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Checklist for Subfamily Chironominae Newman, 1834
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
16363
78101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
996
16356
78088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
922
16029
77370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
11801
60222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
134
1925
10783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
40
591
3650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
9
208
1149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
165
729
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
137
336
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
61
188
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
61 Genera with 188 Species
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Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Ainuyusurika Sasa & Shira..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Amberaspinus Evenhuis, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Asiatendipes Hong, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Beifangitendipes Hong, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Benthalia Lipina, 01SpeciesTaxom
Chaititendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1984Non-biting midges11SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Clavicornius Hong, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 20164SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 20057SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Dongbeitendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Eocenitendipes Evenhuis, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Fleuria Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Frutexitendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Furvitendipes Hong, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Fushunitendipes Hong, 19817SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Hamicaudus Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Lacusitendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Latitendipes Hong, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Liaotendipes Hong, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Longicopula Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Longigastrula Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Longipedia Hong, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Maculitendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Manoa1SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19557SpeciesTaxom
Nandeva Wiedenbrug, ..., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Nilodosis Kieffer, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Noditendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Olecryptotendipes Zorina, 20124SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19843SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 043SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Robackia Sæther, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Shangomyia Sæther & Wang, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Sinaspinus Hong, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Skusella Freeman, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Spinitendipes Hong, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 20073SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1984Green Midges32SpeciesTaxom
Tenuigastrulus Hong, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniola Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Xiaomyia Saether & Wang, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Yangitendipes Hong, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelia Kieffer , Th..., 20093SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
188 Species
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Ainuyusurika tuberculata Tokunaga, 19..., 0
Amberaspinus orientales Hong, 1981
Asiatendipes labrosus Hong, 1981
Beifangitendipes limnetes Hong, 1981
Benthalia dissidens
Chaititendipes badius Y. C. Hong, 2002
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus atrifurea Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus browni Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus circumdatus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus enshiensis Wang, 1994
Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga, 1936
Chironomus sinensis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus sinicus Kiknadze, Wa..., 2005
Chironomus sinuosus Guha & Chaud..., 1984
Cladopelma costum Yan & al., 2008
Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladotanytarsus gracilistylus Chaudhuri & ..., 1992
Cladotanytarsus paratridorsum Wang & Guo, 2004
Cladotanytarsus yunnanensis Wang & Zheng, 1990
Clavicornius lobotes Hong, 1981
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) albofasciatus Staeger, 1839
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus maculus Yan & Wang, 2016
Cryptochironomus protuberans Yan & Wang, 2016
Cryptotendipes nodus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Cryptotendipes parallelus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus antennarius Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus concavus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus constrictus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus minus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus pannus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus spatulatus Wang & Zheng, 1994
Demicryptochironomus yui Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dicrotendipes nigrocephalicus Niitsuma, 1995
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dongbeitendipes foliolatus Y. C. Hong, 2002
Endochironomus pekanus Kieffer, 1916
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Eocenitendipes melainus Hong, 1981
Fleuria lacustris Kieffer, 1924
Frutexitendipes dongzhouheensis Y. C. Hong, 2002
Furvitendipes minimus Y. C. Hong, 1974
Fushunitendipes eocenicus Hong, 1981
Fushunitendipes limnetes Hong, 1981
Fushunitendipes lobotes Hong, 1981
Fushunitendipes longipalpulatus Hong, 1981
Fushunitendipes platamodes Hong, 1981
Fushunitendipes trichodes Hong, 1981
Fushunitendipes uracanthodes Hong, 1981
Glyptotendipes tokunagai Sasa, 1979
Hamicaudus osteneus Y. C. Hong, 2002
