Chironomini

Chironomini
	Chironomus plumosus Adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genera
	See text

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

Genera & species[]

Genus Apedilum Townes, 1945
- A. elachistus Townes, 1945
- Townes, 1945
Genus Axarus Roback 1980
- (Malloch, 1915)
- A. festivus Say, 1823
- (Beck and Beck, 1958)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Say, 1829)
Genus Baeotendipes Kieffer, 1913
- (Kieffer, 1911)
Genus Beardius Reiss & Sublette, 1985
- Reiss & Sublette, 1985
Genus Beckidia Sæther 1979
- Zorina, 2006^[1]
- Zorina, 2006^[1]
- (Freeman, 1957)^[2]
- (Townes, 1945)^[1]^[3]^[4]
- (Goetghebuer, 1938)^[4]^[5]
Genus Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirschbaum 1990
- Reiss & Kirschbaum, 1990
Genus Chernovskiia Sæther 1977
- Sæther, 1977
- (Townes, 1945)
Genus Chironomus Meigen, 1803
- Subgenus Kieffer, 1918
  - Edwards, 1929
  - Fabricius, 1805
- Subgenus Townes 1945
  - Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
  - Freeman, 1948
- Subgenus Meigen, 1803
  - Keyl, 1961
  - Hirvenoja, 1962
  - Keyl, 1960
  - acutiventris Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
  - bavaricus Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
  - Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1983
  - Shobanov & Dyomin, 1988
  - Michailova, 1974
  - C. annularius Meigen, 1818
  - C. anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
  - Meigen, 1818
  - Dévai, Wülker & Scholl, 1983
  - Wülker, 1991
  - Klötzli, 1973
  - Shilova & Dzhvarsheishvili, 1974
  - Kerkis, Filippova, Shobanov, Gunderina & Kiknadze, 1988
  - Hirvenoja & Michailova, 1998
  - Kieffer, 1908
  - Meigen, 1830
  - Hirvenoja, 1962
  - Hirvenoja, 1998
  - Keyl, 1960
  - Strenzke, 1959
  - Belyanina, Sigareva & Loginova, 1990
  - Andersen, 1949
  - Shobanov, 1989
  - Wülker, 1997
  - Wülker, 1991
  - Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
  - Konstantinov, 1956
  - Wülker, 1996
  - Keyl, 1961
  - Stæger, 1845
  - Goetghebuer, 1921
  - (Kieffer, 1913)
  - Lindeberg, 1979
  - Wülker, 1973
  - Goetghebuer, 1921
  - Zetterstedt, 1850
  - Strenzke, 1959
  - Keyl, 1961
  - Keyl, 1961
  - Ryser, Scholl & Wülker, 1983
  - Wülker & Butler, 1983
  - Linevich & Erbaeva, 1971
  - Erbaeva, 1968
  - Keyl, 1961
  - Ryser, Scholl & Wülker, 1983
  - Goetghebuer, 1921
  - Shobanov, 1996
  - Grebenyuk, Kiknadze & Belyanina, 1989
  - Keyl, 1961
  - Strenzke, 1956
  - (Fabricius, 1787)
  - C. plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Pinder, 1978
  - Strenzke, 1959
  - Shobanov, 1997
  - Wülker, 1973
  - C. riparius Meigen, 1804
  - Kieffer, 1915
  - Wülker, Ryser & Scholl, 1981
  - Linevich & Erbaeva, 1971
  - Hirvenoja, 1962
  - Wülker, 1973
  - C. staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
  - Fittkau, 1968
  - Strenzke, 1959
  - Brundin, 1949
  - Keyl, 1960
  - Loginova & Belyanina, 1994
  - Michailova, 1974
  - Pinder, 1978
  - Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
- Subgenus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985
  - Meigen, 1804
  - Walker, 1856
  - Meigen, 1818
  - Hirvenoja, 1998
  - Storå, 1936
  - Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985
  - Wülker, 1999
  - Goetghebuer, 1954
Genus Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Beck, 1962)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Kruseman, 1933)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Linnaeus, 1767)
Genus Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
- (Stæger, 1839)
- Roback, 1957
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Sublette, 1960)
- Goetghebuer, 1932
- (Kieffer, 1913)
- (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- (Malloch, 1915)
- Johannsen, 1905
- (Beck and Beck, 1964)
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Beck and Beck, 1964)
- (Sublette, 1964)
- (Meigen, 1830)
- Meigen, 1830
- (Kruseman, 1933)
- Kieffer, 1921
- Townes, 1945
- Townes, 1945
- (Meigen, 1830)
- (Goetghebuer, 1933)
Genus Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941
- (Sublette, 1960)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Sublette, 1960)
- (Sublette, 1960)
- (Townes, 1945)
- Lenz, 1959
- (Edwards, 1929)
- Reiss, 1964
- Sæther, 1977
- (Goetghebuer, 1922)
- Goethgebuer, 1922
- (Pagast, 1931)
Genus Cyphomella Sæther 1977
- (Townes, 1945)
- Sæther, 1977
- Sæther, 1977
- (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933
- (Townes, 1945)
- D. brachialis (Coquillett, 1907)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Linnaeus, 1761)
Genus Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- Reiss, 1988
- Reiss, 1988
- (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913
- Epler, 1987
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Johannsen, 1905)
- (Freeman, 1957)^[6]
- (Johannsen, 1905)
- (Kieffer, 1922)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Kieffer, 1921)
- Beck, 1962
