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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Kwazulu-Natal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
568
7208
15765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
7204
15757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
537
7075
15500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
343
5723
13134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
998
2437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
211
562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
114
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
95
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kwazulu-Natal
2 Families width 198 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids156SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge42SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kwazulu-Natal
95 Genera with 198 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 05SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Bothamia Meiswinkel, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1914Non-biting midges11SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19544SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Coelotanypus Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 02SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 195613SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1979Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19575SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Fanthamia De Meillon, 19866SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19866SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Kolenohelea De Meillon &..., 19867SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Krenosmittia Thienemann &..., 19531SpeciesTaxom
Kribiothauma Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Lasiohelea Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Lunditendipes Harrison, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19233SpeciesTaxom
Nilotanypus Kieffer, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Notoceratopogon De Meillon &..., 19862SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Pagastiella Brundin, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Paracricotopus Thienemann &..., 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxocladius Harrison, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pentaneura Philippi, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 199815SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Qiniella Wang & Sæth..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 20045SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Stelechomyia Reiss, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19581SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19225SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1958Green Midges6SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Tvetenia Tvetenia, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Zuluchironomus Harrison, 20001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwazulu-Natal
198 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) dusoleili Goetghebuer, 1935
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) freemani Harrison, 1978
Ablabesmyia apendiculata
Ablabesmyia appendiculata Kieffer, 1923
Ablabesmyia meilloni
Alluaudomyia anserina Meillon & Wirth, 1983
Alluaudomyia rudolfi Meillon & Do..., 1986
Atrichopogon hirsutipennis Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Bothamia demeilloni Meiswinkel, 1987
Bryophaenocladius productus Freeman, 1953
Cardiocladius africanus Freeman, 1955
Cardiocladius latistilus Freeman, 1956
Cardiocladius oliffi Freeman, 1956
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus congolensis Goetghebuer, 1936
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus leucochloris
Chironomus leucochlorus Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus peringueyi Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Chironomus tetraleucus Kieffer, 1914
Cladopelma inflexum Freeman, 1957
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pseudomancus Goetghebuer, 1934
Cladotanytarsus capensis Freeman, 1954
Cladotanytarsus lewisi Freeman, 1950
Cladotanytarsus reductus Freeman, 1954
Clinohelea insperata Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Clinotanypus claripennis Kieffer, 1918
Clunio africanus Hesse, 1937American globeflower
Conchapelopia cygnus Kieffer, 1914
Conchapelopia trifascia
Corynoneura dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1935
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) albitibia Walker, 1848
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus bergensis Freeman, 1954
Cricotopus bizonatus Freeman, 1956
Cricotopus dibalteatus Freeman, 1956
Cricotopus flavozonatus Freeman, 1953
Cricotopus harrisoni Freeman, 1956
Cricotopus micans (Kieffer, 1918)⇒ Orthocladiinae micans Kieffer, 1918
Cricotopus obscurus Freeman, 1953
Cricotopus scottae Freeman, 1956
Cricotopus sudanicus Freeman, 1956
Cricotopus unizonatus Harrison, 1992
Cricotopus verbekei Freeman, 1956
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Cryptochironomus lindneri Freeman, 1954
Cryptochironomus nudiforceps (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides stagetus Lee, 1979
Dasyhelea falcata Meillon & Do..., 1986
Dasyhelea fusca Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Dasyhelea philotherma Macfie, 1939
Dasyhelea salta Meillon & Do..., 1986
Demicryptochironomus cinereithorax Goetghebuer, 1934
Dicrotendipes chambiensis Goetghebuer, 1936
Dicrotendipes ealae Freeman, 1957
Dicrotendipes fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922
Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes sudanicus Freeman, 1957
Eukiefferiella clavigera Freeman, 1956
Fanthamia aniculae Meillon & Do..., 1986
Fanthamia draconis Meillon & Do..., 1986
Fanthamia forsteri Meillon & Do..., 1986
Fanthamia gigantulus Meillon & Wirth, 1979
