# Chironomini

Chironomini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

## Genera & species

* Genus Apedilum Townes, 1945
** A. elachistus Townes, 1945
** A. subcinctum Townes, 1945
* Genus Axarus Roback 1980
** A. dorneri (Malloch, 1915)
** A. festivus Say, 1823
** A. rogersi (Beck and Beck, 1958)
** A. scopula (Townes, 1945)
** A. taenionotus (Say, 1829)
* Genus Baeotendipes Kieffer, 1913
** B. noctivagus (Kieffer, 1911)
* Genus Beardius Reiss & Sublette, 1985
** B. truncatus Reiss & Sublette, 1985
* Genus Beckidia Sæther 1979
** B. biraensis Zorina, 2006
** B. connexa Zorina, 2006
** B. hirsti (Freeman, 1957)
** B. tethys (Townes, 1945)
** B. zabolotzkyi (Goetghebuer, 1938)
* Genus Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirschbaum 1990
** C. improvisus Reiss & Kirschbaum, 1990
* Genus Chernovskiia Sæther 1977
** C. macrocera Sæther, 1977
** C. orbicus (Townes, 1945)
* Genus Chironomus Meigen, 1803
** Subgenus Camptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
*** C. pallidivittatus Edwards, 1929
*** C. tentans Fabricius, 1805
** Subgenus Chaetolabis Townes 1945
*** C. globulus Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
*** C. macani Freeman, 1948
** Subgenus Chironomus Meigen, 1803
*** C. aberratus Keyl, 1961
*** C. acerbus Hirvenoja, 1962
*** C. acidophilus Keyl, 1960
*** C. acutiventris acutiventris Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
*** C. acutiventris bavaricus Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
*** C. acutiventris Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
*** C. agilis Shobanov & Dyomin, 1988
*** C. anchialicus Michailova, 1974
*** C. annularius Meigen, 1818
*** C. anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
*** C. aprilinus Meigen, 1818
*** C. balatonicus Dévai, Wülker & Scholl, 1983
*** C. beljaninae Wülker, 1991
*** C. bernensis Klötzli, 1973
*** C. bonus Shilova & Dzhvarsheishvili, 1974
*** C. borokensis Kerkis, Filippova, Shobanov, Gunderina & Kiknadze, 1988
*** C. brevidentatus Hirvenoja & Michailova, 1998
*** C. calipterus Kieffer, 1908
*** C. cingulatus Meigen, 1830
*** C. clarus Hirvenoja, 1962
*** C. coaetaneus Hirvenoja, 1998
*** C. commutatus Keyl, 1960
*** C. crassimanus Strenzke, 1959
*** C. curabilis Belyanina, Sigareva & Loginova, 1990
*** C. dorsalis Andersen, 1949
*** C. entis Shobanov, 1989
*** C. esai Wülker, 1997
*** C. fraternus Wülker, 1991
*** C. fundatus Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
*** C. heterodentatus Konstantinov, 1956
*** C. heteropilicornis Wülker, 1996
*** C. holomelas Keyl, 1961
*** C. hyperboreus Stæger, 1845
*** C. inermifrons Goetghebuer, 1921
*** C. islandicus (Kieffer, 1913)
*** C. jonmartini Lindeberg, 1979
*** C. lacunarius Wülker, 1973
*** C. longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
*** C. lugubris Zetterstedt, 1850
*** C. luridus Strenzke, 1959
*** C. melanescens Keyl, 1961
*** C. melanotus Keyl, 1961
*** C. muratensis Ryser, Scholl & Wülker, 1983
*** C. neocorax Wülker & Butler, 1983
*** C. nigrifrons Linevich & Erbaeva, 1971
*** C. nigrocaudatus Erbaeva, 1968
*** C. nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
*** C. nudiventris Ryser, Scholl & Wülker, 1983
*** C. obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
*** C. oculatus Shobanov, 1996
*** C. pankratovi Grebenyuk, Kiknadze & Belyanina, 1989
*** C. parathummi Keyl, 1961
*** C. piger Strenzke, 1956
*** C. pilicornis (Fabricius, 1787)
*** C. plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
*** C. prasinus Pinder, 1978
*** C. pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
*** C. reservatus Shobanov, 1997
*** C. riihimakiensis Wülker, 1973
*** C. riparius Meigen, 1804
*** C. salinarius Kieffer, 1915
