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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
687
11472
52844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
682
11445
52791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
651
11312
52466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
8936
44750
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1584
6428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
23
398
1656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
161
697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
138
531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
110
317
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
32
157
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Near East
32 Genera with 157 Species
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Chironomus Meigen, 1903Non-biting midges33SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19739SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomella Sæther, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 190812SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Neostempellina Reiss, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 20094SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 199226SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19324SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19472SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19893SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1973Green Midges17SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 18593SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Near East
157 Species and 3 Subspecies
Chironomus (Chironomus) alternans Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) australis Macquart, 1847
Chironomus (Chironomus) bernensis Kloetzli, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) cloacalis Atchley & Ma..., 1971
Chironomus (Chironomus) commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) curabilis Belyanina, S..., 1990
Chironomus (Chironomus) duplex Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) nepeanensis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) oppositus Walker, 1856
Chironomus oppositus oppositus
Chironomus oppositus tyleri Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus oppositus whitei Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Chironomus) tepperi Skuse, 1889Rice bloodworm
Chironomus aegyptius Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus angorensis (Kieffer, 1918)⇒ Chironomini angorensis Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus bethsaidae Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus diakonoffi Kruseman, 1949
Chironomus flavicans (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Chironominae flavicans Macquart, 1850
Chironomus flavofasciatus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus galilaeus Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus longitarsis (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Micropsectra longitarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus nadayanus (Kieffer, 1918)⇒ Chironomini nadayanus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus nigrocinctus (Becker, 1903)⇒ Chironomini nigrocinctus Becker, 1903
Chironomus noctuabundus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus nocturnalis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus variotarsatus (Becker, 1903)⇒ Chironomini variotarsatus Becker, 1903
Cladopelma curtivalva Kieffer, 1917
Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pseudomancus Goetghebuer, 1934
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) vanderwulpi Edwards, 1929
Cladotanytarsus aegyptius Ghonaim, Ali..., 2005
Cladotanytarsus australomancus Glover, 1973
Cladotanytarsus bilinearis Glover, 1973
Cladotanytarsus lewisi Freeman, 1950
Cladotanytarsus omanensis Cranston, 1989
Cladotanytarsus sagittifer Gilka, 2009
Cladotanytarsus unilinearis Glover, 1973
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) obreptans Walker, 1856
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) supplicans Meigen, 1830
Cryptochironomus incisus Kruseman, 1949
Cryptochironomus nilogenes Kieffer, 1925
Cryptotendipes acalcar Reiss, 1990
Cryptotendipes pseudotener Goetghebuer, 1922Eastern marsh fern
Cyphomella camelus Kieffer, 1925
Demicryptochironomus schachti Reiss, 1988
Dicrotendipes fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922
Dicrotendipes gilkai Andersen & M..., 2010
Dicrotendipes jonmartini Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dicrotendipes nilophilus Kieffer, 1925
Dicrotendipes nitididorsum Kieffer, 1925
Dicrotendipes nocticola Kieffer, 1911
Dicrotendipes pallidicornis Goetghebuer, 1934
Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes pseudoconjunctus Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes quaturodecimpunctatus Goetghebuer, 1936
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Harnischia fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
Harnischia quadricincta Goetghebuer, 1934
Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Microchironomus lendli Kieffer, 1918
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra angorensis Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra atrofasciata Kieffer, 1911
Micropsectra longitarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Micropsectra notescens Walker, 1856
Neostempellina pilosa Reiss, 1987
Neozavrelia nudalus Cranston, 1989
Neozavrelia saudiarabica Cranston, 1989
Nilodorum brevibucca Kieffer, 1922
Parachironomus aculeatus Kieffer, 1921
Parachironomus acutus Goetghebuer, 1936
Parachironomus parilis Walker, 1856
Paracladopelma camptolabis Kieffer, 1913
Paracladopelma graminicolor Kieffer, 1925
Paratanytarsus bituberculatus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus kathleenae Glover, 1973
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus praecellens Gilka, 2009
Paratendipes nudisquama Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes striatus Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) leei Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albosignatum Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laterale Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) quinqueguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) subovatum Freeman, 1958
Polypedilum (Tripodura) aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum (Tripodura) malickianum Cranston, 1989
Polypedilum (Tripodura) tridens Freeman, 1955
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) kibatiense Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum anjarum Moubayed, 1989
Polypedilum bifurcatum Cranston, 1989
Polypedilum buettikeri Cranston, 1989
Polypedilum czernyi Vimmer, 1934
Polypedilum genesareth Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum harteni Andersen & M..., 2010
Polypedilum longisetum Moubayed, 1992
Polypedilum marsafae Ghonaim, Ali..., 2005
Polypedilum pseudamoenum Moubayed, 1992
Polypedilum pseudoscalaenum Vimmer, 1934
Polypedilum sate Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum sidoniensis Moubayed, 1989
Polypedilum tiberiadis Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum yammounei Moubayed, 1992
Pontomyia cottoni Womersley, 1937Grand collomia
Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926
Rheotanytarsus curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Rheotanytarsus flabellatus Glover, 1973
Rheotanytarsus juliae Glover, 1973
Rheotanytarsus trivittatus Johannsen, 1932
Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Stempellina johni Glover, 1973
Stempellina subglabripennis Brundin, 1947
Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921
Stictochironomus maculipennis Meigen, 1818
Stictochironomus reissi Cranston, 1989
Tanytarsus barbitarsis Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus belairensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus bispinosus Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus ciliatus Kieffer, 1918
Tanytarsus dollfusi Goetghebuer, 1938
Tanytarsus itsae Ghonaim, 2005
Tanytarsus neosydneyensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus nilicola Kieffer, 1923
Tanytarsus nimar Cranston, 1989
Tanytarsus nocticola Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus nocturnus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsini nocturnus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus palmatus Freeman, 1961
Tanytarsus parcepilosus Kieffer, 1918
Tanytarsus paskevillensis Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Tanytarsus semibarbitarsus Glover, 1973
Tanytarsus subinextentus Glover, 1973
Virgatanytarsus arduennensis Goetghebuer, 1922
Virgatanytarsus hulensis Kugler, 1973
Virgatanytarsus nigricornis Goetghebuer, 1935
Virgatanytarsus subreflexens Freeman, 1955
Xenochironomus canterburyensis Freeman, 1959
Zavreliella anomalus Freeman, 1961
Zavreliella australiensis Freeman, 1961
Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859

Subnodes of Chironominae with occurrences in Near East
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
21
106
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudochironomini
Sæther, 1977
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTanytarsini
Zavrel, 1917
10
50
Genera
Species

Taxom



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