- (Johannsen, 1907)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Say, 1823)
- (Malloch, 1915)
- (Stæger, 1839)
- (Meigen, 1818)
- (Goetghebuer, 1934)
- Kieffer, 1924^[6]
- Kieffer, 1914^[6]
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Becker, 1908)
- Epler, 1987
- (Freeman, 1957)^[6]
- Epler, 1987
- (Kieffer, 1916)
Genus Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924
- Beck & Beck, 1970
- Johannsen, 1905
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Sublette, 1964)
- E. pagana (Meigen, 1838)
- (Sublette, 1964)
- E. pagana (Meigen, 1838)
- Ashe, 1990
- Kieffer, 1924
Genus Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
- (Meigen, 1830)
- E. nigricans (Johannsen, 1905)
- Goetghebuer, 1932
- Goetghebuer, 1935
- E. subtendens (Townes, 1945)
- (Fabricius, 1775)
Genus Fleuria Kieffer, 1924
- Kieffer, 1924
Genus Gillotia Kieffer, 1921
- (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913
- (Kieffer, 1922)
- Townes, 1945
- G. barbipes (Stæger, 1839)
- (Kieffer, 1913)
- (Kieffer, 1913)
- Townes, 1945
- Contreras-Lichtenberg, 1997
- (Meigen, 1818)
- (Kieffer, 1913)
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Say, 1823)
- G. meridionalis Dendy and Sublette, 1959
- Contreras-Lichtenberg & Kiknadze, 1999
- G. pallens (Meigen, 1804)
- G. paripes (Edwards, 1929)
- Michailova, 1987
- (Kieffer, 1915)
- Townes, 1945
- (Johannsen, 1937)
- (Kieffer, 1909)
- G. testaceus (Townes, 1945)
- Townes, 1945
- (Macquart, 1834)
Genus Graceus Goetghebuer, 1928
- Goetghebuer 1928
Genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921
- Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
- (Malloch, 1915)
- Kieffer, 1921
- Townes, 1945
Genus Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1922
- K. dux (Johannsen, 1905)
- (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Genus Kloosia Kruseman 1933
- (Linnaeus, 1761)
Genus Lauterborniella Thienemann & Bause, 1913
- (Kieffer, 1911)
- (Coquillett, 1902)
Genus Lipiniella Shilova 1961
- Shilova, 1961
- Kalugina, 1970
- Shilova, Kerkis & Kiknadze, 1993
Genus Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918
- (Freeman, 1957)
- (Kieffer, 1918)
- (Malloch, 1915)
- (Kieffer, 1918)
Genus Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
- (Walker, 1848)
- Brundin, 1947
- (Edwards, 1929)
- Townes, 1945
- Townes, 1945
- (Meigen, 1818)
- (Meigen, 1830)
- (Edwards, 1929)
- Hirvenoja, 1963
- (Meigen, 1818)
- (De Geer, 1776)
- (Edwards, 1929)
- (Walker, 1856)
Genus Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921
- (Rempel, 1937)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- Sasa, 1993
Genus Omisus Townes, 1945
- (Edwards, 1932)
- O. pica Townes, 1945
Genus Pagastiella Brundin, 1949
- (Edwards, 1929)
- (Webb, 1969)
Genus Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
- (Malloch, 1915)
- (Kieffer, 1921)
- (Goetghebuer, 1936)
- (Beck, 1962)
- (Goetghebuer, 1919)^[5]
- (Stæger, 1839)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Sublette, 1960)
- (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- Lehmann, 1970
- (Edwards, 1929)
- (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Johannsen, 1905)
- Shilova, 1969
- Kruseman, 1933^[5]
- (Kruseman, 1933)
- (van der Wulp, 1874)
- Brundin, 1949
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
- (Townes, 1945)
- Beck & Beck, 1969
- Brundin, 1949
- (Goetghebuer, 1932)
- (Beck, 1961)
- (Kruseman, 1933)
- (Malloch, 1915)
- (Goetghebuer, 1921)
- (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Genus Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
- (Sublette, 1960)
- (Kieffer, 1913)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Kieffer, 1921)
- Beck & Beck, 1969
- (Goetghebuer, 1937)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Goetghebuer, 1942)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- Jackson, 1977
Genus Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941
- (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
- P. albimanus (Meigen, 1818)
- Townes, 1945
- P. fuscitibia Sublette, 1960
- P. nitidulus (Coquillett, 1901)
- (Meigen, 1830)
- (Edwards, 1929)
- (Meigen, 1818)
- Albu, 1980
- (Malloch, 1915)
- Townes, 1945
Genus Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- P. flavipes (Meigen, 1818)
- (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- P. obediens (Johannsen, 1905)
- Grodhaus, 1976
- P. profusa (Townes, 1945)
- P. punctipes (Wiedemann, 1817)
- (Townes, 1945)
Genus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
- Subgenus Zhang & Wang 1999
  - Zhang & Wang, 2009
- Subgenus Kieffer, 1913
  - Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
  - (Kieffer, 1921)
  - Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
  - Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
  - (Kieffer, 1916)
  - Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
  - (Edwards, 1929)
  - Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
