List of Chironomus species

These 463 species belong to Chironomus, a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae.

Chironomus species

Chironomus aberratus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus abjectus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus absconditus Kieffer, 1926
Chironomus acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939
Chironomus acerbus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus acuminatus Freeman, 1957
Chironomus acutiventris Wülker & Ryser, 1983
Chironomus acutus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus aegyptius (Kieffer, 1913)
Chironomus affinis Wiedemann, 1817
Chironomus agilis Shobanov & Djomin, 1988
Chironomus albimaculatus Shobanov, Wülker & Kiknadze, 2002
Chironomus albomarginatus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus alchichica Acosta & Prat, 2017
Chironomus alluaudi Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus alternans Walker, 1856
Chironomus alternus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus amissum Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Michailova, 2013
Chironomus analis Freeman, 1959
Chironomus anchialicus Mikhailova, 1974
Chironomus androgyne Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus angustatus Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus annularius Meigen, 1818
Chironomus anonymus Williston, 1896
Chironomus antarcticus Walker, 1836
Chironomus antennalis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
Chironomus antipodensis Sublette & Wirth, 1980
Chironomus antiramus Kieffer, 1925
Chironomus antonioi Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007
Chironomus apicalis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus apicatus Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus aprilinus Meigen, 1830
Chironomus arcuatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus arcustylus Siirin, 2003
Chironomus ashei Murray & O'Connor, 2025
Chironomus athalassicus Cannings, 1975
Chironomus atrella (Townes, 1945)
Chironomus atripennis Rempel, 1939
Chironomus atritibia Malloch, 1934
Chironomus atrolineatus Goetghebuer, 1928
Chironomus atroviridis (Townes, 1945)
Chironomus attenuatus Walker, 1848
Chironomus australis Macquart, 1847
Chironomus balatonicus Dévai, Wülker & Scholl, 1983
Chironomus balticus (Kieffer, 1925)
Chironomus bavaricus Wülker & Ryser, 1983
Chironomus behningi Goetghebuer, 1928
Chironomus beljaninae Wülker, 1991
Chironomus bernensis Wülker & Klötzli, 1973
Chironomus bethsaidae (Kieffer, 1915)
Chironomus bharati Singh & Kulshrestha, 1976
Chironomus bicolor Waltl, 1837
Chironomus bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus bicornutus (Kieffer, 1913)
Chironomus bifidus Pal & Hazra, 2017
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Martin, Kiknadze, Sublette & Michiels, 2009
Chironomus bimacula Walker, 1848
Chironomus bincus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus binodulus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus bipunctus Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus biseta (Townes, 1945)
Chironomus biwaprimus (Sasa & Kawai, 1987)
Chironomus blaylocki Wuelker, Martin, Kiknadze, Sublette & Michiels, 2009
Chironomus boliviensis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus bonaerensis Lynch Arribálzaga, 1881
Chironomus bonus Shilova, 1974
Chironomus borealis Curtis, 1835
Chironomus borokensis Kerkis, Filippova & Shobanov, 1988
Chironomus boydi
Chironomus breviantennatus Konstantinov, 1956
Chironomus brevibarba Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus brevidentatus Hirvenoja & Mikhailova, 1998
Chironomus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1926)
Chironomus brevisetis Shilova, 1989
Chironomus brevistylus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985
Chironomus brunneipennis Johannsen, 1905
Chironomus brunneus Freeman, 1954
Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus calligraphus Goeldi, 1905
Chironomus carolinensis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus cavazzi Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus chelonia (Townes, 1945)
Chironomus chlorogaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus chlorophilus Weyenbergh, 1886
Chironomus cingulatus Meigen, 1830
Chironomus circumdatus (Kieffer, 1916)
Chironomus citrinellus (Kieffer, 1913)
Chironomus claggi Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus clarinervis (Kieffer, 1924)
Chironomus clarus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus clavipenis Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus cloacalis Atchley & Martin, 1971
Chironomus coaetaneus Hirvenoja, 1998
Chironomus columbiensis Wülker, Sublette, Morath & Martin, 1989
Chironomus commutatus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus confectus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus congolensis Goetghebuer, 1936
Chironomus coracellus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus corax (Kieffer, 1911)
Chironomus cordovensis Weyenbergh, 1886
Chironomus corniger Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus costatus Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus crassicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Chironomus crassicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus crassicornis (Kieffer, 1922)
Chironomus crassiforceps (Kieffer, 1916)
Chironomus crassimanus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus cucini Webb, 1969
Chironomus culterus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus curabilis Belyanina, Sigareva & Loginova, 1990
