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Checklist for Subfamily Chironominae Newman, 1834
and region Ireland (British Isles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
490
4724
11892
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
487
4717
11885
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
469
4660
11771
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
308
3774
10009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
86
777
2103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
280
916
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
141
543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
128
485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
123
480
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
42
213
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ireland
42 Genera with 213 Species
#CDEGHLMNOPRSTVXZ
Chironomus Meigen, 1856Non-biting midges26SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 17675SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19298SpeciesTaxom
Corynocera Zetterstedt, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 18307SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19299SpeciesTaxom
Graceus Goetghebuer, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 194913SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 18568SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Omisus Townes, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pagastiella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19219SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Paralauterborniella Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 183013SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 193118SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19957SpeciesTaxom
Saetheria Jackson, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19112SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 17814SpeciesTaxom
Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1928Green Midges35SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelia Kieffer , Th..., 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ireland
213 Species
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) bernensis Kloetzli, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) inermifrons Pinder, 1978
Chironomus (Chironomus) lacunarius Wuelker, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Chironominae lugens Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus (Chironomus) luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) nudiventris Ryser, Schol..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Chironomus (Chironomus) piger Strenzke, 1956
Chironomus (Chironomus) pilicornis Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) prasinus Meigen, 1804
Chironomus (Chironomus) pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus chiron Haliday, 1856
Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma goetghebueri Spies & Saether, 2004
Cladopelma krusemani Goetghebuer, 1935
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma viridulum Linnaeus, 1767
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) atridorsum Kieffer, 1924
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) difficilis Brundin, 1947
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) iucundus Hirvenoja, 1962
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) lepidocalcar Krueger, 1938
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) mancus Walker, 1856
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) nigrovittatus Goetghebuer, 1922
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pallidus Kieffer, 1922
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) vanderwulpi Edwards, 1929
Corynocera ambigua Zetterstedt, 1838Narrowflower flaxflower
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) albofasciatus Staeger, 1839
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) denticulatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) obreptans Walker, 1856
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) psittacinus Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) redekei Kruseman, 1933
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) supplicans Meigen, 1830
Cryptotendipes pseudotener Goetghebuer, 1922Eastern marsh fern
Cryptotendipes usmaensis Pagast, 1931
Dicrotendipes lobiger Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dicrotendipes notatus Meigen, 1818
Dicrotendipes pallidicornis Goetghebuer, 1934
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes tritomus Kieffer, 1916
Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) foliicola Contreras-Li..., 1997
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) imbecilis Walker, 1856
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) scirpi Kieffer, 1915
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) viridis Macquart, 1834
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) glaucus Meigen, 1818
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Graceus ambiguus Goetghebuer, 1928
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Harnischia lacustris (Haliday, 1840)⇒ Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Lauterborniella agrayloides Kieffer, 1911
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra apposita Walker, 1856
Micropsectra aristata Pinder, 1976
Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra attenuata Reiss, 1969
Micropsectra bidentata (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra contracta Reiss, 1965
Micropsectra fusca Meigen, 1804
Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindebergi Saewedal, 1976
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Micropsectra notescens Walker, 1856
Micropsectra solitaria Goetghebuer, 1949
Microtendipes britteni Edwards, 1929
Microtendipes chloris Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes confinis Meigen, 1830
Microtendipes diffinis Edwards, 1929
Microtendipes nitidus Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Microtendipes rydalensis Edwards, 1929
