Chironomidae
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Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamiliae (11 + 1†):
Aphroteniinae –
Buchonomyiinae –
Chilenomyiinae –
Chironominae –
Diamesinae –
Orthocladiinae –
Podonominae –
Prodiamesinae –
Tanypodinae –
Telmatogetoninae –
Usambaromyiinae –
†Aenneinae
Overview of genera (453 + 5†)[edit]
A[edit]
Aagaardia – Abiskomyia – Ablabesmyia – Acalcarella – Acamptocladius – Acricotopus – Aedokritus – Aenne – Afrochlus – Allocladius – Allometriocnemus – Allotrissocladius – Alotanypus – Amazonimyia – Amblycladius – Amnihayesomyia – Amphismittia – Anaphrotenia – Anatopynia – Ancylocladius – Andamanus – Antillocladius – Anuncotendipes – Apedilum – Aphrotenia – Aphroteniella – Apometriocnemus – Apsectrotanypus – Archaeochlus – Arctodiamesa – Arctomyia – Arctopelopia – Arctosmittia – Asachironomus – Asclerina – Asheum – Australopelopia – Austrobrillia – Austrochlus – Austrocladius – Axarus –
B[edit]
Baeoctenus – Baeotendipes – Bavarismittia – Beardius – Beckidia – Belgica – Bernhardia – Bethbilbeckia – Biwatendipes – Boreochlus – Boreoheptagyia – Boreosmittia – Botryocladius – Brillia – Brundiniella – Brunieria – Bryophaenocladius – Buchonomyia – Burmeisteria –
C[edit]
Caladomyia – Camposimyia – Camptocladius – Cantopelopia – Carbochironomus – Cardiocladius – Cataliptus – Ceratopogon – Chaetocladius – Chasmatonotus – Chernovskiia – Chilenomyia – Chirocladius – Chironomus – Chrysopelopia – Cladopelma – Cladotanytarsus – Clinochironomus – Clinotanypus – Clunio – Coelopynia – Coelotanypus – Coffmania – Collartomyia – Colosmittia – Compteromesa – Compterosmittia – Conchapelopia – Conochironomus – Conocladius – Constempellina – Corynocera – Corynoneura – Corytibacladius – Cricotopus – Cryptochironomus – Cryptotendipes – Cyphomella –
D[edit]
Dactylocladius – Daitoyusurika – Demeijerea – Demicryptochironomus – Denopelopia – Diamesa – Dicrotendipes – Diplocladius – Diplosmittia – Djalmabatista – Doithrix – Dolichocladius – Dolichopelma – Doloplastus – Doncricotopus – Dratnalia –
E[edit]
Echinocladius – Edwardsidia – Einfeldia – Endochironomus – Endotribelos – Epoicocladius – Epotanytarsus – Eretmoptera – Eukiefferiella – Eurycnemus – Euryhapsis – Eusmittia – Eutrichocladius –
F[edit]
Fissimentum – Fittkauimyia – Fleuria – Freemaniella – Friederia –
G[edit]
Georthocladius – Gillotia – Glushkovella – Glyptotendipes – Goeldichironomus – Goetghebueria – Graceus – Gravatamberus – Gressittius – Gripekovenia – Guassutanypus – Guttipelopia – Gymnometriocnemus – Gynnidocladius – Gynocladius –
H[edit]
Hahayusurika – Halirytus – Halocladius – Hanochironomus – Hanocladius – Harnischia – Harrisius – Harrisonina – Hayesomyia – Heleniella – Henrardia – Heptagyia – Heterotanytarsus – Heterotrissocladius – Hevelius – Himatendipes – Hirosimayusurika – Hudsonimyia – Hydrobaenus –
I[edit]
Ichthyocladius – Ikiprimus – Ikisecundus – Imparipecten – Indoaxarus – Indocladius – Ionthosmittia –
K[edit]
Kaluginia – Kamelopelopia – Kaniwhaniwhanus – Kiefferophyes – Kiefferulus – Kloosia – Knepperia – Krenopelopia – Krenopsectra – Krenosmittia – Kribiobius – Kribiocosmus – Kribiodosis – Kribiopelma – Kribiothauma – Kribioxenus – Kurobebrillia – Kuschelius –
L[edit]
