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Checklist for Tribe Chironomini Newman, 1834
and region Germany (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
876
10995
42130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
871
10984
42109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
774
10682
41391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
450
8597
35712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
117
1883
8990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
30
706
4164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
244
1450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
202
1256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
167
1032
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
51
417
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
35
257
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Germany
35 Genera with 257 Species
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Axarus Roback, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Camptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirs..., 19901SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1924Non-biting midges98SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 192415SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Demeijerea Kruseman, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 19246SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 177511SpeciesTaxom
Fleuria Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 191125SpeciesTaxom
Graceus Goetghebuer, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Kloosia Kruseman, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Lipiniella Shilova, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 183010SpeciesTaxom
Pagastiella Brundin, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19424SpeciesTaxom
Paralauterborniella Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19295SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 191328SpeciesTaxom
Saetheria Jackson, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
257 Species and 1 Subspecies
Axarus festivus Say, 1823Indigobush
Carbochironomus improvisus Reiss & Kirs..., 1990
Chironomus (Chironomus) acutiventris Wuelker, Rys..., 1983
Chironomus acutiventris acutiventris
Chironomus (Chironomus) annularius Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) bernensis Kloetzli, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Chironominae lugens Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus (Chironomus) luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanotus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) nudiventris Ryser, Schol..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) pilicornis Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) striatus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) carbonarius Meigen, 1804
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) lacustris (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Chironomus affinis (Wiedemann, 1817)⇒ Paratanytarsus tenuis Meigen, 1830
Chironomus albidus (Konstantinov, 1956)⇒ Polypedilum convictum Walker, 1856
Chironomus albipes (Miegen, 1830)⇒ Tanytarsini albipes Miegen, 1830
Chironomus albolineatus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Metriocnemus albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus anticus (Walker, 1848)⇒ Microchironomus anticus Walker, 1848
Chironomus antiquus C. von Heyden, 1859
Chironomus atripes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus balticus (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus bavaricus (Wulker & Ryser, 1983)⇒ Cryptochironomus bavaricus Goetghebuer, 1939
Chironomus bicolor (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Nanocladius dichromus Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus bicornutus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus bilineatus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus bincus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus binodulus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus bituminosus von Heyden, 1870
Chironomus carbonaria (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Einfeldia carbonaria Meigen, 1804
Chironomus citrinellus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus clarinervis Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus confinis (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Microtendipes confinis Meigen, 1830
Chironomus corax Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus decrepitus von Heyden, 1870
Chironomus denigrator (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Chironominae denigrator Meigen, 1838
Chironomus denigratus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus dimidiatus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Tanytarsini dimidiatus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus distans Kieffer, 1909
Chironomus dorminans Heyden, 1870
Chironomus elatior Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus fascipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Stenochironomus fascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus flabellatus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Chironomini flabellatus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus fuscipennis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus fusiformis Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus gaudini O. Heer, 1865
Chironomus hirtimanus Kieffer & Th..., 1908
Chironomus indulgens Meigen, 1838
Chironomus intersectus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Chironominae intersectus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus laminatus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus lenzi Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus leucura (Kieffer, 1915)⇒ Chironomini leucura Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus lineatus (Say, 1823)⇒ Axarus festivus Say, 1823
Chironomus longimanus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Chironominae longimanus Meigen, 1830
Chironomus longipes (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Chironomus dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus melanopus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus nitidus (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Microtendipes nitidus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus niveipennis (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Chironomus pilicornis Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus niveipes (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Chironominae niveipes Zetterstedt, 1850
Chironomus nympha Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus obsoletus Heer, 1849
Chironomus ochrocoma Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus oeningensis O. Heer, 1849
Chironomus palaemon von Heyden, 1870
Chironomus pedestris (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Polypedilum pedestre Meigen, 1830
Chironomus percurrens Kieffer, 1909
Chironomus ploenesis Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus proximus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Orthocladiinae proximus Meigen, 1830
Chironomus punctatus Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus pusio (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Orthocladiinae pusio Meigen, 1830
Chironomus rectilobus Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus restrictus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus rivularis (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Chironominae rivularis Meigen, 1838
Chironomus rusticus Meigen, 1835
Chironomus scriptus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Orthocladiinae scriptus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus sordidatus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus stricticornis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus subrectus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus sulphuricollis (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Chironomini sulphuricollis Meigen, 1830
Chironomus tenuis (Macquart, 1826)⇒ Chironominae tenuis Macquart, 1826
