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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
647
11006
52621
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
643
10985
52537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
613
10885
52243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
8889
45652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1702
7866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
23
501
2321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
172
804
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
147
580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
134
470
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
46
184
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Italy
46 Genera with 184 Species
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Baeotendipes Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Beckidia Kieffer, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Chernovskiia Sæther, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges15SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 17674SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Constempellina Brundin, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 18305SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Fleuria Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18567SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Krenopsectra Reiss, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 190915SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pagastiella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Paralauterborniella Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectra Reiss, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 192112SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 194520SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19708SpeciesTaxom
Robackia Sæther, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19472SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1967Green Midges25SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelia Kieffer , Th..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 18591SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Italy
184 Species
Baeotendipes noctivaga Kieffer, 1911
Beckidia tethys Townes, 1945
Beckidia zabolotzskyi Goetghebuer, 1938
Chernovskiia macrocera Saether, 1977
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915
Chironomus (Chironomus) annularius Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanotus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma viridula (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Cladopelma viridulum Linnaeus, 1767
Cladopelma viridulum Linnaeus, 1767
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) atridorsum Kieffer, 1924
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) mancus Walker, 1856
Constempellina brevicosta Edwards, 1937
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) albofasciatus Staeger, 1839
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) defectus Kieffer, 1913
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) obreptans Walker, 1856
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) supplicans Meigen, 1830
Cryptotendipes holsatus Lenz, 1959
Demicryptochironomus (Demicryptochironomus) vulneratus Zetterstedt, 1838
Dicrotendipes lobiger Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes modestus Say, 1823
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dicrotendipes notatus Meigen, 1818
Dicrotendipes peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924
Dicrotendipes tritomus Kieffer, 1916
Einfeldia carbonaria Meigen, 1804
Einfeldia dissidens Walker, 1856
Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia longipes (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Chironomus dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus dispar (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus lepidus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes lepidus Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Fleuria lacustris Kieffer, 1924
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) imbecilis Walker, 1856
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) viridis Macquart, 1834
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Glyptotendipes gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Glyptotendipes cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes imbecillis (Walker, 1856)⇒ Glyptotendipes imbecilis Walker, 1856
Harnischia angularis Albu & Botna..., 1966
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Harnischia fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
Kiefferulus (Kiefferulus) tendipediformis Goetghebuer, 1921
Krenopsectra fallax Reiss, 1969
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 clastrieri Reiss, 1969
Micropsectra contracta Reiss, 1965
Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Micropsectra notescens Walker, 1856
Micropsectra pharetrophora Fittkau & Reiss, 1999
Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939
Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928Rock polypody
Micropsectra roseiventris Kieffer, 1909
Microtendipes chloris Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Microtendipes tarsalis Walker, 1856
Neozavrelia fuldensis Fitttkau, 1954
Nilothauma brayi Goetghebuer, 1921
Pagastiella orophila Edwards, 1929
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Parachironomus frequens Johannsen, 1905
Parachironomus monochromus (Wulp, 1874)⇒ Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Parachironomus parilis Walker, 1856
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Parachironomus varus Goetghebuer, 1921
Parachironomus vitiosus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paracladopelma camptolabis Kieffer, 1913
Paracladopelma nigritula Goetghebuer, 1942
Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915
Parapsectra nana Meigen, 1818
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus bituberculatus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus confusus (Palmen, 1960)⇒ Paratanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1905
Paratanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1905
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratanytarsus inopertus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus lauterborni Kieffer, 1909
Paratanytarsus mediterraneus Reiss & Saew..., 1981
Paratanytarsus natvigi Goetghebuer, 1933
Paratanytarsus penicillatus Goetghebuer, 1928
Paratanytarsus tenellulus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratendipes nubilus Meigen, 1830
Paratendipes plebeius Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra punctipes Wiedemann, 1817
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nubens Edwards, 1929
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) acutum Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorne Meigen, 1838
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laetum Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830
Polypedilum (Tripodura) acifer Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum (Tripodura) aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum (Tripodura) apfelbecki Strobl, 1900
Polypedilum (Tripodura) bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Tripodura) pullum Zetterstedt, 1838
Polypedilum (Tripodura) quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Polypedilum isocerus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Pseudochironomus prasinatus Staeger, 1839
Rheotanytarsus curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus montanus Lehmann, 1979
Rheotanytarsus muscicola Thienemann, 1929
Rheotanytarsus nigricauda Fittkau, 1960
Rheotanytarsus pentapoda Kieffer, 1909
Rheotanytarsus photophilus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus reissi Lehmann, 1970
Rheotanytarsus ringei Lehmann, 1970
Robackia demeijerei Kruseman, 1933
Robackia pilicauda Saether, 1977
Stempellina bausei Kieffer, 1911
Stempellina subglabripennis Brundin, 1947
Stempellinella brevis Edwards, 1929
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) gibbus Fabricius, 1794
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) ranzii Rossaro, 1982
Stictochironomus pictulus Meigen, 1830
Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830Longbodied cellar spider
Synendotendipes lepidus Meigen, 1830
Tanytarsus apenninicus (Rossaro, 1993)⇒ Rheotanytarsus nigricauda Fittkau, 1960
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 ejuncidus Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus eminulus Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus fimbriatus (Reiss & Fittkau, 1971)⇒ Tanytarsus volgensis Miseiko, 1967
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus gracilentus Holmgren, 1883
Tanytarsus heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923
Tanytarsus horni (Goetghebuer, 1934)⇒ Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus lestagei Goetghebuer, 1922
Tanytarsus lugens (Kieffer, 1916)⇒ Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus miriforceps Kieffer, 1921
Tanytarsus nemorosus Edwards, 1929
Tanytarsus nigricollis Goetghebuer, 1939
Tanytarsus pallidicornis Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947
Tanytarsus signatus Wulp, 1858Clokey's gilia
Tanytarsus sylvaticus van der Wulp, 1859
Tanytarsus usmaensis Pagast, 1931Rough avens
Tanytarsus volgensis Miseiko, 1967
Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Tribelos intextus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Virgatanytarsus albisutus Santos Abreu, 1918
Virgatanytarsus arduennensis Goetghebuer, 1922
Virgatanytarsus triangularis Goetghebuer, 1928
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916
Zavrelia pentatoma Kieffer & Bause, 1913Tusayan fameflower
Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859

Subnodes of Chironominae with occurrences in Italy
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
31
109
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudochironomini
Sæther, 1977
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTanytarsini
Zavrel, 1917
14
74
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Chironominae at dyntaxa.se
Chironominae at itis.gov
Chironominae at marinespecies.org