Labrundinia – Lappodiamesa – Lappokiefferiella – Lapposmittia – Larsia – Lasiodiamesa – Laurotanypus – Lauterborniella – Lepidopelopia – Lepidopodus – Lerheimia – Limaya – Limnophyes – Lindebergia – Linevitshia – Lipiniella – Lipurometriocnemus – Lithotanytarsus – Litocladius – Ljungneria – Lobodiamesa – Lobomyia – Lobosmittia – Lopescladius – Lunditendipes – Lyrocladius –
M[edit]
Macropelopia – Manoa – Maoridiamesa – Mapucheptagyia – Maryella – Mecaorus – Megacentron – Mesocricotopus – Mesosmittia – Metapelopia – Metriocnemus – Microchironomus – Micropsectra – Microtendipes – Microzetia – Molleriella – Mongolchironomus – Mongolcladius – Mongolyusurika – Monodiamesa – Monopelopia – Murraycladius –
N[edit]
Nakataia – Nandeva – Nanocladius – Naonella – Nasuticladius – Natarsia – Natvigia – Neelamia – Neobrillia – Neopodonomus – Neostempellina – Neozavrelia – Nepalia – Nesiocladius – Nilodorum – Nilodosis – Nilotanypus – Nilothauma – Nimbocera – Notocladius –
O[edit]
Odontomesa – Okayamayusurika – Okinawayusurika – Olecryptotendipes – Oleia – Oliveridia – Omisus – Onconeura – Ophryophorus – Oreadomyia – Orthocladius – Ortroyia – Oryctochlus – Oukuriella –
P[edit]
Pagastia – Pagastiella – Pamirocesa – Paraboreochlus – Paraborniella – Parachaetocladius – Parachironomus – Paracladius – Paracladopelma – Paracricotopus – Paradoxocladius – Paraheptagyia – Parakiefferiella – Paralauterborniella – Paralimnophyes – Paramerina – Parametriocnemus – Paranilothauma – Parapentaneura – Paraphaenocladius – Paraphrotenia – Parapsectra – Parapsectrocladius – Parasmittia – Paratanytarsus – Paratendipes – Paratrichocladius – Paratrissocladius – Parochlus – Parorthocladius – Parvitergum – Paucispinigera – Pelomus – Pentaneura – Pentaneurella – Pentapedilum – Petalocladius – Phaenopelma – Phaenopsectra – Physoneura – Phytotelmatocladius – Pirara – Platysmittia – Plhudsonia – Podochlus – Podonomopsis – Podonomus – Polypedilum – Pontomyia – Potthastia – Prochironomus – Procladius – Prodiamesa – Propsilocerus – Protanypus – Psectrocladius – Psectrotanypus – Pseudhydrobaenus – Pseudobrillia – Pseudochironomus – Pseudodiamesa – Pseudokiefferiella – Pseudorthocladius – Pseudosmittia – Psilochironomus – Psilometriocnemus – Psychodocha – Pterosis –
Q[edit]
Qiniella –
R[edit]
Reissmesa – Rhamphomyia – Rheochlus – Rheocricotopus – Rheomus – Rheopelopia – Rheosmittia – Rheotanytarsus – Rhinocladius – Rhopalocladius – Riethia – Robackia –
S[edit]
Saetheria – Saetheriella – Saetherocladius – Saetherocryptus – Saetherolabis – Saetheromyia – Saetherops – Sasayusurika – Semiocladius – Seppia – Sergentia – Setukoyusurika – Shangomyia – Shilovia – Skusella – Skutzia – Smittia – Spaniotoma – Stackelbergina – Stelechomyia – Stempellina – Stempellinella – Stenochironomus – Stictochironomus – Stictocladius – Stictotendipes – Stilocladius – Sublettea – Sublettiella – Sumatendipes – Symbiocladius – Sympotthastia – Syndiamesa – Synendotendipes – Synorthocladius –
T[edit]
Tanypus – Tanytarsus – Tapajos – Tavastia – Telmatogeton – Telmatopelopia – Telopelopia – Tempisquitoneura – Tendipedini – Tethymyia – Thalassomya – Thalassosmittia – Thienemannia – Thienemanniella – Thienemannimyia – Thienemanniola – Tipula – Tobachironomus – Tokunagaia – Tokunagayusurika – Tokyobrillia – Tosayusurika – Townsia – Toyamayusurika – Tribelos – Trichosmittia – Trichotanypus – Tripelma – Trissocladius – Trissopelopia – Tritanytarsus – Trondia – Tsudayusurika – Tusimayusurika – Tvetenia –
