Demicryptochironomus

Demicryptochironomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Demicryptochironomus; Lenz, 1941
Type species
	Demicryptochironomus vulneratus; (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Subgenera
	Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941 ; Irmakia Reiss, 1988 ;
Synonyms
	Irmakia Reiss, 1988 ; Schadinia Lipina, 1939 ;

Demicryptochironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 30 described species in Demicryptochironomus.

The genus was first described by Lenz in 1941, and the type species is Demicryptochironomus vulneratus.

Species

These 33 species belong to the genus Demicryptochironomus:

Demicryptochironomus americana
Demicryptochironomus antennarius Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
Demicryptochironomus asamaprimus Sasa, 1991
Demicryptochironomus banepae Reiss, 1988
Demicryptochironomus chuncheonensis Ree & Jeong, 2010
Demicryptochironomus cinereithorax (Goetghebuer, 1934)
Demicryptochironomus clarilatus (Guha & Chaudhuri, 1981)
Demicryptochironomus concavus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
Demicryptochironomus constrictus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
Demicryptochironomus cuneatus (Townes, 1945)
Demicryptochironomus dividuus Mukherjee & Hazra, 2022
Demicryptochironomus evgeniii Zorina, 2004
Demicryptochironomus fastigatus (Townes, 1945)
Demicryptochironomus ginzancedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Demicryptochironomus irioabeus (Sasa & Suzuki, 2000)
Demicryptochironomus latior Reiss, 1988
Demicryptochironomus lobus (Yan, Saether, Jin & Wang, 2008)
Demicryptochironomus lutoga Zorina, 2004
Demicryptochironomus minus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
Demicryptochironomus neglectus Reiss, 1988
Demicryptochironomus oyabeprimus (Sasa, Kawai & Ueno, 1988)
Demicryptochironomus pannus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
Demicryptochironomus paracamptolabis Ree, 2012
Demicryptochironomus praeacutus Mukherjee & Hazra, 2022
Demicryptochironomus retusus Yan, Saether, Jin & Wang, 2008
Demicryptochironomus schachti Reiss, 1988
Demicryptochironomus spatulatus Wang & Zheng, 1994
Demicryptochironomus tamacutus (Sasa, 1983)
Demicryptochironomus uresicarinus Sasa, 1989
Demicryptochironomus vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Demicryptochironomus wontongensis Ree, 2012
Demicryptochironomus yui Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
Demicryptochironomus zairensis Lehmann, 1979

References

1 2 "Demicryptochironomus Lenz 1941 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
↑ "BugGuide.net, Demicryptochironomus genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
↑ Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.

External links

Citizen science observations for Demicryptochironomus at iNaturalist

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[Plazi-1] 1 2 "Demicryptochironomus Lenz 1941 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.

[catlife-2] 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941". Retrieved 2026-06-25.

[bugguide-3] "BugGuide.net, Demicryptochironomus genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-25.

[Evenhuis2026-4] Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.

[Townes1945-5] Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.