Cryptochironomus

Cryptochironomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Genus:	Cryptochironomus; Kieffer, 1918
Type species
	Chironomus (Cryptochironomus) chlorolobus; Kieffer, 1918
Subgenera
	Chironozorina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 ; Cryptochironomus ;
Synonyms
	Chironozorina Kocak & Kemal, 2008 ; Miscellanea Zorina, 2000 ;

Cryptochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 80 described species in Cryptochironomus.

Species

These 89 species belong to the genus Cryptochironomus:

Cryptochironomus acuminatus Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
Cryptochironomus albofasciatus (Staeger, 1839)
Cryptochironomus angularis Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus apicalis Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus argus Roback, 1957
Cryptochironomus astax Roback, 1960
Cryptochironomus bavaricus (Goetghebuer, 1939)
Cryptochironomus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus blarina Townes, 1945
Cryptochironomus boreus (Goetghebuer, 1940)
Cryptochironomus brasiliensis Silva, Trivinho-Strixino & Oliveira, 2010
Cryptochironomus brevipalpis Konstantinov, 1952
Cryptochironomus bulbosus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985
Cryptochironomus calyxus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985
Cryptochironomus camptolabis Kieffer
Cryptochironomus chaetoala (Sublette, 1960)
Cryptochironomus coarctatus (Kieffer, 1911)
Cryptochironomus conjugens (Kieffer, 1921)
Cryptochironomus conus Mason, 1985
Cryptochironomus crassiforceps Goetghebuer, 1931
Cryptochironomus curryi Mason, 1985
Cryptochironomus curtilamellatus
Cryptochironomus daitoijea (Sasa & Suzuki, 2001)
Cryptochironomus defectiforceps Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus defectus (Kieffer, 1913)
Cryptochironomus denticulatus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Cryptochironomus diceras Kieffer, 1923
Cryptochironomus digitatus Malloch, 1915
Cryptochironomus dilatatus Zorina, 2000
Cryptochironomus dimidiatus Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus distractus (Johannsen, 1932)
Cryptochironomus eminentia Mason, 1985
Cryptochironomus forficula Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus fulvus Johannsen, 1905
Cryptochironomus gracilidentatus Konstantinov, 1948
Cryptochironomus gracilis Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum (Kieffer, 1917)
Cryptochironomus hentonensis Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
Cryptochironomus hirtalatus (Beck & Beck, 1964)
Cryptochironomus hirticeps (Kieffer, 1918)
Cryptochironomus imitans Saether, 2009
Cryptochironomus inaabeus (Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001)
Cryptochironomus inabeceus (Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001)
Cryptochironomus incertus Lehmann, 1979
Cryptochironomus incisus (Kruseman, 1949)
Cryptochironomus inornatus Kieffer, 1922
Cryptochironomus javae Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus jokaprimus Sasa & Ogata, 1999
Cryptochironomus judicius Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay, 1990
Cryptochironomus kiefferianus (Goetghebuer & Lenz, 1937)
Cryptochironomus kikuyui (Kieffer, 1913)
Cryptochironomus lindneri (Freeman, 1954)
Cryptochironomus lippini Konstantinov, 1948
Cryptochironomus longimanus Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus maculus Yan & Wang, 2016
Cryptochironomus mantiqueira Silva, Trivinho-Strixino & Oliveira, 2010
Cryptochironomus misumaiprimus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1998)
Cryptochironomus neonilicola (Freeman, 1957)
Cryptochironomus nigrocorporis (Freeman, 1957)
Cryptochironomus nigrotibialis (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Cryptochironomus niligenus (Kieffer, 1923)
Cryptochironomus nilogenes Kieffer, 1925
Cryptochironomus obreptans (Walker, 1856)
Cryptochironomus parafulvus (Beck & Beck, 1964)
Cryptochironomus polius (Kieffer, 1911)
Cryptochironomus ponapensis (Tokunaga, 1964)
Cryptochironomus ponderosus (Sublette, 1964)
Cryptochironomus protuberans Yan & Wang, 2016
Cryptochironomus psammophila Botnariuc, 1956
Cryptochironomus psittacinus (Meigen, 1830)
Cryptochironomus ramus Mason, 1985
Cryptochironomus rectus Zorina, 2000
Cryptochironomus redekei (Kruseman, 1933)
Cryptochironomus reshchikovi Silva, Trivinho-Strixino & Oliveira, 2010
Cryptochironomus rostratus Kieffer, 1921
Cryptochironomus scimitarus Townes, 1945
Cryptochironomus sorex Townes, 1945
Cryptochironomus sphagnorum Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus stackelbergi (Goetghebuer, 1933)
Cryptochironomus subovatus (Freeman, 1954)
Cryptochironomus supplicans (Meigen, 1830)
Cryptochironomus tamaichimori Sasa, 1987
Cryptochironomus tamayoroi Sasa, 1983
Cryptochironomus tokaracedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1995
Cryptochironomus tokaraefea (Sasa & Suzuki, 1995)
Cryptochironomus tonewabea (Sasa & Tanaka, 2002)
Cryptochironomus tricolor Kieffer, 1924
Cryptochironomus ussouriensis (Goetghebuer, 1933)
Cryptochironomus viridiclava Kieffer, 1922

References

1 2 "ITIS report, Cryptochironomus". Retrieved 2025-04-26.
↑ "GBIF, Cryptochironomus". Retrieved 2025-04-26.
1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918". Retrieved 2025-04-26.
↑ Yan2018, Chuncai; Liu, Ting; Cao, Wei; Zhao, Guangjun; Liu, Wenbin (5 July 2018). "A review of the Japanese Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". ZooKeys (771): 139–155. Bibcode:2018ZooK..771..139Y. doi:10.3897/zookeys.771.24220. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6043619. PMID 30008579.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
1 2 Sari, Adile; Duran, Mustafa; Sen, Alaattin; Bardakci, Fevzi (April 2015). "Investigation of Chironomidae (Diptera) relationships using mitochondrial COI gene". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 59: 229–238. Bibcode:2015BioSE..59..229S. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2015.01.005.

External links

Citizen science observations for Cryptochironomus at iNaturalist

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[itis-1] 1 2 "ITIS report, Cryptochironomus". Retrieved 2025-04-26.

[gbif-2] "GBIF, Cryptochironomus". Retrieved 2025-04-26.

[catlife-3] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918". Retrieved 2025-04-26.

[Yan2018-4] Yan2018, Chuncai; Liu, Ting; Cao, Wei; Zhao, Guangjun; Liu, Wenbin (5 July 2018). "A review of the Japanese Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". ZooKeys (771): 139–155. Bibcode:2018ZooK..771..139Y. doi:10.3897/zookeys.771.24220. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6043619. PMID 30008579.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[Sari2015-5] 1 2 Sari, Adile; Duran, Mustafa; Sen, Alaattin; Bardakci, Fevzi (April 2015). "Investigation of Chironomidae (Diptera) relationships using mitochondrial COI gene". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 59: 229–238. Bibcode:2015BioSE..59..229S. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2015.01.005.