U[edit]
Uirassubrillia – Unniella – Usambaromyia –
V[edit]
Virgatanytarsus – Vivacricotopus –
W[edit]
X[edit]
Xenochironomus – Xenopelopia – Xestochironomus – Xestotendipes – Xiaomyia – Xylochironomus – Xylotopus –
Y[edit]
Yaeprimus – Yaequartus – Yaequintus – Yaesecundus – Yaetanytarsus – Yaetertius – Yama – Yarrhpelopia – Yuasaiella –
Z[edit]
Zalutschia –
Zavrelia –
Zavreliella –
Zavrelimyia –
Zelandochlus –
Zhouomyia –
Zuluchironomus –
†Cretaenne –
†Eonandeva –
†Jurochlus –
†Palaeoboreochlus –
†Podonomius
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils, plus (2 + 1†)
Tapajos –
Uirassubrillia –
†Palaeoboreochlus]
Name[edit]
Chironomidae Erichson, 1841
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
Additional references[edit]
- Cranston, P.S. 2017. A new genus and species of Australian Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) tolerant to mine waste. Zootaxa 4263(2): 369–377. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.10. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Cranston, P.S.; Hardy, N.B.; Morse, G.E. (early view, 2011): A dated molecular phylogeny for the Chironomidae (Diptera). Systematic entomology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00603.x
- Makarchenko, E.A. & Makarchenko, M.A. 2015: A review of the genus Parorthocladius Thienemann, 1935 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa 3974(3): 413–423. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- Makarchenko, E.A. & Makarchenko, M.A. 2015: Review of the genus Abiskomyia Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), with description of new taxa from the Russian Far East and bordering territories. Zootaxa 3919(1): 41–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.1.2. Reference page.
- Paggi, A.C. & Garay, G.N.R. 2015. The presence of species of Pseudochironomus Malloch 1915 (Diptera: Chironomidae) in watercourses of Chaco Serrano Ecoregion (Argentina, South America). Zootaxa 3957(3): 334–341. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- Qi, X., Wang, X-H., Andersen, T. & Lin, X-L. 2017. A new species of Manoa Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae), with DNA barcodes from Xianju National Park, Oriental China. Zootaxa 4231(3): 398–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.6. Reference page.
- Shimabukuro, E.M. & Trivinho-Strixino, S. 2018. Madicolous Chironomidae from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a checklist with notes on altitudinal distributions (Diptera, Insecta). ZooKeys 751: 41–73. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.751.20611. Reference page.
- da Silva, F.L. & Wiedenbrug, S. 2015: Amazonimyia gigantea gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa 3947(2): 275–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- Trivinho-Strixino, S. & Pepinelli, M. 2015: A systematic study on Endotribelos Grodhaus (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil including DNA barcoding to link males and females. Zootaxa 3936(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.1. Reference page.