Microtendipes tarsalis Walker, 1856
Neozavrelia longappendiculata Albu, 1980
Neozavrelia luteola Goetghebuer ..., 1941
Nilothauma brayi Goetghebuer, 1921
Omisus caledonicus Edwards, 1932
Pagastiella orophila Edwards, 1929
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Parachironomus biannulatus Staeger, 1839
Parachironomus frequens Johannsen, 1905
Parachironomus mauricii Kruseman, 1933
Parachironomus monochromus (Wulp, 1874)⇒ Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Parachironomus parilis Walker, 1856
Parachironomus subalpinus Goetghebuer, 1932
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Parachironomus varus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paracladopelma camptolabis Kieffer, 1913
Paracladopelma laminatum Kieffer, 1921
Paracladopelma nigritulum Goetghebuer, 1942
Paracladopelma nixe Townes, 1945
Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus bituberculatus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus dimorphis Reiss, 1965
Paratanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1905
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratanytarsus inopertus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus intricatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus laetipes Zetterstedt, 1850
Paratanytarsus lauterborni Kieffer, 1909
Paratanytarsus penicillatus Goetghebuer, 1928
Paratanytarsus tenellulus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratanytarsus tenuis Meigen, 1830
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratendipes nudisquama Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes plebeius Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra punctipes Wiedemann, 1817
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nubens Edwards, 1929
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) tritum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum Goetghebuer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) acutum Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorne Meigen, 1838
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) arundineti Goetghebuer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laetum Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830
Polypedilum (Tripodura) aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum (Tripodura) bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Tripodura) pullum Zetterstedt, 1838
Polypedilum (Tripodura) quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Pseudochironomus prasinatus Staeger, 1839
Rheotanytarsus curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus nigricauda Fittkau, 1960
Rheotanytarsus pellucidus Walker, 1848
Rheotanytarsus pentapoda Kieffer, 1909
Rheotanytarsus photophilus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus rhenanus Klink, 1983
Rheotanytarsus rioensis Langton & Ar..., 1995
Saetheria reissi Jackson, 1977
Sergentia coracina Zetterstedt, 1850
Stempellina almi Brundin, 1947
Stempellina bausei Kieffer, 1911
Stempellinella brevis Edwards, 1929
Stempellinella edwardsi Spies & Saether, 2004
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) gibbus Fabricius, 1794
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) hibernicus Edwards, 1929
Stictochironomus maculipennis Meigen, 1818
Stictochironomus pictulus Meigen, 1830
Stictochironomus rosenschoeldi Zetterstedt, 1838
Stictochironomus sticticus Fabricius, 1781
Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830Longbodied cellar spider
Synendotendipes impar Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus aigos Ekrem, Suble..., 2003
Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963Sulphur mallow
Tanytarsus buchonius Reiss & Fittkau, 1971
Tanytarsus chinyensis Goetghebuer, 1934
Tanytarsus curticornis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963
Tanytarsus debilis Meigen, 1830
Tanytarsus excavatus Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus gibbosiceps Kieffer, 1922
Tanytarsus glabrescens Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus gracilentus Holmgren, 1883
Tanytarsus gregarius (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus guerlus Roback, 1957
Tanytarsus heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923
Tanytarsus inaequalis Goetghebuer, 1921
Tanytarsus lactescens Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus lestagei Goetghebuer, 1922
Tanytarsus longitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus lugens (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus medius Reiss & Fittkau, 1971
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus nemorosus Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus niger Andersen, 1937
Tanytarsus palettaris Verneaux, 1969
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Tanytarsus psiloptera (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini psiloptera Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus quadridentatus Brundin, 1947
Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947
Tanytarsus signatus Wulp, 1858Clokey's gilia
Tanytarsus simulans (Lindeberg, 1967)⇒ Tanytarsus telmaticus Lindeberg, 1959
Tanytarsus striatulus Lindeberg, 1976
Tanytarsus sylvaticus van der Wulp, 1859
Tanytarsus telmaticus Lindeberg, 1959
Tanytarsus usmaensis Pagast, 1931Rough avens
Tanytarsus verralli Goetghebuer, 1928
Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Tribelos intextus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Virgatanytarsus arduennensis Goetghebuer, 1922
Virgatanytarsus triangularis Goetghebuer, 1928
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916
Zavrelia pentatoma Kieffer & Bause, 1913Tusayan fameflower

Subnodes of Chironominae with occurrences in Ireland
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
30
126
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudochironomini
Sæther, 1977
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTanytarsini
Zavrel, 1917
11
86
Genera
Species

Taxom



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