  - P. sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)
  - Oyewo & Sæther, 2008^[7]
  - P. tritum (Walker, 1856)
  - (Freeman, 1955)
- Subgenus Kieffer, 1912
  - Kieffer, 1915
  - (Meigen, 1838)
  - Kieffer, 1925
  - Goetghebuer, 1930
  - (Goetghebuer, 1921)
  - Serra-Tosio, 1981
  - Berczik, 1957
  - (Johannsen, 1905)
  - Albu & Botnariuc, 1966
  - (Meigen, 1818)
  - (Becker, 1908)
  - (Meigen, 1804)
  - (Skuse, 1889)
  - (Thunberg, 1784)
  - (Meigen, 1830)
  - P. vanderplanki Hinton, 1951
- Subgenus Townes, 1945
  - Townes, 1945
  - Kieffer, 1925
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - (Strobl, 1900)
  - Kieffer, 1921
  - Vårdal, 2001^[8]
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - Albu, 1980
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - Cranston, 1989
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - Bjørlo, 2001^[8]
  - Albu, 1980
  - (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  - Kieffer, 1921
  - P. scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)
  - Vårdal, 2001^[8]
  - Hirvenoja, 1962
- Subgenus Oyewo & Sæther, 1998
  - (Walker, 1856)
  - Goetghebuer, 1931
  - Ghonaim, Ali & Osheibah, 2005
Genus Robackia Sæther, 1977
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Kruseman, 1933)
- Sæther, 1977
Genus Saetheria Jackson, 1977
- Saether, 1983
- Jackson, 1977
- (Townes, 1945)
Genus Sergentia Kieffer, 1922
- (Townes, 1945)
- Wülker, Kiknadze, Kerkis & Nevers, 1999
- (Zetterstedt, 1850)
- Proviz & Proviz, 1997
Genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
- Townes, 1945
- Borkent, 1984
- Borkent, 1984
- Borkent, 1984
- Townes, 1945
- Townes, 1945
- S. colei (Malloch, 1919)
- (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Borkent, 1984
- (Fabricius, 1794)
- (Edwards, 1929)
- S. hilaris (Walker, 1848)
- S. macateei (Malloch, 1915)
- Borkent, 1984
- Borkent, 1984
- S. poecilopterus (Mitchell, 1908)
- S. pulchripennis (Coquillett, 1902)
- Rossaro, 1982
- Sublette, 1960
- Townes, 1945
- S. woodi Borkent, 1984
Genus Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Kieffer, 1922)
- (Say, 1829)
- (Walker, 1848)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Meigen, 1818)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Mitchell, 1908)
- (Coquillett, 1902)
- (Meigen, 1830)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- (Fabricius, 1781)
- (Malloch, 1934)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Townes, 1945)
Genus Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 1987
- Grodhaus, 1987
- (Lenz, 1955)
- (Meigen, 1830)
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Meigen, 1830)
Genus Tribelos Townes, 1945
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Shilova, 1974)
- (Malloch, 1915)
- (Sublette, 1960)
- (Walker, 1856)
- (Walker, 1848)
- (Townes, 1945)
- (Malloch, 1915)
Genus Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921
- (Kieffer, 1922)^[9]
- (Goetghebuer, 1936)^[9]
- Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916^[10]
Genus Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920
- Z. marmorata (van der Wulp 1859)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Zorina, Oksana V. (2006). "New species and records of Beckidia Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1151: 47–53. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ "The genus Beckidia in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Beckidia tethys". Canada: Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details - genus Beckidia". Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ozkan, Nurcan (2002). "Five New Chironomidae (Diptera) Species for the Turkish Fauna" (PDF). Turkish Journal Zoology. Ankara, Turkey: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. 26: 183–188. ISSN 1303-6114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "The genus Dicrotendipes in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2009-05-22.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Emmanuel Adeoye Oyewo; Ole A. Sæther (2008). Revision of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa et Shirasaki (Diptera: Chironomidae). 1953. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. pp. 145 pp. ISBN 978-1-86977-300-7.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Vårdal, H., Bjørlo, A. & Sæther, O. A. (2002). "Afrotropical Polypedilum subgenus Tripodura, with a review of the subgenus (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Zoologica Scripta. Wiley InterScience. 31 (4): 331–402. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00096.x.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "The genus Xenochironomus in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ Eugenyi A. Makarchenko; Marina A. Makarchenko; Oksana V. Zorina; Irina V. Sergeeva (2000). "Checklist of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Russian Far East". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-04-14.