Additional references[edit]
- Andersen, T.; Mendes, H.F. 2010: Order Diptera, family Chironomidae (with the exception of the tribe Tanytarsini). Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 564–598. [not seen]
- Andersen, T.; Sæther, O.A. 1994: Usambaromyia nigrala gen. n., sp. n., and Usambaromyiinae, a new subfamily among the Chironomidae (Diptera). Aquatic insects, 16: 21–29. DOI: 10.1080/01650429409361531
- Ansorge, J. 1999: Aenne liasina gen. et sp. n. - the most primitive non biting midge (Diptera: Chironomidae: Aenneinae subfam. n.) - from the Lower Jurassic of Germany. Polskie pismo entomologiczne, 68: 431–443.
- Ashe, P. 1983: A catalogue of chironomid genera and subgenera of the world including synonyms (Diptera: Chironomidae). Ent. Scand. Suppl. (17) [not seen]
- Azar, D.; Veltz, I.; Nel, A. 2008: Mandibulate chironomids: primitive or derived? (Diptera: Chironomidae). Systematic entomology, 33(4): 688–699. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00438.x
- Brundin, L. 1983: Chilenomyia paradoxa gen. n., sp. n. and Chilenomyiinae, a new subfamily among the Chironomidae (Diptera). Entomologica scandinavica, 14: 33–45. DOI: 10.1163/187631283X00399
- Donato, M.; Massaferro, J.; Brooks, S.J. 2009: Current state of the taxonomic knowledge of the Chironomidae fauna (Diptera: Nematocera) from Patagonia. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 68: 187–192. ISSN 0373-5680 [in Spanish, with English abstract] PDF
- Ferrington, L.C., jr. 2008: Global diversity of non-biting midges (Chironomidae; Insecta-Diptera) in freshwater. Developments in hydrobiology, 198: 447–455. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0 (Print) ISBN 978-1-4020-8259-7 (Online) DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_45
- Namayandeh, A. et al. 2012: Chironomidae (Diptera) larvae of Precambrian Shield headwater streams, Canada. Zootaxa 3324: 1–65. Preview Reference page.
- Guo, Y-h. & X.-h. Wang, 2005: First Oriental Stempellinella species from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148 (1): 27–30. Full article: PDF.
- Liu, W-B., Ferrington, L.C. Jr & Wang, J-H. 2016. First record of Odontomesa Pagast from China, with description of the immature stages of O. ferringtoni Sæther (Diptera, Chironomidae, Prodiamesinae). Zootaxa 4132(1): 135–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.12. Reference page.
- Makarchenko, E.A. & Makarchenko, M.A., 2014: Two new species of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Wrangel Island. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 93 (1): 185–188.
- Mendes, H.F. & Pinho, L.C. 2016. FAMILY CHIRONOMIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 142–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.16. Reference page.
- Pramual, P., Simwisat, K. & Martin, J. 2016. Identification and reassessment of the specific status of some tropical freshwater midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) using DNA barcode data. Zootaxa 4072(1): 39–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.2. Reference page.
- Sæther, O.A. & P.H. Langton, 2011: New Nearctic species of the Psectrocladius limbatellus group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Aquatic Insects 33 (2): 133–163. Abstract: DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2011.577960.
- da Silva, F.L. & Stur, E. 2019. Pentaneurella katterjokki Fittkau & Murray (Chironomidae, Tanypodinae): redescription and phylogenetic position. Zookeys, 833: 107–119. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.833.30936 Reference page.
- Spies, M. 2005: On selected family-group names in Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera), and related nomenclature. Zootaxa, 894: 1–12. Abstract & excerpt PDF
- Tang, H-Q. & Cranston, P.S. 2017. Nilodosis Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from South China: a new species and generic overview. Zootaxa 4353(2): 339–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Wiedenbrug, S. & da Silva, F.L. 2016. Diplosmittia caribensis, a new Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 4103(1): 71–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.1.8. Reference page.
- Zakrzewska, M. & Giłka, W. 2015. Eonandeva gen. nov., a new distinctive genus from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4044(4): 577–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog-Web Version [1]
- Chironomidae Homepage
Vernacular names[edit]
suomi: Surviaissääsket
français: Chironomidés
magyar: Árvaszúnyogok
日本語: ユスリカ科
中文: 摇蚊科
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