*** C. saxatilis Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1981
*** C. solitus Linevich & Erbaeva, 1971
*** C. sollicitus Hirvenoja, 1962
*** C. sororius Wülker, 1973
*** C. staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
*** C. strenzkei Fittkau, 1968
*** C. striatus Strenzke, 1959
*** C. tenuistylus Brundin, 1949
*** C. uliginosus Keyl, 1960
*** C. usenicus Loginova & Belyanina, 1994
*** C. valkanovi Michailova, 1974
*** C. venustus Pinder, 1978
*** C. wulkeri Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
** Subgenus Lobochironomus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985
*** C. carbonarius Meigen, 1804
*** C. dissidens Walker, 1856
*** C. dorsalis Meigen, 1818
*** C. improvidus Hirvenoja, 1998
*** C. mendax Storå, 1936
*** C. montuosus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985
*** C. pseudomendax Wülker, 1999
*** C. storai Goetghebuer, 1954
* Genus Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921
** C. amachaerus (Townes, 1945)
** C. boydi (Beck, 1962)
** C. collator (Townes, 1945)
** C. edwardsi (Kruseman, 1933)
** C. galeator (Townes, 1945)
** C. spectabilis (Townes, 1945)
** C. viridula (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Genus Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
** C. albofasciatus (Stæger, 1839)
** C. argus Roback, 1957
** C. blarina (Townes, 1945)
** C. chaetoala (Sublette, 1960)
** C. crassiforceps Goetghebuer, 1932
** C. defectus (Kieffer, 1913)
** C. denticulatus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
** C. digitatus (Malloch, 1915)
** C. fulvus Johannsen, 1905
** C. hirtalatus (Beck and Beck, 1964)
** C. obreptans (Walker, 1856)
** C. parafulvus (Beck and Beck, 1964)
** C. ponderosus (Sublette, 1964)
** C. psittacinus (Meigen, 1830)
** C. psittacinus Meigen, 1830
** C. redekei (Kruseman, 1933)
** C. rostratus Kieffer, 1921
** C. scimitarus Townes, 1945
** C. sorex Townes, 1945
** C. supplicans (Meigen, 1830)
** C. ussouriensis (Goetghebuer, 1933)
* Genus Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941
** C. ariel (Sublette, 1960)
** C. casuarius (Townes, 1945)
** C. darbyi (Sublette, 1960)
** C. darbyi (Sublette, 1960)
** C. emorsus (Townes, 1945)
** C. holsatus Lenz, 1959
** C. nigronitens (Edwards, 1929)
** C. pflugfelderi Reiss, 1964
** C. pilicuspis Sæther, 1977
** C. pseudotener (Goetghebuer, 1922)
** C. pseudotener Goethgebuer, 1922
** C. usmaensis (Pagast, 1931)
* Genus Cyphomella Sæther 1977
** C. argentea (Townes, 1945)
** C. cornea Sæther, 1977
** C. gibbera Sæther, 1977
** C. grisa (Malloch, 1915)
* Genus Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933
** D. abruptus (Townes, 1945)
** D. brachialis (Coquillett, 1907)
** D. obreptus (Townes, 1945)
** D. rufipes (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Genus Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941
** D. cuneatus (Townes, 1945)
** D. fastigatus (Townes, 1945)
** D. latior Reiss, 1988
** D. neglectus Reiss, 1988
** D. vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
* Genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913
** D. adnilus Epler, 1987
** D. aethiops (Townes, 1945)
** D. botaurus (Townes, 1945)
** D. californicus (Johannsen, 1905)
** D. ealae (Freeman, 1957)
** D. fumidus (Johannsen, 1905)
** D. fusconotatus (Kieffer, 1922)
** D. leucoscelis (Townes, 1945)
** D. lobiger (Kieffer, 1921)
** D. lobus Beck, 1962
** D. lucifer (Johannsen, 1907)
** D. milleri (Townes, 1945)
** D. modestus (Say, 1823)
** D. neomodestus (Malloch, 1915)
** D. nervosus (Stæger, 1839)
** D. notatus (Meigen, 1818)
** D. pallidicornis (Goetghebuer, 1934)
** D. peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924
** D. pilosimanus Kieffer, 1914
** D. pulsus (Walker, 1856)
** D. septemmaculatus (Becker, 1908)
** D. simpsoni Epler, 1987
** D. sudanicus (Freeman, 1957)
** D. thanatogratus Epler, 1987
** D. tritomus (Kieffer, 1916)
* Genus Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924
