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Checklist for Subfamily Chironominae Newman, 1834
and region Central Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
723
10611
42588
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
718
10598
42553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
658
10447
42222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
422
8586
36828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
2026
10373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
27
667
3914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
193
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
172
898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
132
524
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
43
205
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Europe
43 Genera with 205 Species
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Archistempellina Gika & Zakrz..., 20142SpeciesTaxom
Axarus Roback, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Caladomyia Sawedal, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1922Non-biting midges35SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19298SpeciesTaxom
Corneliola Gika & Zakrz..., 20131SpeciesTaxom
Corynocera Zetterstedt, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Demeijerea Kruseman, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Fleuria Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Kloosia Kruseman, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Lipiniella Shilova, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19229SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 18567SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Pagastiella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 192212SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 192231SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19835SpeciesTaxom
Saetheria Jackson, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19222SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 20144SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1928Green Midges32SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniola Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelia Kieffer , Th..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 18591SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Europe
205 Species
Archistempellina falcifera W. Giłka, 2013
Archistempellina perkovskyi Giłka &..., 2014
Axarus fungorum Albu, 1980
Caladomyia szadziewskii W. Giłka, 2013
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Chironomus) aberratus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) annularius Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) balatonicus Devai, Wuelk..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) bernensis Kloetzli, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) crassimanus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) entis Shobanov, 1989
Chironomus (Chironomus) heterodentatus Konstantinov, 1956
Chironomus (Chironomus) holomelas Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanotus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) muratensis Ryser, Schol..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) nudiventris Ryser, Schol..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) parathummi Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) piger Strenzke, 1956
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) sororius Wuelker, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Chironomus) uliginosus (Keyl, 1960)⇒ Chironomus pilicornis Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus androgyne Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus grandivalva Shilova, 1957
Chironomus subviridis Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus viridellus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus zavreli Kieffer, 1922
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) atridorsum Kieffer, 1924
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) cyrylae Gilka, 2001
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) gedanicus Gilka, 2001
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) mancus Walker, 1856
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) matthei Gilka, 2001
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) nigrovittatus Goetghebuer, 1922
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pallidus Kieffer, 1922
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) vanderwulpi Edwards, 1929
Corneliola avia W. Giłka, 2013
Corynocera ambigua Zetterstedt, 1838Narrowflower flaxflower
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) defectus Kieffer, 1913
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) obreptans Walker, 1856
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus forficula Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus hirticeps Kieffer, 1918
Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Demicryptochironomus (Demicryptochironomus) vulneratus Zetterstedt, 1838
Dicrotendipes fusciforceps Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dicrotendipes notatus Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus impar Walker, 1856
Endochironomus occultus Kieffer, 1922
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Fleuria lacustris Kieffer, 1924
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Glyptotendipes gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Glyptotendipes cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes zavrelianus Kieffer, 1922
Harnischia fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921
Kiefferulus (Kiefferulus) tendipediformis Goetghebuer, 1921
Kloosia pusilla Linnaeus, 1767
Lauterborniella agrayloides Kieffer, 1911
Lipiniella araenicola Shilova, 1961
Microchironomus conjungens Lenz, 1926
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra apposita Walker, 1856
Micropsectra barbatimana Kieffer, 1922
Micropsectra bidentata (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra davigra Gilka & Abra..., 2006
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra notescens Walker, 1856
Micropsectra quadriloba Kieffer, 1922
Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928Rock polypody
Micropsectra rufofasciata Kieffer, 1922
Microtendipes chloris Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes diffinis Edwards, 1929
Microtendipes distalis Kieffer, 1918
Microtendipes lugubris Kieffer, 1921
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Microtendipes rydalensis Edwards, 1929
Microtendipes tarsalis Walker, 1856
Neozavrelia luteola Goetghebuer ..., 1941
Pagastiella orophila Edwards, 1929
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Parachironomus avicularis Kieffer, 1921
Parachironomus frequens Johannsen, 1905
Parachironomus kuzini Shilova, 1969
Parachironomus pallidiventris Kieffer, 1921
Parachironomus parilis Walker, 1856
Parachironomus varus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paracladopelma camptolabis Kieffer, 1913
Paracladopelma nixe Townes, 1945
Paracladopelma viridis Kieffer, 1921
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus bilobatus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Paratanytarsus intricatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratanytarsus bituberculatus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus capucinus Kieffer, 1922
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratanytarsus intricatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus lauterborni Kieffer, 1909
Paratanytarsus pallidus Kieffer, 1922
Paratanytarsus tenuis Meigen, 1830
Paratanytarsus trilobatus Kieffer, 1921
Paratanytarsus unicolor (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Paratanytarsus tenuis Meigen, 1830
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratendipes nigrimanus Kieffer, 1921
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) exsectum Kieffer, 1916
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum Goetghebuer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorne Meigen, 1838
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dudichi Berczik, 1957
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laetum Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Polypedilum albonotatum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum astictum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum crenulosum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum decemmaculatum (Kieffer, 1920)⇒ Polypedilum griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum festivipenne Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum fulgidum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum heptasticum Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum hexastictum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum integrum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum laetipenne Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum obliteratum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum opacum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum tenue Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum tetrastictum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum tristictum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum zavreli Kieffer, 1922
Rheotanytarsus curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus hoffeinsorum Gilka & al., 2016
Rheotanytarsus pentapoda Kieffer, 1909
Rheotanytarsus photophilus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus rhenanus Klink, 1983
Saetheria reissi Jackson, 1977
Stempellina bausei Kieffer, 1911
Stempellina fasciata Kieffer, 1922
Stempellinella brevis Edwards, 1929
Stempellinella electra Gilka & Zakr..., 2015
Stempellinella fibra Gilka & al., 2016
Stempellinella ivanovae Giłka &..., 2014
Stictochironomus maculipennis Meigen, 1818
Stictochironomus sticticus Fabricius, 1781
Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830Longbodied cellar spider
Synendotendipes impar Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus acuminatus Kieffer, 1926
Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus bigibbosus Kieffer, 1921
Tanytarsus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1922
Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963Sulphur mallow
Tanytarsus buchonius Reiss & Fittkau, 1971
Tanytarsus contractipalpis Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus crocota Gilka & al., 2016
Tanytarsus dibranchius Kieffer, 1926
Tanytarsus eminulus Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus excavatus Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus fereci Gilka, 2011
Tanytarsus glabrescens Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus glaesarius Gilka & Zakr..., 2015
Tanytarsus gregarius (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923
Tanytarsus lactescens Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus lestagei Goetghebuer, 1922
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus niger Andersen, 1937
Tanytarsus nigricollis Goetghebuer, 1939
Tanytarsus ocularis Kieffer, 1922
Tanytarsus pallidicornis Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus protogregarius Gilka & Zakr..., 2015
Tanytarsus psiloptera (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini psiloptera Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus serafini W. Giłka, 2010
Tanytarsus setiger Kieffer, 1921
Tanytarsus signatus Wulp, 1858Clokey's gilia
Tanytarsus spinulosus Kieffer, 1926
Tanytarsus sylvaticus van der Wulp, 1859
Tanytarsus usmaensis Pagast, 1931Rough avens
Tanytarsus verralli Goetghebuer, 1928
Thienemanniola ploenensis Kieffer, 1921
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916
Zavrelia pentatoma Kieffer & Bause, 1913Tusayan fameflower
Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859

Subnodes of Chironominae with occurrences in Central Europe
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
28
124
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTanytarsini
Zavrel, 1917
15
81
Genera
Species

Taxom



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