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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Chironomus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chironomus
Recognized by Biopix Nature Photos
Chironomus
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Canada Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Germany Species List, Ireland Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Namibia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Poland Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Japan Species List, Mexico Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, South Atlantic Species List, wikipedia ET, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia MIN, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia FR, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Ablabesmyia caliptera (Kieffer 1906)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905)
Ablabesmyia oriplanus (Kieffer 1911)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905)
Ablabesmyia subrecta (Kieffer 1923)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905)
Benthalia brunneipennis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Benthalia dissidens
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Calochironomus hexastictus Kieffer 1925
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Camptochironomus hungaricus Szitó & Ferenc 1969
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Chironomus tentans Fabricius, 1805)
Camptocladius triseta (Kieffer 1924)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Camptocladius Wulp, 1874)
Chironomus abdominalis Meigen 1818
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus albistria Walker 1848
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus angustiforceps Thienemann & Kieffer 1916
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus annularius Meigen 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus annularius Kieffer, 1926)
Chironomus atrofasciatus Kieffer 1921
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus bavaricus Wulker, Ryser & Scholl 1983
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus bifidus Pal & Hazra 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus borealis Belyanina & Filinkova 1996
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus borealis Curtis, 1835)
Chironomus brevicornis (Kieffer 1918)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus brevicornis (Zetterstedt, 1855))
Chironomus curtibarba Kieffer 1922
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus curtiforceps Thienemann & Kieffer 1916
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus diplosis Kieffer 1915
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus dubius (Zetterstedt 1838)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus dubius (Fabricius, 1805))
Chironomus ferrugineovittatus Zetterstedt 1850
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus fluminalis Kieffer 1915
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus fuscipennis Meigen 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus grandis Meigen 1818
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus halochares Kieffer 1915
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus halophilus Kieffer 1913
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus hamatus Freeman 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus hebescens Walker 1856
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus interruptus Kieffer 1909
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus kochianus Kieffer & Thienemann 1919
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus lugubris Williston 1896
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus maerens Sherborn 1928
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus mendax Ryser, Wülker & Scholl 1985
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus militaris Johannsen 1937
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus minusculus Walker 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus obscurus Goetghebuer 1921
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus pallidivittatus Edwards 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915)
Chironomus palpalis Goetghebuer 1934
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus pentatomus Kieffer 1909
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus permacer Walker 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus polaris Boheman 1865
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus prasinus Pinder 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus prasinus Meigen, 1804)
Chironomus pruinosus Freeman 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus sanguineus Kieffer 1909
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus semicinctus Strenzke 1959
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus serus Malloch 1915
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus spitzbergensis Kieffer & Thienemann 1919
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus strenzkei Sasa 1978
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus subaprilinus Kieffer 1918
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus subriparius Kieffer 1918
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus uliginosus Meunier 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus uliginosus Keyl, 1960)
Chironomus versicolor Kieffer 1909
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chironomus virens (Gimmerthal 1847)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Chironomus virens (Linnaeus, 1767))
Chironomus woodi Freeman 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chironomus zonulus Zetterstedt 1838
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cladopelma laminatum Kieffer 1921
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as homotypic synonym of Paracladopelma laminata (Kieffer, 1921))
Compterosmittia claggi (Tokunaga 1964)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Compterosmittia Saether, 1981)
Cricotopus atripes Kieffer 1913
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as homotypic synonym of Rheocricotopus atripes (Kieffer, 1913))
Cricotopus intersectus (Staeger 1839)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Cricotopus Wulp, 1874)
Cricotopus javanus (Kieffer 1924)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Cricotopus Wulp, 1874)
Cricotopus nigriventris (Van der Wulp 1859)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Cricotopus obnixus (Walker, 1856))
Cryptotendipes incertus (Walker)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Cryptotendipes Beck & Beck, 1969)
Dactylocladius rupicola (Kieffer 1919)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Dactylocladius Kieffer, 1906)
Einfeldia chelonia (Townes 1945)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Einfeldia Keiffer)
