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Checklist for Subfamily Chironominae Newman, 1834
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
130
2293
12732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
32
607
4295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
238
1602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
170
811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
133
411
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
39
220
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
39 Genera with 220 Species
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Anuncotendipes Cranston, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1961Non-biting midges40SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19735SpeciesTaxom
Conochironomus Freeman, 19956SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 196117SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Harrisius Freeman, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Imparipecten Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19129SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Megacentron Freeman, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Nandeva Wiedenbrug, ..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19123SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Paraborniella Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19617SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Parvitergum Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 201618SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 197312SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 195913SpeciesTaxom
Skusella Freeman, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19732SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19613SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 2000Green Midges47SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Xylochironomus Cranston, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 19179SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
220 Species and 4 Subspecies
Anuncotendipes australotropicus Cranston, 1999
Anuncotendipes kakadu Cranston, 1999
Chironomus (Chironomus) alternans Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) antipodensis Sublette & W..., 1980
Chironomus (Chironomus) arcuatus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) australis Macquart, 1847
Chironomus (Chironomus) bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) cloacalis Atchley & Ma..., 1971
Chironomus (Chironomus) duplex Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) imberbis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) januarius Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus (Chironomus) magnivalva Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) nepeanensis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) occidentalis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) oppositus Walker, 1856
Chironomus oppositus connori Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus oppositus oppositus
Chironomus oppositus tyleri Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus oppositus whitei Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus (Chironomus) pervagatus Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumatisetigerus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) subdolus Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) tenuiventris Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) tepperi Skuse, 1889Rice bloodworm
Chironomus angustus (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Paracladopelma angustum Freeman, 1961
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus australiensis (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Chironomini australiensis Freeman, 1961
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus blandellus (Kieffer, 1906)⇒ Chironominae blandellus Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus chelonia Townes, 1945
Chironomus maddeni Martin & Cra..., 1995
Chironomus microtomus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae microtomus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus paratinctus (Martin, 1964)⇒ Kiefferulus paratinctus Martin, 1964
Chironomus quadrifasciatus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae quadrifasciatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus sydneyensis (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae sydneyensis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus venerabilis R. Etheridge, 1890
Chironomus wirthi (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Cladopelma curtivalva Kieffer, 1917
Cladotanytarsus australomancus Glover, 1973
Cladotanytarsus bilinearis Glover, 1973
Cladotanytarsus furcatus Freeman, 1961
Cladotanytarsus tasmanicus Glover, 1973
Cladotanytarsus unilinearis Glover, 1973
Conochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955
Conochironomus auctisilus Freeman, 1955
Conochironomus australiensis Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus cervus Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus cygnus Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus kakadu Cranston & Hare, 1995
Cryptochironomus angustus
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum Kieffer, 1917
Dicrotendipes balciunasi Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes bilobatus Kieffer, 1917
Dicrotendipes conjunctus Walker, 1856
Dicrotendipes cumberlandensis Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes flexus Johannsen, 1932
Dicrotendipes jobetus Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes jonmartini Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes leei Freeman, 1961
Dicrotendipes lindae Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes nocticola Kieffer, 1911
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dicrotendipes pseudoconjunctus Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes sarinae Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes taylori Freeman, 1961
Dicrotendipes tenuiforceps Kieffer, 1913
Dicrotendipes vitellina Freeman, 1961
Einfeldia australiensis Freeman Freeman, 0
Einfeldia vitellina (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Harrisius montanus Skuse, 1889
Imparipecten pictipes Freeman, 1961
Kiefferulus barbitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Kiefferulus calligaster Kieffer, 1911
Kiefferulus cornishi Martin, 1996
Kiefferulus intertinctus Skuse, 1889
Kiefferulus longilobus Kieffer, 1916Midge
Kiefferulus martini Freeman, 1961
Kiefferulus opalensis Forsyth, 1975
Kiefferulus paratinctus Martin, 1964
Kiefferulus tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Lauterborniella fuscoguttata (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859
Megacentron erebeum Skuse, 1889
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Micropsectra subletteorum Anderson, St..., 2013
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
