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Checklist for Tribe Chironomini Newman, 1834
and region Oceania (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
994
29345
172480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
990
29308
172389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
930
28885
170923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
567
22062
142256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
141
3330
25532
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
33
823
9095
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
290
2923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
217
1730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
170
785
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
51
337
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
39
193
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Oceania
39 Genera with 193 Species
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Ainuyusurika Sasa & Shira..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Anuncotendipes Cranston, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Apedilum Townes, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1961Non-biting midges66SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Conochironomus Freeman, 19956SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19646SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 196118SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Harrisius Freeman, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Imparipecten Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19129SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Nandeva Wiedenbrug, ..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19123SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Ophryophorus Freeman, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Paraborniella Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Parvitergum Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Paucispinigera Freeman, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 201646SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Skusella Freeman, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19615SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 1945
0SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Xylochironomus Cranston, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Yama Sublette & M..., 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oceania
193 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ainuyusurika tuberculata Tokunaga, 19..., 0
Anuncotendipes australotropicus Cranston, 1999
Anuncotendipes kakadu Cranston, 1999
Apedilum elachistum Townes, 1945Midge
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) alternans Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) analis Freeman, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) antipodensis Sublette & W..., 1980
Chironomus (Chironomus) arcuatus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) australis Macquart, 1847
Chironomus (Chironomus) bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) cloacalis Atchley & Ma..., 1971
Chironomus (Chironomus) crassicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) duplex Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) entis Shobanov, 1989
Chironomus (Chironomus) forsythi Martin, 1998
Chironomus (Chironomus) hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901Scaly swordfern
Chironomus (Chironomus) imberbis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) januarius Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus (Chironomus) jonmartini Lindeberg, 1979
Chironomus (Chironomus) magnivalva Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) nepeanensis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) nigerilateralis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) occidentalis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) oppositus Walker, 1856
Chironomus oppositus connori Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus oppositus oppositus
Chironomus oppositus tyleri Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus oppositus whitei Martin & Lee, 1984
Chironomus (Chironomus) pervagatus Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumatisetigerus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) praeapicalis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Chironomus (Chironomus) sexipunctatus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) subantarcticus Sublette & W..., 1980
Chironomus (Chironomus) subdolus Skuse, 1889
Chironomus (Chironomus) tenuiventris Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) tepperi Skuse, 1889Rice bloodworm
Chironomus (Chironomus) trifasciatus (Tokunaga, 1964)⇒ Cricotopus trifasciatus Meigen, 1813
Chironomus (Chironomus) zealandicus Hudson, 1892
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) neglectus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae neglectus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus angustus (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Paracladopelma angustum Freeman, 1961
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus australiensis (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Chironomini australiensis Freeman, 1961
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus blandellus (Kieffer, 1906)⇒ Chironominae blandellus Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus chelonia Townes, 1945
Chironomus claggi Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus dissimilis (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae dissimilis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus dolichopelma (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae dolichopelma Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus erimanus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae erimanus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus humilis (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae humilis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus huonensis (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae huonensis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus longilobus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus maddeni Martin & Cra..., 1995
Chironomus microtomus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae microtomus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus pallidiceps (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae pallidiceps Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus pallidiforceps (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae pallidiforceps Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus paratinctus (Martin, 1964)⇒ Kiefferulus paratinctus Martin, 1964
Chironomus pauciplumatus (Hardy, 1960)⇒ Tanytarsini pauciplumatus Hardy, 1960