Chironomus curtipalpis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus dahlbomi Zetterstedt, 1860
Chironomus daitodeeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus daitofegea Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus decksbachi Goetghebuer, 1930
Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905
Chironomus decumbens Malloch, 1934
Chironomus dendrophila (Zvereva, 1950)
Chironomus despectus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus detriticola Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007
Chironomus diakonoffi (Kruseman, 1949)
Chironomus dilutus Shobanov, Kiknadze & Butler, 1999
Chironomus discolor (Santos Abreu, 1918)
Chironomus distans Kieffer, 1909
Chironomus dolichotomus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus duplex Walker, 1856
Chironomus dystenus (Kieffer, 1916)
Chironomus echizensis Sasa, 1994
Chironomus elatior Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus ellejorsava Murray & O'connor, 2025
Chironomus enshiensis Wang, 1994
Chironomus enteromorphae Tokunaga, 1936
Chironomus entis Shobanov, 1989
Chironomus equisitus
Chironomus esai Wülker, 1997
Chironomus excavatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus excisus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus famiabeus Sasa, 1996
Chironomus filimanus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus fittkaui Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007
Chironomus flaveolus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus flavicollis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus flavitibia Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus flavofasciatus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus flavoviridis Lundstrom, 1915
Chironomus fluminicola Weyenbergh, 1886
Chironomus formosae (Kieffer, 1912)
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus forsythi Martin, 1999
Chironomus fortibracchius Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus fortistylus Chaudhuri, Das & Sublette, 1992
Chironomus fraternus Wülker, 1991
Chironomus frequentatus Belyanina & Filinkova, 1996
Chironomus frisianus (Kieffer, 1912)
Chironomus frommeri Atchley & Martin, 1971
Chironomus fujitertius Sasa, 1985
Chironomus fulviventris (Kieffer, 1921)
Chironomus fundatus Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
Chironomus fusciceps Yamamoto, 1990
Chironomus galilaeus (Kieffer, 1915)
Chironomus gelhausi Bouchard, 2022
Chironomus gigas Reiss, 1974
Chironomus ginzanabeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus globulus Filinkova & Belyanina, 1993
Chironomus grandivalva (Shilova, 1957)
Chironomus grisescens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus gualtemaltecus Cockerell, 1915
Chironomus halophilus Packard, 1873
Chironomus hamatus Freeman, 1957
Chironomus harpi Sublette, 1991
Chironomus harti Malloch, 1915
Chironomus harunaprimus Sasa, 1996
Chironomus hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901
Chironomus hemicyclius Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus heterodentatus Konstantinov, 1956
Chironomus heteropilicornis Wülker, 1996
Chironomus hirtimanus Kieffer & Thienemann, 1908
Chironomus hirtitarsis Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus holomelas Keyl, 1961
Chironomus holsatus (Lenz)
Chironomus horni Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus hungaricus (Szitó, 1969)
Chironomus hyperboreus Staeger, 1845
Chironomus ignotus Zavřel, 1932
Chironomus imberbis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus imicola Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus improvidus Hirvenoja, 1998
Chironomus improvisus Shobanov, 2004
Chironomus incertipenis Chaudhuri, 1996
Chironomus incertus (Kieffer, 1924)
Chironomus inermifrons Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus inquinatus Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Mikhailova, 2006
Chironomus islandicus (Kieffer, 1913)
Chironomus jamaicensis Gerry, 1933
Chironomus jangchunensis Ree, 2012
Chironomus januarius Skuse, 1889
Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus joni Spies & Reiss, 1996
Chironomus jonmartini Lindeberg, 1979
Chironomus kagaensis Sasa, 1994
Chironomus kanazawai (Yamamoto, 1996)
Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga, 1936
Chironomus kiknadzeae Mikhailova, 1984
Chironomus komensis (Zvereva, 1950)
Chironomus lacunarius Wülker & Klötzli, 1973
Chironomus lacustris (Kieffer, 1913)
Chironomus lasiopus Walker, 1848
Chironomus latistylus Reiss, 1974
Chironomus latusus Jiang & Wang, 2011
Chironomus lenzi Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus leucochlorus Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus leucopterus Linevich, 1971
Chironomus linearis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus longiforceps Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus longilobus (Kieffer, 1916)
Chironomus longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus longivalvis Kieffer, 1910
Chironomus loricatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus lugubris Zetterstedt, 1850
Chironomus lundstroemi Saether, 2004
Chironomus luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus lurilatus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015
Chironomus macani Freeman, 1948
Chironomus macrogaster Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus maddeni Martin & Cranston, 1995
Chironomus maerens Sherborn, 1928
Chironomus major Wülker & Butler, 1983
Chironomus markosjani Shilova, 1983
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908