Nandeva fittkaui Cranston, 1999
Neozavrelia bowmani Cranston, 1998
Neozavrelia optoputealis Cranston, 1998
Nilodorum biroi Kieffer, 1918
Nilodorum tainanum Kieffer, 1912
Nilodorum tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Nilothauma adunatum Adam & Saether, 1999
Nilothauma infissum Adam & Saether, 1999
Paraborniella tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Parachironomus delinificus Skuse, 1889
Paracladopelma angustum Freeman, 1961
Paratanytarsus furvus Glover, 1973
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratanytarsus jefferyi Glover, 1973
Paratanytarsus kathleenae Glover, 1973
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus modicus Skuse, 1889
Paratanytarsus parthenogeneticus Freeman, 1961Earshell slug
Parvitergum fuscipenne Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) convexum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) leei Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubiferum Skuse, 1889Midge
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) oresitrophum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) prasiogaster Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) seorsum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) vespertinum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) wirthi Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum australotropicus Cranston, 2000
Polypedilum paranubifer Cranston, 2016
Polypedilum quasinubifer Cranston, 2016
Pontomyia cottoni Womersley, 1937Grand collomia
Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926
Pontomyia oceana Tokunaga, 1964Hyssopleaf asphead
Pontomyia pacifica Tokunaga, 1932Hyssopleaf asphead
Rheotanytarsus annulatus (Glover, 1973)⇒ Tanytarsus annulatus Glover, 1973
Rheotanytarsus barrengarryensis Cranston, 1997
Rheotanytarsus christinae Glover, 1973
Rheotanytarsus flabellatus Glover, 1973
Rheotanytarsus gloveri Cranston, 1997
Rheotanytarsus johnstoni (Glover, 1973)⇒ Rheotanytarsus trivittatus Johannsen, 1932
Rheotanytarsus juliae Glover, 1973
Rheotanytarsus ogilbyi Skuse, 1889
Rheotanytarsus oss Cranston, 1997
Rheotanytarsus petropholeter Cranston, 1997
Rheotanytarsus trivittatus Johannsen, 1932
Rheotanytarsus underwoodi Glover, 1973
Riethia azeylandica Cranston, 2019
Riethia cinctipes Freeman, 1961
Riethia donedwardi Cranston, 2019
Riethia hamodivisa Cranston, 2019
Riethia kakadu Cranston, 2019
Riethia noongar Cranston, 2019
Riethia paluma Cranston, 2019
Riethia phangari Cranston, 2019
Riethia plumosa Freeman, 1961
Riethia queenslandensis Cranston, 2019
Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917
Riethia wazeylandica Cranston, 2019
Riethia zeylandica Freeman, 1959
Skusella subvittata Skuse, 1889
Stempellina australiensis Freeman, 1961
Stempellina johni Glover, 1973
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Stenochironomus anomalus (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Chironomini anomalus Kieffer, 1918
Stictochironomus fluviaticus Skuse, 1889
Stictochironomus illawarra Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus annulatus Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus aviungulatus Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus barbitarsis Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus belairensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus belmorensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus bispinosus Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus collessi Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus commoni Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus communis (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Tanytarsus inextentus Skuse, 1889
Tanytarsus dostinei Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus edwardi Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus fuscithorax Skuse, 1889
Tanytarsus graniticus Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus guerlus Roback, 1957
Tanytarsus gulungul Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus hardwicki Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus haugheyi Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus humphreyi Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus inextentus Skuse, 1889
Tanytarsus leipae Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus leptogastrus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini leptogastrus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus liepae Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus manleyensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus manlyensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus medumae Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus mendumae Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus micksmithi Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus moruyaensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus neosydneyensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus nichollsi Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus ogilbyi (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rheotanytarsus ogilbyi Skuse, 1889
Tanytarsus palmatus Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus paskevillensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947
Tanytarsus reidi Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus richardsi Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus ricki Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus riedi Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus rieki Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus rosario Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus semibarbitarsus Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus spinosus Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus subinextentus Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus sydneyensis (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Tanytarsini sydneyensis Kieffer, 1917
Tanytarsus wendylee Cranston, 2000
Xenochironomus canterburyensis Freeman, 1959
Xylochironomus kakadu Cranston, 2006
Zavreliella anomalus Freeman, 1961
Zavreliella australiensis Freeman, 1961
Zavreliella blandellus Kieffer, 1906
Zavreliella fuscoguttata (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859
Zavreliella humilis Kieffer, 1917
Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859
Zavreliella microtomus Kieffer, 1917
Zavreliella quadrifasciatus Kieffer, 1917
Zavreliella sydneyensis Kieffer, 1917

Subnodes of Chironominae with occurrences in Australia
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
29
120
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudochironomini
Sæther, 1977
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTanytarsini
Zavrel, 1917
8
86
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Chironominae at artfakta.se
Chironominae at dyntaxa.se
Chironominae at itis.gov
Chironominae at marinespecies.org