Chironomus quadrifasciatus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae quadrifasciatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus sydneyensis (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae sydneyensis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus venerabilis R. Etheridge, 1890
Chironomus wirthi (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Cladopelma curtivalva Kieffer, 1917
Conochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955
Conochironomus auctisilus Freeman, 1955
Conochironomus australiensis Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus cervus Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus cygnus Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus kakadu Cranston & Hare, 1995
Cryptochironomus angustus
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Cryptochironomus fulvus Johannsen, 1905Disphyma
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum Kieffer, 1917
Cryptochironomus javae Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus ponapensis Tokunaga, 1964
Dicrotendipes balciunasi Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes bilobatus Kieffer, 1917
Dicrotendipes candidibasis Edwards, 1924
Dicrotendipes conjunctus Walker, 1856
Dicrotendipes cumberlandensis Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes flexus Johannsen, 1932
Dicrotendipes jobetus Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes jonmartini Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes leei Freeman, 1961
Dicrotendipes lindae Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes nocticola Kieffer, 1911
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dicrotendipes pseudoconjunctus Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes sarinae Epler, 1988
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes taylori Freeman, 1961
Dicrotendipes tenuiforceps Kieffer, 1913
Dicrotendipes vitellina Freeman, 1961
Einfeldia australiensis Freeman Freeman, 0
Einfeldia vitellina (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924
Endochironomus palauensis Tokunaga, 1964
Endochironomus tenuicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Goeldichironomus holoprasinus Goeldi, 1905Midge
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Harrisius montanus Skuse, 1889
Harrisius pallidus Freeman, 1959
Imparipecten pictipes Freeman, 1961
Kiefferulus barbitarsis Kieffer, 1911
Kiefferulus calligaster Kieffer, 1911
Kiefferulus cornishi Martin, 1996
Kiefferulus intertinctus Skuse, 1889
Kiefferulus longilobus Kieffer, 1916Midge
Kiefferulus martini Freeman, 1961
Kiefferulus opalensis Forsyth, 1975
Kiefferulus paratinctus Martin, 1964
Kiefferulus tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Lauterborniella fuscoguttata (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
Nandeva fittkaui Cranston, 1999
Nilodorum biroi Kieffer, 1918
Nilodorum tainanum Kieffer, 1912
Nilodorum tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Nilothauma adunatum Adam & Saether, 1999
Nilothauma infissum Adam & Saether, 1999
Ophryophorus ramiferus Freeman, 1959
Paraborniella tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Parachironomus arcuatus Goetghebuer, 1919
Parachironomus cylindricus Freeman, 1959
Parachironomus delinificus Skuse, 1889
Paracladopelma angustum Freeman, 1961
Parvitergum fuscipenne Freeman, 1961
Paucispinigera approximata Freeman, 1959
Pentapedilum nodosum Johannsen, 1932
Phaenopsectra gressitti Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) convexum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) esakii Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) leei Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) palauense Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) trukense Tokunaga, 1940
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorpus Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) alternans Forsyth, 1971
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) canum Freeman, 1959
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) concomitatum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) cumberi Freeman, 1959
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) digitulum Freeman, 1959
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dybasi Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) harrisi Freeman, 1959
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) insulanum Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) lentum Hutton, 1902
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) longicrus Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) luteum Forsyth, 1971
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) medivittatum Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nigribasale Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubiferum Skuse, 1889Midge
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) opimum Hutton, 1902
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) oresitrophum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pavidum Hutton, 1902
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) perturbans Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) ponapense Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) prasiogaster Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) seorsum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) spadix Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) vespertinum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) wirthi Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) yapense Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Tripodura) elongatum Albu, 1980
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum albiceps Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum apicale (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae apicale Kieffer, 1917
Polypedilum australotropicus Cranston, 2000
Polypedilum longilobatus (Tokunaga, 1964)⇒ Stenochironomus longilobatus Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum paranubifer Cranston, 2016
Polypedilum quasinubifer Cranston, 2016
Pontomyia cottoni Womersley, 1937Grand collomia
Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926
Pontomyia oceana Tokunaga, 1964Hyssopleaf asphead
Pontomyia pacifica Tokunaga, 1932Hyssopleaf asphead
Skusella subvittata Skuse, 1889
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) longilobatus Tokunaga, 1964
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1964
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Stenochironomus anomalus (Freeman, 1961)⇒ Chironomini anomalus Kieffer, 1918
Stictochironomus fluviaticus Skuse, 1889
Stictochironomus illawarra Freeman, 1961
Stictochironomus townesi Tokunaga, 1964
Xenochironomus canterburyensis Freeman, 1959
Xylochironomus kakadu Cranston, 2006
Yama tahitiensis Sublette & M..., 1980


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