | | Chironomini rhodesiae Kieffer, 1924 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911 | | | Chironomus congolensis Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus imicola Kieffer, 1913 | | | Chironomus leucochloris | | | Chironomus leucochlorus Kieffer, 1923 | | | Chironomus linearis Kieffer, 1911 | | | Chironomus peringueyi Kieffer, 1923 | | | Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830) | ⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761 | | Chironomus satchelli Freeman, 1957 | | | Chironomus tetraleucus Kieffer, 1914 | | | Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923 | | | Chrysopelopia corusca Harrison, 1978 | | | Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pseudomancus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Cladotanytarsus lewisi Freeman, 1950 | | | Cladotanytarsus reductus Freeman, 1954 | | | Clinotanypus maculatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Conchapelopia cygnus Kieffer, 1914 | | | Conochironomus acustistilus Freeman, 1955 | | | Conochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955 | | | Corynoneura cristata Freeman, 1953 | | | Corynoneura dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Corynoneura elongata Freeman, 1953 | | | Cricotopus (Cricotopus) albitibia Walker, 1848 | | | Cricotopus bizonatus Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus flavozonatus Freeman, 1953 | | | Cricotopus obscurus Freeman, 1953 | | | Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus sudanicus Freeman, 1956 | | | Cricotopus verbekei Freeman, 1956 | | | Cryptochironomus diceras Kieffer, 1923 | | | Cryptochironomus lindneri Freeman, 1954 | | | Cryptochironomus neonilicola Freeman, 1957 | | | Cryptochironomus niligenus Kieffer, 1923 | | | Demicryptochironomus cinereithorax Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Dicrotendipes cordatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Dicrotendipes fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Dicrotendipes peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924 | | | Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914) | ⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908 | | Dicrotendipes quartuordecimpunctatus | | | Dicrotendipes sudanicus Freeman, 1957 | | | Eukiefferiella clavigera Freeman, 1956 | | | Gillotia trifida Freeman, 1957 | | | Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915 | | | Harrisonina petricola Freeman, 1956 | | | Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911 | | | Krenosmittia brevitarsis Freeman, 1953 | | | Kribiodosis clavigera Kieffer, 1921 | | | Larsia exigua Harrison, 1978 | | | Larsia octomaculata | | | Larsia rutshuruiensis | | | Larsia teesdalei | | | Larsia uniformis | | | Lauterborniella pulchra (Kieffer, 1921) | ⇒ Stelechomyia pulchra | | Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914 | | | Lunditendipes tropicum Harrison, 2000 | | | Microchironomus stilifer Freeman, 1954 | | | Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918 | | | Microtendipes taitae Kieffer, 1913 | | | Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955 | | | Nanocladius vitellinus Kieffer, 1913 | | | Nilodorum brevibucca Kieffer, 1922 | | | Nilodorum brevipalpis | | | Nilodorum fractilobus Kieffer, 1923 | | | Nilotanypus comatus Freeman, 1953 | | | Nilothauma latocaudatum Adam & Saether, 1999 | | | Parachironomus coronatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Parachironomus dewulfianus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Paracladopelma graminicolor Kieffer, 1925 | | | Paracladopelma rhodesianum | | | Paracladopelma rhoedesianum Kieffer, 1923 | | | Parakiefferiella biloba Freeman, 1953 | | | Paramerina interrupta | | | Paramerina nigromarmorata Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Paramerina vaillanti Fittkau, 1962 | | | Parametriocnemus scotti Freeman, 1953 | | | Paraphaenocladius dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929 | | | Paratendipes crosskeyi Freeman, 1956 | | | Paratendipes nubilipennis Freeman, 1957 | | | Paratendipes reidi Freemann, 1957 | | | Paratendipes stictoptera Kieffer, 1922 | | | Paratrichocladius micans Kieffer, 1918 | | | Paratrichocladius pretorianus Freeman, 1956 | | | Pentapedilum anale Freeman, 1954 | | | Pentapedilum calvescens Freeman, 1958 | | | Pentapedilum micra Freeman, 1958 | | | Pentapedilum wittei Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Cerobregma) ramiferum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) anale Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) micra (Freeman, 1958) | ⇒ Pentapedilum micra Freeman, 1958 | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) vittatum (Freeman, 1958) | ⇒ Pentapedilum vittatum Freeman, 1958 | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) wittei Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) abyssiniae Kieffer, 1918 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) alticola Kieffer, 1913 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) annulatipes Kieffer, 1910 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bifalcatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) deletum Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) ephippium Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) fuscipenne (Meigen, 1818) | ⇒ Polypedilum pedestre Meigen, 1830 | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) fuscum Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laterale Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) natalense Kieffer, 1918 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pruina Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) quinqueguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) allansoni Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) tridens Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) tropicum Kieffer, 1913 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) annulatum Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) kibatiense Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Procladius albitalus Freeman, 1955 | | | Procladius brevipetiolatus Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Procladius maculosus Freeman, 1955 | | | Psectrocladius rhodesiae (Kieffer, 1924) | ⇒ Chironomini rhodesiae Kieffer, 1924 | | Psectrocladius viridescens Freeman, 1953 | | | Pseudosmittia conigera Freeman, 1954 | | | Pseudosmittia hamata (Freeman, 1956) | ⇒ Pseudosmittia danconai Marcuzzi, 1947 | | Pseudosmittia hirtella Freeman, 1953 | | | Pseudosmittia rectilobus Freeman, 1955 | | | Qiniella copa Mendes & And..., 2002 | | | Rheocricotopus capensis Freeman, 1953 | | | Rheocricotopus cereofasciatus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Rheotanytarsus angustus | | | Rheotanytarsus fuscus Freeman, 1954 | | | Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918 | | | Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935 | | | Skusella pallidipes Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stelechomyia pulchra | | | Stempellina chambiensis Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Stenochironomus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stenochironomus edwardsi Freeman, 1957 | | | Stenochironomus polychaetus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stenochironomus pustulatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Stenochironomus spatuliger Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stictochironomus bisignatus Kieffer, 1918 | | | Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus festivus imperforatus | | | Stictochironomus fusiformis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Tanypus guttatipennis Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Tanytarsus angustus (Freeman, 1955) | ⇒ Rheotanytarsus angustus | | Tanytarsus aterrimus Freeman, 1954 | | | Tanytarsus balateatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Tanytarsus balteatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Tanytarsus kribiensis Kieffer, 1923 | | | Tanytarsus luctuosus Freeman, 1958 | | | Tanytarsus mcmillani Freeman, 1958 | | | Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954 | | | Tanytarsus spadiceonotatus Freeman, 1958 | | | Tanytarsus zimbabwensis Harrison, 2004 | | | Telmatogeton pacificus Tokunaga, 1935 | Hyssopleaf asphead | | Thienemanniella antennata Freeman, 1953 | | | Thienemanniella lineola Freeman, 1953 | | | Virgatanytarsus aboensis Harrison, 2004 | | | Virgatanytarsus nigricornis Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Virgatanytarsus subreflexens Freeman, 1955 | | | Xenochironomus ugandae Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Xestotendipes sufflavus Harrison, 2000 | | | Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859 | |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
 | | Chironomidae (Erichson 1842) |
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