Fanthamia montana Meillon & Do..., 1986
Fanthamia sani Meillon & Do..., 1986
Forcipomyia aenigma Meillon & Do..., 1986
Forcipomyia arcis Debenham, 1987
Forcipomyia brunnea Meillon & Do..., 1986
Forcipomyia campanula Meillon & Do..., 1986
Forcipomyia montana Meillon & Do..., 1986
Forcipomyia stewarti Meillon & Do..., 1986
Halocladius (Halocladius) millenarius Santos Abreu, 1918
Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911
Kolenohelea inusitata Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Kolenohelea jarmilae Meillon & Do..., 1986
Kolenohelea luciae Meillon & Wirth, 1983
Kolenohelea milleri Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Kolenohelea mirabunda Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Kolenohelea mirifica Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Kolenohelea monticola Meillon & Do..., 1986
Krenopelopia binotata Wiedemann, 1817
Krenosmittia brevitarsis Freeman, 1953
Kribiothauma pulchellum Kieffer, 1921
Lauterborniella pulchra (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Stelechomyia pulchra
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Lunditendipes tropicum Harrison, 2000
Mesosmittia nigerrimus
Mesosmittia patrihortae Saether, 1985
Metriocnemus capicola Harrison, 2004
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Microtendipes albus Goetghebuer, 1936
Microtendipes lentiginosus Freeman, 1955
Microtendipes taitae Kieffer, 1913
Nannoodes pseudocistela ♰ A. Handlirsch, 1906
Nanocladius vitellinus Kieffer, 1913
Nilodorum brevibucca Kieffer, 1922
Nilodorum brevipalpe Kieffer, 1918
Nilodorum fractilobus Kieffer, 1923
Nilotanypus comatus Freeman, 1953
Nilothauma harrisoni Adam & Saether, 1999
Notoceratopogon minutus Meillon & Do..., 1986
Notoceratopogon vockerothi Meillon & Do..., 1986
Orthocladius bergensis Freeman, 1953
Palpomyia armigera Meillon & Do..., 1986
Palpomyia oliffi Meillon & Hardy, 1954
Palpomyia plebeiella Grogan & Wirth, 1975
Parachironomus coronatus Kieffer, 1922
Parachironomus lewisi Freeman, 1957
Paracladopelma brincki Freeman, 1957
Paracladopelma graminicolor Kieffer, 1925
Paracladopelma reidi Freeman, 1957
Paradoxocladius mangoldi Harrison, 2000
Parakiefferiella biloba Freeman, 1953
Parakiefferiella ephippium Freeman, 1956
Paramerina nigromarmorata Goetghebuer, 1935
Parametriocnemus scotti Freeman, 1953
Paraphaenocladius dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes reidi Freemann, 1957
Paratrichocladius micans Kieffer, 1918
Paratrissocladius natalensis Freeman, 1956
Pentaneura inconspicua Malloch, 1915
Pentapedilum wittei Freeman, 1955
Phaenobezzia mashonensis Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albosignatum Kieffer, 1925
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) alticola Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) annulatipes Kieffer, 1910
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laterale Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) longicrus Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) natalense Kieffer, 1918
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pruina Freeman, 1954
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) quinqueguttatum Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum (Tripodura) tridens Freeman, 1955
Polypedilum (Tripodura) tropicum Kieffer, 1913
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) annulatum Freeman, 1954
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) kibatiense Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) plautum Oyewo & Saether, 1998
Procladius albitalus Freeman, 1955
Procladius brevipetiolatus Goetghebuer, 1935
Pseudorthocladius similis Freeman, 1953
Pseudosmittia conigera Freeman, 1954
Pseudosmittia hirtella Freeman, 1953
Pseudosmittia rectilobus Freeman, 1955
Qiniella copa Mendes & And..., 2002
Rheocricotopus capensis Freeman, 1953
Rheotanytarsus fuscus Freeman, 1954
Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918
Rheotanytarsus montanus Lehmann, 1979
Rheotanytarsus rioensis Langton & Ar..., 1995
Rheotanytarsus shebelensis Harrison, 2004
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Serromyia silvatica Meillon & Do..., 1986
Serromyia zuluensis Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Smittia atra Freeman, 1954
Stelechomyia pulchra
Stempellina truncata Freeman, 1958
Stempellinella truncata
Stenochironomus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1922
Stenochironomus edwardsi Freeman, 1957
Stenochironomus harrisoni Freeman, 1957
Stenochironomus pustulatus Freeman, 1955
Stenochironomus spatuliger Kieffer, 1922
Stictochironomus bisignatus Kieffer, 1918
Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921
Stictochironomus festivus Kieffer, 1921
Stictochironomus festivus imperforatus
Stictochironomus natalensis Freeman, 1958
Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fulva Meillon & Do..., 1986
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Synorthocladius lobiger Freeman, 1953
Tanypus guttatipennis Goetghebuer, 1935
Tanypus lacustris Kieffer, 1913
Tanytarsus atomarius Kieffer, 1918
Tanytarsus bifurcus Freeman, 1958
Tanytarsus flumineus Harrison, 2004
Tanytarsus minor (Kieffer, 1915)⇒ Stempellinella edwardsi Spies & Saether, 2004
Tanytarsus nigricollis Goetghebuer, 1939
Tanytarsus spadiceonotatus Freeman, 1958
Telmatogeton minor Kieffer, 1914Pygmy fameflower
Telmatogeton sanctipauli Schiner, 1866Cut-leaf water-milfoil
Thienemanniella antennata Freeman, 1953
Thienemanniella lineola Freeman, 1953
Thienemanniella trivittata Goetghebuer, 1935
Thienemannimyia tinctoria Freeman, 1955
Virgatanytarsus aboensis Harrison, 2004
Virgatanytarsus nigricornis Goetghebuer, 1935
Xenochironomus ugandae Goetghebuer, 1936
Zuluchironomus demoori Harrison, 2000

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Kwazulu-Natal
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
18
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
77
156
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Chironomoidea at artfakta.se
Chironomoidea at dyntaxa.se