** E. austini Beck & Beck, 1970
** E. brunneipennis Johannsen, 1905
** E. chelonia (Townes, 1945)
** E. dissidens (Walker, 1856)
** E. natchitocheae (Sublette, 1964)
** E. pagana (Meigen, 1838)
** E. natchitocheae (Sublette, 1964)
** E. pagana (Meigen, 1838)
** E. palaearctica Ashe, 1990
** E. pectoralis Kieffer, 1924
* Genus Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
** E. albipennis (Meigen, 1830)
** E. nigricans (Johannsen, 1905)
** E. oldenbergi Goetghebuer, 1932
** E. stackelbergi Goetghebuer, 1935
** E. subtendens (Townes, 1945)
** E. tendens (Fabricius, 1775)
* Genus Fleuria Kieffer, 1924
** F. lacustris Kieffer, 1924
* Genus Gillotia Kieffer, 1921
** G. alboviridis (Malloch, 1915)
* Genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913
** G. aequalis (Kieffer, 1922)
** G. amplus Townes, 1945
** G. barbipes (Stæger, 1839)
** G. caulicola (Kieffer, 1913)
** G. cauliginellus (Kieffer, 1913)
** G. dreisbachi Townes, 1945
** G. foliicola Contreras-Lichtenberg, 1997
** G. glaucus (Meigen, 1818)
** G. gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)
** G. imbecilis (Walker, 1856)
** G. lobiferus (Say, 1823)
** G. meridionalis Dendy and Sublette, 1959
** G. ospeli Contreras-Lichtenberg & Kiknadze, 1999
** G. pallens (Meigen, 1804)
** G. paripes (Edwards, 1929)
** G. salinus Michailova, 1987
** G. scirpi (Kieffer, 1915)
** G. seminole Townes, 1945
** G. senilis (Johannsen, 1937)
** G. signatus (Kieffer, 1909)
** G. testaceus (Townes, 1945)
** G. unacus Townes, 1945
** G. viridis (Macquart, 1834)
* Genus Graceus Goetghebuer, 1928
** G. ambiguus Goetghebuer 1928
* Genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921
** H. angularis Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
** H. curtilamellata (Malloch, 1915)
** H. fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
** H. incidata Townes, 1945
* Genus Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1922
** K. dux (Johannsen, 1905)
** K. tendipediformis (Goetghebuer, 1921)
* Genus Kloosia Kruseman 1933
** K. pusilla (Linnaeus, 1761)
* Genus Lauterborniella Thienemann & Bause, 1913
** L. agrayloides (Kieffer, 1911)
** L. varipennis (Coquillett, 1902)
* Genus Lipiniella Shilova 1961
** L. araenicola Shilova, 1961
** L. moderata Kalugina, 1970
** L. prima Shilova, Kerkis & Kiknadze, 1993
* Genus Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918
** M. deribae (Freeman, 1957)
** M. lendli (Kieffer, 1918)
** M. nigrovittatus (Malloch, 1915)
** M. tener (Kieffer, 1918)
* Genus Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
** M. anticus (Walker, 1848)
** M. brevitarsis Brundin, 1947
** M. britteni (Edwards, 1929)
** M. caducus Townes, 1945
** M. caelum Townes, 1945
** M. chloris (Meigen, 1818)
** M. confinis (Meigen, 1830)
** M. diffinis (Edwards, 1929)
** M. nigellus Hirvenoja, 1963
** M. nitidus (Meigen, 1818)
** M. pedellus (De Geer, 1776)
** M. rydalensis (Edwards, 1929)
** M. tarsalis (Walker, 1856)
* Genus Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921
** N. babiyi (Rempel, 1937)
** N. bicorne (Townes, 1945)
** N. mirabile (Townes, 1945)
** N. brayi (Goetghebuer, 1921)
** N. hibaratertium Sasa, 1993
* Genus Omisus Townes, 1945
** O. caledonicus (Edwards, 1932)
** O. pica Townes, 1945
* Genus Pagastiella Brundin, 1949
** P. orophila (Edwards, 1929)
** P. ostansa (Webb, 1969)
* Genus Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