[Zorina-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Zorina, Oksana V. (2006). "New species and records of Beckidia Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1151: 47–53. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

[nbd-2] "The genus Beckidia in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

[itis-tethys-3] "ITIS Standard Report Page: Beckidia tethys". Canada: Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

[FaunaEuropaea-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details - genus Beckidia". Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

[Ozkan-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ozkan, Nurcan (2002). "Five New Chironomidae (Diptera) Species for the Turkish Fauna" (PDF). Turkish Journal Zoology. Ankara, Turkey: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. 26: 183–188. ISSN 1303-6114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

[nbdDicrotendipes-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "The genus Dicrotendipes in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2009-05-22.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Oyewo08-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Emmanuel Adeoye Oyewo; Ole A. Sæther (2008). Revision of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa et Shirasaki (Diptera: Chironomidae). 1953. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. pp. 145 pp. ISBN 978-1-86977-300-7.

[Vårdal2002-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Vårdal, H., Bjørlo, A. & Sæther, O. A. (2002). "Afrotropical Polypedilum subgenus Tripodura, with a review of the subgenus (Diptera: Chironomidae)". Zoologica Scripta. Wiley InterScience. 31 (4): 331–402. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00096.x.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[nbdXenochironomus-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "The genus Xenochironomus in Namibia". Namibia: Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

[russiafareast-10] Eugenyi A. Makarchenko; Marina A. Makarchenko; Oksana V. Zorina; Irina V. Sergeeva (2000). "Checklist of Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Russian Far East". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-04-14.

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Chironomini

Chironomus plumosus Adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genera
See text