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Checklist for Tribe Chironomini Newman, 1834
and region Mpumalanga (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
367
3203
5874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
366
3200
5869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
3109
5725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
232
2687
5114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
53
383
698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
80
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
58
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
50
101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
47
100
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
24
55
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
17
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mpumalanga
17 Genera with 43 Species
Chironomus Meigen, 1923Non-biting midges11SpeciesTaxom
Conochironomus Freeman, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 01SpeciesTaxom
Kloosia Kruseman, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Kribiothauma Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Paralauterborniella Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 191311SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19214SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mpumalanga
43 Species and 2 Subspecies
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus imicola Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus linearis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus peringueyi Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Chironomus satchelli Freeman, 1957
Chironomus scotti Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923
Conochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955
Cryptochironomus diceras Kieffer, 1923
Cryptochironomus lindneri Freeman, 1954
Dicrotendipes fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922
Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Harnischia lacteiforceps Kieffer, 1923
Kiefferulus disparilis
Kloosia africana Reiss, 1988
Kribiothauma pulchellum Kieffer, 1921
Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
Nilodorum brevibucca Kieffer, 1922
Nilodorum brevipalpis
Parachironomus acutus Goetghebuer, 1936
Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915
Paratendipes seydeli Freeman, 1957
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) anale Freeman, 1954
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) wittei Freeman, 1955
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) abyssiniae Kieffer, 1918
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) alticola Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) deletum Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) fuscum Freeman, 1954
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) natalense Kieffer, 1918
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tenuitarse Kieffer, 1922
Polypedilum (Tripodura) allansoni Freeman, 1958
Polypedilum (Tripodura) tridens Freeman, 1955
Polypedilum (Tripodura) tropicum Kieffer, 1913
Stenochironomus antennalis Kieffer, 1922
Stenochironomus edwardsi Freeman, 1957
Stenochironomus pustulatus Freeman, 1955
Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921
Stictochironomus festivus festivus
Stictochironomus festivus imperforatus
Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921


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