Chironomus mayri Mazumdar, Mazumdar & Chaudhuri, 2009
Chironomus meinerii Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus melanderi Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus melanopus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus melanotus Keyl, 1961
Chironomus mongolabeus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1997)
Chironomus mongolbeceus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1997)
Chironomus mongolcedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Chironomus mongoldeeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Chironomus mongolefeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Chironomus mongolfegeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Chironomus mongolgeheus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Chironomus mongolheius Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Chironomus montuosus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985
Chironomus mozleyi Wülker, 2007
Chironomus muratensis Ryser & Scholl, 1983
Chironomus neocorax Wülker & Butler, 1983
Chironomus neofulvus Rempel, 1939
Chironomus nepalensis (Kieffer, 1911)
Chironomus nepeanensis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus niger Chaudhuri, Das & Sublette, 1992
Chironomus nigerilateralis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus nigricans Goetghebuer, 1927
Chironomus nigrifrons Linevich, 1971
Chironomus nigritibia Walker, 1848
Chironomus nigrocaudata Erbaeva, 1968
Chironomus nigroviridis Macquart, 1834
Chironomus nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979
Chironomus nipponensis Tokunaga, 1940
Chironomus nipponicus Tokunaga, 1940
Chironomus nitidiventris Edwards, 1931
Chironomus nivalis Freeman, 1954
Chironomus noctivagus (Kieffer, 1911)
Chironomus noctuabundus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus nocturnalis Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus novaeguineensis Meijere, 1906
Chironomus novosibiricus Kiknadze, Siirin & Kerkis, 1993
Chironomus nuditarsis Keyl, 1961
Chironomus nudiventris Ryser & Scholl, 1983
Chironomus obensis Filinkova & Belyanina, 1996
Chironomus obscuripes Holmgren, 1869
Chironomus obscurus (Filinkova & Belyanina, 1994)
Chironomus obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921
Chironomus occidentalis Skuse, 1889
Chironomus ochreatus (Townes, 1945)
Chironomus ochrocoma Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus oculatus Shobanov, 1996
Chironomus okinawanus Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
Chironomus okisiroia (Sasa, 1993)
Chironomus oliveirai Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007
Chironomus oppositus Walker, 1856
Chironomus ovazzai Freeman, 1957
Chironomus pacificus Tokunaga, 1936
Chironomus palidus Linevich, 1971
Chironomus pallidiramus Kieffer, 1925
Chironomus pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915
Chironomus palpalis Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus pankratovi Grebenyuk, Kiknadze & Belyanina, 1989
Chironomus paraalbidus Polukonova, Belyanina & Zinchenko, 2005
Chironomus paragigas Reiss, 1974
Chironomus parariparius Martin, 2023
Chironomus parathummi Keyl, 1961
Chironomus parvulus (Santos Abreu, 1918)
Chironomus paulfreemani Säwedal, 1981
Chironomus pectoralis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus perangustatus Goetghebuer, 1952
Chironomus percurrens Kieffer, 1909
Chironomus peringueyi Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus pervagatus Skuse, 1889
Chironomus petiolatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus phytophilus Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007
Chironomus piger Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus pilicornis (Fabricius, 1787)
Chironomus ploenesis (Kieffer, 1922)
Chironomus plumatisetigerus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus plumosulus Golubeva, 1987
Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (buzzer midge)
Chironomus polaris Kirby, 1824
Chironomus polonicus
Chironomus praeapicalis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus prasinellus (Kieffer, 1912)
Chironomus prasinus Meigen, 1804
Chironomus prior Butler, 1982
Chironomus pseudofasciatus Gerry, 1932
Chironomus pseudomendax Wülker, 1999
Chironomus pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus pseudovulpes (Kruseman, 1933)
Chironomus pulcher Wiedemann, 1830
Chironomus quadratus Johannsen, 1932
Chironomus quinnitukqut Martin, Sublette & Caldwell, 2010
Chironomus ramosus Chaudhuri, Das & Sublette, 1992
Chironomus rectilobus Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus redeuns Walker
Chironomus reductus (Lenz, 1924)
Chironomus reissi Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Mikhailova, 2005
Chironomus reservatus Shobanov, 1997
Chironomus restrictus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus riihimakiensis Wülker, 1973
Chironomus rincon Sublette & Sasa, 1994
Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804
Chironomus rishii Trivinho-Strixino & Silva, 2018
Chironomus rusticus Meigen, 1835
Chironomus salinarius Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus samoensis Edwards, 1928
Chironomus sanctipaula Sublette, 1966
Chironomus satchelli Freeman, 1957
Chironomus sauteri Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus sauterianus Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus saxatilis Wülker, 1981
Chironomus saxonicus Lenz, 1921
Chironomus scotti Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus scriptus Waltl, 1837