Forcipomyia hirtula (Zetterstedt 1838)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818)
Glyptotendipes viridis (Macquart 1834)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913)
Kiefferulus pruinosus (Freeman 1961)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1922)
Metriocnemus obscuripes (Holmgren 1869)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Metriocnemus eurynotus (Holmgren, 1883))
Micropsectra excisa (Kieffer 1911)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Micropsectra Kieffer, 1908)
Micropsectra imicola (Kieffer 1913)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Micropsectra Kieffer, 1908)
Microtendipes confinis (Meigen 1830)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915)
Microtendipes nitidus (Meigen 1818)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915)
Natarsia punctata (Meigen 1804)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Natarsia Fittkau, 1962)
Orthocladius curtipalpis (Kieffer 1913)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Orthocladius Wulp, 1874)
Orthocladius lenzi (Kieffer 1925)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Orthocladius Wulp, 1874)
Orthocladius oriplanus (Kieffer 1911)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Orthocladius Wulp, 1874)
Orthocladius thoracicus (Wiedemann 1818)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Orthocladius Wulp, 1874)
Paracladopelma laminata (Kieffer 1921)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923)
Paraphaenocladius brevinervis (Holmgren 1869)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 1924)
Paratanytarsus tenuis (Meigen 1830)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Paratanytarsus Thienemann & Bause, 1913)
Pentaneura carolinensis (Tokunaga 1964)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Pentaneura Philippi, 1865)
Phaenocladius rupicola Kieffer 1923
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as homotypic synonym of Smittia rupicola (Kieffer, 1923))
Polypedilum zavreli (Kieffer 1922)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912)
Propsilocerus komensis (Zvereva 1950)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Propsilocerus paradoxus (Lundstrom, 1915))
Rheocricotopus atripes (Kieffer 1913)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Rheocricotopus Thienemann & Harnisch, 1932)
Smittia rupicola (Kieffer 1923)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Smittia Holmgren, 1869)
Syndiamesa komensis Zvereva 1950
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as heterotypic synonym of Propsilocerus paradoxus (Lundstrom, 1915))
Tanypus distans (Kieffer 1909)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tanypus Meigen, 1803)
Tanytarsus chlorogaster (Kieffer 1918)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tanytarsus Wulp, 1874)
Tendipes bathophilus Kieffer 1912
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tendipes grandivalva Shilova 1957
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as heterotypic synonym of Chironomus tentans Fabricius, 1805)
Tendipes ichtyobrota Kieffer 1911
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tendipes indivisus Kieffer 1911
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tendipes islandicus Kieffer 1913
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tendipes subproductus Kieffer 1911
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tendipes thummi Kieffer 1911
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tendipus astenus Kieffer 1916
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tendipus)
Tendipus chlorophorus Kieffer 1912
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tendipus)
Tendipus chlorostolus Kieffer 1912
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tendipus)
Tendipus formosicola Kieffer 1912
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tendipus)
Tendipus grandilobus Kieffer 1916
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tendipus)
Tipula annularis De Geer 1776
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Tipula plumosa Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Xenochironomus flaviventris Kieffer 1911
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921)
Xenochironomus longicrus Kieffer 1911
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921)
Zavrelimyia subrecta (Kieffer 1918)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962)
? nigriventris Van der Wulp, 1859
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Chironomidae)
? oriplanus Kieffer, 1911
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Chironomidae)
Palaeolycus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Tendipes
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

Arabic

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Bulgarian

хирономуси preferred
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Chinese

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Danish

Dansemyg preferred
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Estonian

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Hebrew

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Russian

хирономус preferred
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Arz

هاموش preferred
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Zh Cn

摇蚊属 preferred
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Zh Tw

搖蚊屬 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Chironomus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Diptera
Culicomorpha
Chironomidae
Chironomus (this page)
343 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironominae
Chironomini
Chironomus (this page)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus (this page)
80 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironominae
Chironomini
Chironomus
Chironomus (this page)
162 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Chironomus (this page)
343 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Diptera
Culicomorpha
Chironomidae
Chironomus (this page)
343 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Chironomus (this page)
343 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus Meigen 1803 (this page)
449 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Diptera
Nematocera
Culicomorpha
Chironomidae
Chironominae
Chironomini
Chironomus (this page)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Diptera
Nematocera
Culicomorpha
Chironomoidea
Chironomidae
Chironominae
Chironomini
Chironomus
Chironomus (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Diptera
Nematocera
Culicomorpha
Chironomoidea
Chironomidae
Chironomus (this page)
357 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Diptera
Nematocera
Culicomorpha
Chironomoidea
Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus (this page)
542 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.