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Checklist for Genus Chironomus Meigen, 1803 (Non-biting midges)
and region Sweden (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
764
12793
52013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
759
12781
51993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
12594
51549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
466
10609
46529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
123
2221
13275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
29
769
5755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
250
2047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
217
1720
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
191
1481
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChironominae
Newman, 1834
60
569
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeChironomini
Newman, 1834
40
398
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusChironomus
Meigen, 1803
Non-biting midges
136Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sweden
1 Genera with 136 Species
Chironomus Meigen, 1838Non-biting midges137SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sweden
136 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) dilutus Shobanov, Ki..., 1999
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Chaetolabis) macani Freeman, 1948
Chironomus (Chironomus) aberatus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) aberratus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939
Chironomus (Chironomus) acerbus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) acutiventris Wuelker, Rys..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) agilis Shobanov & D..., 1988
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) annularius Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860Pygmy linanthus
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) beljaninae Wuelker, 1991
Chironomus (Chironomus) bernensis Kloetzli, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) borokensis Kerkis, Fili..., 1988
Chironomus (Chironomus) brevidentatus Hirvenoja & ..., 1998
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) clarus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus (Chironomus) coaetaneus Hirvenoja, 1998
Chironomus (Chironomus) commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) entis Shobanov, 1989
Chironomus (Chironomus) esai Wuelker, 1997
Chironomus (Chironomus) fraternus Wuelker, 1991
Chironomus (Chironomus) fundatus Philinkova &..., 1993
Chironomus (Chironomus) heteropilicornis Wuelker, 1996
Chironomus (Chironomus) hyperboreus Staeger, 1845Darlington's glade spurge
Chironomus (Chironomus) inermifrons Pinder, 1978
Chironomus (Chironomus) islandicus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus (Chironomus) jonmartini Lindeberg, 1979
Chironomus (Chironomus) lacunarius Wuelker, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
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) muratensis Ryser, Schol..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) neocorax Wuelker & Bu..., 1983
Chironomus (Chironomus) nigroviridis (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Chironomus dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Chironomus (Chironomus) piger Strenzke, 1956
Chironomus (Chironomus) pilicornis Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) prasinus Meigen, 1804
Chironomus (Chironomus) pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) riihimakiensis Wuelker, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Chironomus) saxatilis Wuelker, Rys..., 1981
Chironomus (Chironomus) sollicitus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus (Chironomus) sororius Wuelker, 1973
Chironomus (Chironomus) staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
Chironomus (Chironomus) striatus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Chironomus) tenuistylus Brundin, 1949
Chironomus (Chironomus) uliginosus (Keyl, 1960)⇒ Chironomus pilicornis Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus (Chironomus) wulkeri Philinkova &..., 1993
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) albipennis (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) albofasciatus (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Cryptochironomus albofasciatus Staeger, 1839
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) carbonarius Meigen, 1804
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) cornea
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) darbyi Sublette, 1960
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) defectus (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Cryptochironomus defectus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) denticulatus (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Cryptochironomus denticulatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dispar (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dissidens (Walker, 1856)⇒ Einfeldia dissidens Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) edwardsi Kruseman, 1933Douglas' spineflower
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) goetghebueri (Spies & Sæther, 2004)⇒ Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) holsatus Lenz, 0
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) impar (Walker, 1856)⇒ Synendotendipes impar Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) improvidus Hirvenoja, 1998
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) intextus Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) krusemani (Goetghebuer, 1935)⇒ Cladopelma krusemani Goetghebuer, 1935
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) lacustris (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) lobiger
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) mendax (Stor” , 1936)⇒ Einfeldia mendax Stora, 1936
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) natchitocheae (Sublette, 1964)⇒ Einfeldia natchitocheae Sublette, 1964
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) neglectus (Kieffer, 1917)⇒ Chironominae neglectus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) nervosus (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) nigronitens (Edwards, 1929)⇒ Cryptotendipes nigronitens Edwards, 1929
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) notatus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Dicrotendipes notatus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) obreptans (Walker, 1856)⇒ Cryptochironomus obreptans Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) oldenbergi
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pagana (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) palaearctica Ashe, 1990
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pectoralis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pflugfelderi Reiss, 1964
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) ploenensis
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pseudomendax Wuelker, 1999
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pseudotener Goetghebuer, 1922
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) psittacinus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Cryptochironomus psittacinus Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pulsus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Dicrotendipes objectans Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) redekei Kruseman, 1933
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) rostratus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Chironomini rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) stackelbergi (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Cryptochironomus stackelbergi Goetghebuer, 1933
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) storai Goetghebuer, 1954
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) supplicans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Cryptochironomus supplicans Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) tendens
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) tritomus (Thienemann &..., 1916)⇒ Dicrotendipes tritomus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) usmaensis (Pagast, 1931)⇒ Cryptotendipes usmaensis Pagast, 1931
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) ussouriensis (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Cryptochironomus ussouriensis Goetghebuer, 1933
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) viridulum Linnaeus, 1767
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Demicryptochironomus vulneratus Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus angustatus Thienemann &..., 1916
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus brevicornis (Kieffer, 1918)⇒ Chironomini brevicornis Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus dahlbomi Zetterstedt, 1860
Chironomus dubius (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Chironominae dubius Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus gracilimus (Zetterstedt, 1855)⇒ Chironominae gracilimus Zetterstedt, 1855
Chironomus halteratus (Zetterstedt, 1855)⇒ Chironominae halteratus Zetterstedt, 1855
Chironomus hirtulus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chironominae hirtulus Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus immundus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Orthocladiinae immundus Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus intersectus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Chironominae intersectus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus larval
Chironomus larval semireductus
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus melanocholicus (Zetterstedt, 1855)⇒ Chironominae melanocholicus Zetterstedt, 1855
Chironomus minutus (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Orthocladiinae minutus Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus pubitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Orthocladiinae pubitarsis Zetterstedt, 1850
Chironomus punctatus Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus scotti Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus sociellus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chironominae sociellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus solicitus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus tenuis (Macquart, 1826)⇒ Chironominae tenuis Macquart, 1826
Chironomus triseta Thienemann &..., 1916
Chironomus virens (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Chironominae virens Gimmerthal, 1847
Chironomus viridis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Glyptotendipes viridis Macquart, 1834


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