Parachironomus

Parachironomus
	Parachironomus monochromus, Colorado
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Parachironomus; Lenz, 1921
Synonyms
	Dychironomus Lenz, 1941 ; Kribiocryptus Kieffer, 1921 ; Nilomyia Kieffer, 1921 ; Parachironmus ; Paraharnischia Lenz, 1941 ;

Parachironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 90 described species in Parachironomus, found worldwide.

Species

These 91 species belong to the genus Parachironomus:

Parachironomus aberrans Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus abortivus (Malloch, 1915)
Parachironomus aculeatus (Kieffer, 1921)
Parachironomus acutus (Goetghebuer, 1936)
Parachironomus agraensis Maheshwari & Agarwal, 1993
Parachironomus alatus (Beck, 1962)
Parachironomus apalai Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus aquilonis Orel, 2017
Parachironomus arcuatus (Goetghebuer, 1919)
Parachironomus atroari Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus avicularis (Kieffer, 1921)
Parachironomus biannulatus (Staeger, 1839)
Parachironomus bicornutus (Kieffer, 1927)
Parachironomus camajura Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus carinatus (Townes, 1945)
Parachironomus cayapo Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus chaetaolus (Sublette, 1960)
Parachironomus cinctellus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Parachironomus coronatus (Kieffer, 1922)
Parachironomus cryptotomus (Kieffer, 1915)
Parachironomus cylindricus (Freeman, 1959)
Parachironomus danicus Lehmann, 1970
Parachironomus delinificus (Skuse, 1889)
Parachironomus demissum (Yan, Wang & Bu, 2012)
Parachironomus dewulfianus (Goetghebuer, 1934)
Parachironomus digitalis (Edwards, 1929)
Parachironomus directus (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
Parachironomus elodeae (Townes, 1945)
Parachironomus farinosus (Kieffer, 1926)
Parachironomus forceps (Townes, 1945)
Parachironomus formosanus Kieffer, 1922
Parachironomus frequens (Johannsen, 1905)
Parachironomus gillespieae Spies, 2000
Parachironomus guarani Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus harunasecundus Sasa, 1996
Parachironomus hazelriggi Spies, 2000
Parachironomus hirtalatus
Parachironomus inageheus Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001
Parachironomus intermedius Zorina & Makarchenko, 2000
Parachironomus khatyrka Orel, 2017
Parachironomus kuramaexpandus Sasa, 1989
Parachironomus kuzini Shilova, 1969
Parachironomus lewisi (Freeman, 1957)
Parachironomus limnael (Guibé, 1942)
Parachironomus longistilus Paggi, 1977
Parachironomus luctuosus (Kieffer, 1926)
Parachironomus lupus Trivinho-Strixino, Silva & Roque, 2010
Parachironomus major (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Parachironomus manaos Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus matapi Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus mauricii (Kruseman, 1933)
Parachironomus mirim Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus monochromes van der Wulp, 1874
Parachironomus monochromus (Wulp, 1875)
Parachironomus nankaiensis Liu, Wang, Zhao, Wang, Zhang, Yan & Lin, 2023
Parachironomus nigrofasciatus (Freeman, 1961)
Parachironomus osa Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus pallidiventris (Kieffer, 1921)
Parachironomus paradigitalis Brundin, 1949
Parachironomus pararostratus (Harnisch, 1923)
Parachironomus parilis (Walker, 1856)
Parachironomus pectinatellae (Dendy & Sublette, 1959)
Parachironomus pediformis Lenz, 1951
Parachironomus potamogeti (Townes, 1945)
Parachironomus poyangensis Yan, Dai, Jiang, Guo, Liu, Ge, Wang & Pan, 2015
Parachironomus primitivus (Johannsen, 1932)
Parachironomus pseudovarus Zorina, 2003
Parachironomus puberulus (Edwards, 1931)
Parachironomus salsus Mukherjee & Hazra, 2023
Parachironomus schneideri Beck & Beck, 1969
Parachironomus siljanensis Brundin, 1949
Parachironomus sinuatus (Freeman, 1957)
Parachironomus spissatus Brundin, 1947
Parachironomus subalpinus (Goetghebuer, 1931)
Parachironomus sublettei (Beck, 1961)
Parachironomus supparillis (Edwards, 1931)
Parachironomus swammerdami (Kruseman, 1933)
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus (Malloch, 1915)
Parachironomus ticuna Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus tirio Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus tobaquartus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990
Parachironomus transversalis (Kieffer, 1922)
Parachironomus turficola (Kieffer, 1927)
Parachironomus unicalcar (Freeman, 1957)
Parachironomus valdiviensis Spies, 2008
Parachironomus varus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Parachironomus vistosus Paggi, 1979
Parachironomus vitiosus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
Parachironomus waika Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994
Parachironomus wangi Lui & Lin, 2023
Parachironomus yanomani Spies, Fittkau & Reiss, 1994

References

1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Parachironomus Lenz, 1921". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.

External links

Citizen science observations for Parachironomus at iNaturalist

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[catlife-1] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Parachironomus Lenz, 1921". Retrieved 2026-06-25.

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