** P. abortivus (Malloch, 1915)
** P. aculeatus (Kieffer, 1921)
** P. acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936)
** P. alatus (Beck, 1962)
** P. arcuatus (Goetghebuer, 1919)
** P. biannulatus (Stæger, 1839)
** P. carinatus (Townes, 1945)
** P. chaetaolus (Sublette, 1960)
** P. cinctellus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
** P. danicus Lehmann, 1970
** P. digitalis (Edwards, 1929)
** P. directus (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
** P. elodeae (Townes, 1945)
** P. forceps (Townes, 1945)
** P. frequens (Johannsen, 1905)
** P. kuzini Shilova, 1969
** P. longiforceps Kruseman, 1933
** P. mauricii (Kruseman, 1933)
** P. monochromus (van der Wulp, 1874)
** P. paradigitalis Brundin, 1949
** P. parilis (Walker, 1856)
** P. pectinatellae (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
** P. potamogeti (Townes, 1945)
** P. schneideri Beck & Beck, 1969
** P. siljanensis Brundin, 1949
** P. subalpinus (Goetghebuer, 1932)
** P. sublettei (Beck, 1961)
** P. swammerdami (Kruseman, 1933)
** P. tenuicaudatus (Malloch, 1915)
** P. varus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
** P. vitiosus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
* Genus Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
** P. alphaeus (Sublette, 1960)
** P. camptolabis (Kieffer, 1913)
** P. doris (Townes, 1945)
** P. galaptera (Townes, 1945)
** P. laminatum (Kieffer, 1921)
** P. loganae Beck & Beck, 1969
** P. mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937)
** P. nais (Townes, 1945)
** P. nereis (Townes, 1945)
** P. nigritulum (Goetghebuer, 1942)
** P. nixe (Townes, 1945)
** P. undine (Townes, 1945)
** P. winnelli Jackson, 1977
* Genus Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941
** P. nigrohalteralis (Malloch, 1915)
* Genus Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
** P. albimanus (Meigen, 1818)
** P. basidens Townes, 1945
** P. fuscitibia Sublette, 1960
** P. nitidulus (Coquillett, 1901)
** P. nubilus (Meigen, 1830)
** P. nudisquama (Edwards, 1929)
** P. plebeius (Meigen, 1818)
** P. sinelobus Albu, 1980
** P. subaequalis (Malloch, 1915)
** P. thermophilus Townes, 1945
* Genus Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
** P. albescens (Townes, 1945)
** P. dyari (Townes, 1945)
** P. flavipes (Meigen, 1818)
** P. incompta (Zetterstedt, 1838)
** P. obediens (Johannsen, 1905)
** P. pilicellata Grodhaus, 1976
** P. profusa (Townes, 1945)
** P. punctipes (Wiedemann, 1817)
** P. vittata (Townes, 1945)
* Genus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
** Subgenus Cerobregma Zhang & Wang 1999
*** P. paucisetum Zhang & Wang, 2009
** Subgenus Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913
*** P. botiense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
*** P. scirpicola (Kieffer, 1921)
*** P. botosaneanui Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
*** P. camposense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
*** P. exsectum (Kieffer, 1916)
*** P. intuber Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
*** P. nubens (Edwards, 1929)
*** P. reei Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
*** P. sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)
*** P. tissamaharense Oyewo & Sæther, 2008
*** P. tritum (Walker, 1856)
*** P. wittei (Freeman, 1955)
** Subgenus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
*** P. acutum Kieffer, 1915
*** P. albicorne (Meigen, 1838)
*** P. albosignatum Kieffer, 1925
*** P. amoenum Goetghebuer, 1930
*** P. arundineti (Goetghebuer, 1921)
*** P. barboyoni Serra-Tosio, 1981
*** P. dudichi Berczik, 1957
*** P. fallax (Johannsen, 1905)
*** P. intermedium Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
*** P. laetum (Meigen, 1818)
*** P. lene (Becker, 1908)
*** P. nubeculosum (Meigen, 1804)
*** P. nubifer (Skuse, 1889)
*** P. octopunctatum (Thunberg, 1784)
*** P. pedestre (Meigen, 1830)
*** P. vanderplanki Hinton, 1951
** Subgenus Tripodura Townes, 1945
*** P. acifer Townes, 1945
*** P. aegyptium Kieffer, 1925
*** P. akani Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. amplificatus Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. amputatum Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. apfelbecki (Strobl, 1900)
*** P. bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921
*** P. chelum Vårdal, 2001
*** P. dagombae Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. elongatum Albu, 1980
*** P. ewei Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. malickianum Cranston, 1989
*** P. ogoouense Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. patulum Bjørlo, 2001
*** P. pulchrum Albu, 1980
*** P. pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838)
*** P. quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921
*** P. scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)
*** P. spinalveum Vårdal, 2001
*** P. tetracrenatum Hirvenoja, 1962
** Subgenus Uresipedilum Oyewo & Sæther, 1998
*** P. convictum (Walker, 1856)
*** P. cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931
*** P. marsafae Ghonaim, Ali & Osheibah, 2005
* Genus Robackia Sæther, 1977
** R. claviger (Townes, 1945)
** R. demeijerei (Kruseman, 1933)
** R. pilicauda Sæther, 1977
* Genus Saetheria Jackson, 1977
** S. hirta Saether, 1983
** S. reissi Jackson, 1977
** S. tylus (Townes, 1945)
* Genus Sergentia Kieffer, 1922
** S. albescens (Townes, 1945)
** S. baueri Wülker, Kiknadze, Kerkis & Nevers, 1999
** S. coracina (Zetterstedt, 1850)
** S. prima Proviz & Proviz, 1997
* Genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
** S. aestivalis Townes, 1945
** S. albipalpus Borkent, 1984
** S. annettae Borkent, 1984
** S. bisetosus Borkent, 1984
** S. browni Townes, 1945
** S. cinctus Townes, 1945
** S. colei (Malloch, 1919)
** S. fascipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
** S. fuscipatellus Borkent, 1984
** S. gibbus (Fabricius, 1794)
** S. hibernicus (Edwards, 1929)
** S. hilaris (Walker, 1848)
** S. macateei (Malloch, 1915)
** S. maculatus Borkent, 1984
** S. niger Borkent, 1984
** S. poecilopterus (Mitchell, 1908)
** S. pulchripennis (Coquillett, 1902)
** S. ranzii Rossaro, 1982
** S. totifuscus Sublette, 1960
** S. unictus Townes, 1945
** S. woodi Borkent, 1984
* Genus Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919
** S. albicrus (Townes, 1945)
** S. annulicrus (Townes, 1945)
** S. crassiforceps (Kieffer, 1922)
** S. devinctus (Say, 1829)
** S. flavicingulus (Walker, 1848)
** S. lutosus (Townes, 1945)
** S. maculipennis (Meigen, 1818)
** S. marmoreus (Townes, 1945)
** S. naevus (Mitchell, 1908)
** S. palliatus (Coquillett, 1902)
** S. pictulus (Meigen, 1830)
** S. quagga (Townes, 1945)
** S. rosenschoeldi (Zetterstedt, 1838)
** S. sticticus (Fabricius, 1781)
** S. unguiculatus (Malloch, 1934)
** S. varius (Townes, 1945)
** S. virgatus (Townes, 1945)
* Genus Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 1987
** S. luski Grodhaus, 1987
** S. abranchius (Lenz, 1955)
** S. dispar (Meigen, 1830)
** S. impar (Walker, 1856)
** S. lepidus (Meigen, 1830)
* Genus Tribelos Townes, 1945
** T. ater (Townes, 1945)
** T. donatoris (Shilova, 1974)
** T. fuscicorne (Malloch, 1915)
** T. hesperius (Sublette, 1960)
** T. intextum (Walker, 1856)
** T. jucundus (Walker, 1848)
** T. protextus (Townes, 1945)
** T. quadripunctatus (Malloch, 1915)
* Genus Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921
** X. trisetosis (Kieffer, 1922)
** X. ugandae (Goetghebuer, 1936)
** X. xenolabis Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916
* Genus Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920
** Z. marmorata (van der Wulp 1859)