Harnischia hamata Wang, Zheng ..., 1993
Harnischia longispuria Wang, Zheng ..., 1993
Harnischia turgidula Wang, Zheng ..., 1993
Lacusitendipes latus Y. C. Hong, 2002
Latitendipes platomodes Hong, 1981
Latitendipes wanghuacunensis Y. C. Hong, 2002
Liaotendipes longifemerales Hong, 1981
Longicopula xilutianensis Y. C. Hong, 2002
Longigastrula fushunensis Y. C. Hong, 2002
Longipedia longa Y. C. Hong, 2002
Longipedia pingquanensis Y. C. Hong, 1984
Maculitendipes sinabarius Y. C. Hong, 2002
Manoa xianjuensis Qi & Li, 2017
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra baishanzua Wang, 1995
Micropsectra oberaarensis Stur & Ekrem, 2008
Microtendipes chloris Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes famiefeus Sasa, 1996
Microtendipes labrosus Hong, 1981
Microtendipes longifemerales Hong, 1981
Microtendipes melainus Hong, 1981
Microtendipes shoukomaki Sasa, 1989
Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
Nandeva pudens Gilka & al., 2016
Neozavrelia fengchengensis Wang & Wang, 1996
Neozavrelia oligomera Wang & Zheng, 1990
Nilodosis austrosinensis Hong & Cranston, 2017
Nilothauma acre Adam & Saether, 1999
Nilothauma quatuorlobum Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Noditendipes guchengziensis Y. C. Hong, 2002
Olecryptotendipes arienus Yan & Wang, 2017
Olecryptotendipes exilis Yan, Wang & Bu, 2012
Olecryptotendipes lenzi Zorina, 2001
Olecryptotendipes melasmus Yan, Wang & Bu, 2012
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus paralauterborni Wang & Guo, 2005
Paratanytarsus sinensis Guha & Chaud..., 1984
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) convexum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) leei Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) aequabe Zhang & Wang, 2007
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) alticola Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Polypedilum asakawaense Sasa, 1980
Polypedilum bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue..., 1998
Polypedilum bisetosum Wang, 1995
Polypedilum bispinum Zhang & Wang, 2007
Polypedilum coalitum Zhang & Wang, 2008
Polypedilum cochlearum Zhang & Wang, 2005
Polypedilum cyclus Zhang & Wang, 2005
Polypedilum decematoguttatum Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum depile Zhang & Wang, 2008
Polypedilum enshiense Song & Wang, 2017
Polypedilum exilicaudatum Saether & Su..., 1999
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum hainanense Zhang & Wang, 2008
Polypedilum harteni Andersen & M..., 2010
Polypedilum heberti
Polypedilum henicurum Wang, 1995
Polypedilum japonicum Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum jianfengense Song & Wang, 2017
Polypedilum jii Zhang & Wang, 2005
Polypedilum kamotertium Sasa, 1989
Polypedilum kyotoense Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum lichuanensis Wang, 1994
Polypedilum masudai Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum paraconvictum Yamamoto, Ya..., 2015
Polypedilum paucisetum Zhang & Wang, 2009
Polypedilum shangujuensis Wang, 1994
Polypedilum spathum Zhang & Wang, 2007
Polypedilum surugense Niitsuma, 1992
Polypedilum tigrinum Hashimoto, 1983
Polypedilum tobaseptimum Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990
Polypedilum tsukubaense Sasa, 1979
Polypedilum unifascium Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum yongsanensis
Robackia parallela Yan & Wang, 2006
Shangomyia impectinata Saether & Wang, 1993
Sinaspinus amblopteres Hong, 1981
Sinaspinus stenopteres Hong, 1981
Skusella silingae Tang, 2018
Spinitendipes uracanthodes Hong, 1981
Stempellinella apicula Guo & Wang, 2005
Stempellinella brevilamellae Guo & Wang, 2005
Stempellinella depilisa Guo & Wang, 2007
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) gibbus Fabricius, 1794
Tanytarsus biwatrifurcus Sasa & Kawai, 1987
Tanytarsus desertor Gilka & Paas..., 2007
Tanytarsus eminulus Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus iriolemeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Tanytarsus mcmillani Freeman, 1958
Tanytarsus motosuensis Kawai, 1991
Tanytarsus occultus Brundin, 1949
Tanytarsus okuboi Sasa & Kikuchi, 1986
Tanytarsus oscillans Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus ovatus Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus pectus Guha & Chaud..., 1984
Tanytarsus pollexus Datta, 1991
Tanytarsus shouautumnalis Sasa, 1989
Tanytarsus shoudigitatus Sasa, 1989
Tanytarsus simantoseteus Sasa, Suzuki..., 1998
Tanytarsus simantoteuus Sasa, Suzuki..., 1998
Tanytarsus sinarum (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini sinarum Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus sinuatus Goetghebuer, 1936
Tanytarsus songi Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Tanytarsus takahashii Kawai & Sasa, 1985
Tanytarsus tamaduodecimus Sasa, 1983
Tanytarsus tamagotoi Sasa, 1983
Tanytarsus tamakutibasi Sasa, 1983
Tanytarsus tamaoctavus Sasa, 1980
Tanytarsus tamaundecimus Sasa, 1980
Tanytarsus thaicus Moubayed, 1991
Tanytarsus tongmuensis Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Tanytarsus unagiseptimus Sasa, 1985
Tanytarsus volgensis Miseiko, 1967
Tanytarsus wangi Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Tanytarsus yunosecundus Sasa, 1984
Tenuigastrulus trichodes Hong, 1981
Thienemanniola ploenensis Kieffer, 1921
Xenochironomus canterburyensis Freeman, 1959
Xenochironomus tuberosus Wang, 2000
Xiaomyia aequipedes Saether & Wang, 1993
Yangitendipes longivalvatus Y. C. Hong, 2002
Zavrelia bragremia Guo & Wang, 2007
Zavrelia pentatoma Kieffer & Bause, 1913Tusayan fameflower
Zavrelia sinica Torbjørn & ..., 2009

Subnodes of Chironominae with occurrences in China
TribeAsiatendipini
Hong, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
27
105
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFrutexitendipini
Hong, 2002
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFushunitendipini
Hong, 2002
8
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHamicaudini
Hong, 2002
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLacusitendipini
Hong, 2002
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLongicopulini
Hong, 2002
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudochironomini
Sæther, 1977
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTanytarsini
Zavrel, 1917
9
49
Genera
Species

Taxom



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