Chironomus semireductus Lenz, 1924
Chironomus senisetosus Jiang & Wang, 2011
Chironomus setivalva (Shilova, 1957)
Chironomus setonis Tokunaga, 1936
Chironomus seychelleanus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus seydeli Goetghebuer, 1936
Chironomus sieberti Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus sinicus Kiknadze & Wang, 2005
Chironomus sinuosus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1984
Chironomus sokolovae Istomina, Kiknadze & Siirin, 1999
Chironomus solicitus Hirvenoja, 1962
Chironomus solitus Linevich, 1971
Chironomus sordidatus Kieffer, 1913
Chironomus sororius Wülker, 1973
Chironomus staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
Chironomus stigmaterus Say, 1823
Chironomus storai Goetghebuer, 1937
Chironomus strenzkei Fittkau, 1968
Chironomus striatus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus stricticornis (Kieffer, 1911)
Chironomus subantarcticus Sublette & Wirth, 1980
Chironomus subdolus Skuse, 1889
Chironomus subrectus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus subreductus Zavřel, 1932
Chironomus subviridis Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus sulfurosus Yamamoto, 1990
Chironomus surfurosus Yamamoto, 1990
Chironomus suwai Golygina & Martin, 2003
Chironomus tardus Butler, 1982
Chironomus tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus tenuicaudatus Goetghebuer, 1950
Chironomus tenuistylus Brundin, 1949
Chironomus tenuiventris Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus tepperi Skuse, 1889
Chironomus tetraleucus Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus trabicola Shobanov, Wülker & Kiknadze, 2002
Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923
Chironomus trichomerus Walker, 1848
Chironomus trifilis Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus trilobatus Rempel, 1939
Chironomus trimaculatus Macquart, 1838
Chironomus trinigrivittatus Tokunaga, 1940
Chironomus triseta Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus tschubarevae Belyanina & Filinkova, 2020
Chironomus tuberculatus (Townes, 1945)
Chironomus turfaceus Kieffer, 1929
Chironomus tusimaabeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1999
Chironomus tuvanicus Kiknadze, Siirin & Wülker, 1993
Chironomus tuxis Curran, 1930
Chironomus usenicus Loginova & Belyanina, 1994
Chironomus utahensis Malloch, 1915
Chironomus uttarpadeshensis Singh & Kulshrestha, 1976
Chironomus validus (Kieffer, 1912)
Chironomus valkanovi Mikhailova, 1974
Chironomus vallenduuki Ashe & O'Connor, 2014
Chironomus vancouveri Mikhailova & Fischer, 1986
Chironomus virdicollis Wulp, 1858
Chironomus virens (Linnaeus, 1767)
Chironomus viridellus Kieffer, 1918
Chironomus viridipes Macquart, 1826
Chironomus vittiventris Edwards, 1931
Chironomus vockerothi Rasmussen, 1984
Chironomus vulpes Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus whitseli Sublette & Sublette, 1974
Chironomus willistoni Johannsen, 1905
Chironomus winnelli Wülker, 2007
Chironomus winthemi Goetghebuer, 1931
Chironomus wuelkeri Sublette & Sasa, 1994
Chironomus wulkeri Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993
Chironomus xanthus Rempel, 1939
Chironomus yoshimatsui Martin & Sublette, 1972
Chironomus zavreli Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus zealandicus Hudson, 1892
Chironomus zernyi Goetghebuer, 1931
† Chironomus abietarius Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus almelanderi Arnaud, 1966
† Chironomus aquisextanus Théobald, 1937
† Chironomus asepultus Arnaud, 1966
† Chironomus bituminosus Heyden, 1870
† Chironomus brevirostris Giebel, 1856
† Chironomus caliginosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus depletus Scudder, 1877
† Chironomus elegantulus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus gaudini Heer, 1864
† Chironomus haustus Meunier, 1912
† Chironomus inclusus Meunier, 1912
† Chironomus inglorius Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus kirklandi Sublette, 1969
† Chironomus lacunus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus lacus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus meticulosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus meunieri Arnaud, 1966
† Chironomus meyeri Heer, 1849
† Chironomus microcephalus Giebel, 1856
† Chironomus obsoletus Heer, 1849
† Chironomus obtusus Meunier, 1899
† Chironomus oeningensis Heer, 1849
† Chironomus paludosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus pauludosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus pausatus Melander, 1949
† Chironomus pliocenicus Piton, 1935
† Chironomus primaevus Melander, 1949
† Chironomus pristinus Melander, 1949
† Chironomus proterus Melander, 1949
† Chironomus requiescens Melander, 1949
† Chironomus scudderiellus Cockerell, 1916
† Chironomus sepultus Heer, 1849
† Chironomus serresi Théobald, 1937
† Chironomus subobscurus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus tenebricosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus tenebrosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus uliginosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus umbraticus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus umbrosus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus vagabundus Meunier, 1904
† Chironomus venerabilis Etheridge & Olliff, 1890

References

↑ "Catalogue of Life, Chironomus Meigen, 1803". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.

[catlife-1] "Catalogue of Life, Chironomus Meigen, 1803". Retrieved 2026-06-25.

[Evenhuis2026-2] Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.