Chironomus thoracicus (Wiedemann, 1818)⇒ Chironominae thoracicus Wiedemann, 1818
Chironomus thummi (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804
Chironomus venosus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Chironominae venosus Meigen, 1830
Chironomus vernus (Miegen, 1818)⇒ Orthocladiinae vernus Miegen, 1818
Chironomus vulpes Kieffer, 1924
Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma goetghebueri Spies & Saether, 2004
Cladopelma laccophila Kieffer, 1922
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) albofasciatus Staeger, 1839
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) defectus Kieffer, 1913
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) obreptans Walker, 1856
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) psittacinus Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) supplicans Meigen, 1830
Cryptochironomus angularis Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus bavaricus Goetghebuer, 1939
Cryptochironomus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus coarctatus Kieffer, 1911
Cryptochironomus defectiforceps Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus dimidiatus Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus inornatus Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus longimanus Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus tricolor Kieffer, 1924
Cryptotendipes holsatus Lenz, 1959
Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Demicryptochironomus (Demicryptochironomus) vulneratus Zetterstedt, 1838
Demicryptochironomus (Irmakia) neglectus Reiss, 1988
Dicrotendipes lobiger Kieffer, 1921
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dicrotendipes notatus Meigen, 1818
Dicrotendipes truncatus Kieffer, 1922
Einfeldia carbonaria Meigen, 1804
Einfeldia dissidens Walker, 1856
Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia longipes (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Chironomus dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Einfeldia pectoralis Kieffer, 1924
Endochironomus abranchius Kieffer, 1913
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus cognatus Kieffer, 1909
Endochironomus dispar (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus lepidus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes lepidus Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus leucolabis Kieffer, 1915
Endochironomus longiclava Kieffer, 1913
Endochironomus nervicola Kieffer, 1913
Endochironomus scripicola Kieffer, 1913
Endochironomus signaticornis Kieffer, 1913
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Fleuria lacustris Kieffer, 1924
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) aequalis Kieffer, 1922
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) anomalus Kieffer, 1924
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) caulicola Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) imbecilis Walker, 1856
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) viridis Macquart, 1834
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) caulicola Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) ospeli Contreras-Li..., 1999
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Glyptotendipes (Heynotendipes) signatus Kieffer, 1909
Glyptotendipes (Phytotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Phytotendipes) cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes (Phytotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Phytotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Glyptotendipes (Trichotendipes) signatus Kieffer, 1909
Glyptotendipes corticicola Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes discolor (Kieffer, 1926)⇒ Glyptotendipes cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes flavimanus Meigen, 1830
Glyptotendipes gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Glyptotendipes cauliginellus Kieffer, 1913
Glyptotendipes imbecillis (Walker, 1856)⇒ Glyptotendipes imbecilis Walker, 1856
Glyptotendipes imicola Kieffer, 1926
Glyptotendipes latifrons Kieffer, 1924
Glyptotendipes melanosema Kieffer, 1911
Graceus ambiguus Goetghebuer, 1928
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Harnischia fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
Kiefferulus (Kiefferulus) tendipediformis Goetghebuer, 1921
Kloosia pusilla Linnaeus, 1767
Kloosia pusillus Linnaeus, 1767
Lipiniella araenicola Shilova, 1961
Microchironomus anticus Walker, 1848
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Microchironomus magnifrons Kieffer, 1926
Microchironomus superatus Kieffer, 1922
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Microtendipes anticus Walker, 1848
Microtendipes chloris Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes confinis Meigen, 1830
Microtendipes lividus Meigen, 1830
Microtendipes microsandulum Kieffer, 1915
Microtendipes nitidus Meigen, 1818
Microtendipes obscurus Meigen, 1804
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Microtendipes urbanus Kieffer, 1911
Microtendipes vagans Meigen, 1830
Pagastiella orophila Edwards, 1929
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Parachironomus biannulatus Staeger, 1839
Parachironomus cryptotomus Kieffer, 1915
Parachironomus frequens Johannsen, 1905
Parachironomus luctuosus Kieffer, 1926
Parachironomus mauricii Kruseman, 1933
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Parachironomus transversalis Kieffer, 1922
Paracladopelma camptolabis Kieffer, 1913
Paracladopelma laminata (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Paracladopelma laminatum Kieffer, 1921
Paracladopelma laminatum Kieffer, 1921
Paracladopelma nigritula Goetghebuer, 1942
Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratendipes albitibia Kieffer, 1922
Paratendipes hexatomus Kieffer, 1921
Paratendipes nubilus Meigen, 1830
Paratendipes nudisquama Edwards, 1929
Phaenopsectra albiventris Kieffer, 1922
Phaenopsectra connectens Kieffer & Th..., 1908
Phaenopsectra ellipsoidalis Kieffer, 1911
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Phaenopsectra punctipes Wiedemann, 1817
Phaenopsectra superatum Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) hirtiforceps Kieffer, 1926
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) tritum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) uncinatum Goetghebuer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorne Meigen, 1838
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) arundineti Goetghebuer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laetum Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830
Polypedilum (Tripodura) acifer Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum (Tripodura) bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Polypedilum dubium Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum fodiens Kieffer, 1916
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum heptatomum Kieffer, 1920
Polypedilum hirtimanum Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum iridis Kieffer, 1911
Polypedilum johannseni Sublette & S..., 1973
Polypedilum majus Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum nudimanum Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum ploenense Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum quadrifarium Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum scutellare Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum sparganii Kieffer, 1913
Sergentia baueri Wuelker, Kik..., 1999
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Stenochironomus (Petalopholeus) fascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) flexiliis
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) gibbus Fabricius, 1794
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) hibernicus Edwards, 1929
Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906
Stictochironomus maculipennis Meigen, 1818
Stictochironomus pictulus Meigen, 1830
Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830Longbodied cellar spider
Synendotendipes lepidus Meigen, 1830
Tribelos intextus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916


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