Taxonomy Profile: Chironomus

Chironomus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Tendipes
Chaetolabis
Limnochironomus
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
No review; untreated NODC data
Chironomus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Diptera
mosca |
mosquito |
gnats |
mosquitoes |
true flies |
Suborder : Nematocera
long-horned flies |
Infraorder : Culicomorpha
Family : Chironomidae
midges |
moucherons |
Subfamily : Chironominae
Tribe : Chironomini
Genus : Chironomus
Chironomus Direct Children(s):
Chironomus anthracinus
(Zetterstedt 1860)
Chironomus athalassicus
(Cannings 1975)
Chironomus atrella
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus atritibia
(Malloch 1934)
Chironomus atroviridis
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus attenuatus
(Walker 1848)
Chironomus bimaculus
(Walker 1848)
Chironomus biseta
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus borealis
(Curtis 1835)
Chironomus brevipalpis
(Kieffer 1926)
Chironomus brunneipennis
(Johannsen 1905)
Chironomus chelonia
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus cucini
(Webb 1969)
Chironomus decorus
(Johannsen 1905)
Chironomus decumbens
(Malloch 1934)
Chironomus excavatus
(Kieffer 1917)
Chironomus excisus
(Kieffer 1917)
Chironomus frommeri
(Atchley and Martin 1971)
Chironomus halophilus
(Packard 1873)
Chironomus harti
(Malloch 1915)
Chironomus hyperboreus
(Staeger 1845)
Chironomus major
(Wulker and Bulter 1983)
Chironomus maturus
(Johannsen 1908)
Chironomus melanderi
(Kieffer 1917)
Chironomus nigritibia
(Walker 1848)
Chironomus ochreatus
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus pilicornis
(Fabricius 1794)
Chironomus plumosus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Chironomus prior
(Butler 1982)
Chironomus pungens
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus riparius
(Meigen 1804)
Chironomus sanctipaula
(Sublette 1966)
Chironomus staegeri
(Lundbeck 1898)
Chironomus tardus
(Butler 1982)
Chironomus tentans
(Fabricius 1805)
Chironomus trichomerus
(Walker 1848)
Chironomus tuxis
(Curran 1930)
Chironomus utahensis
(Malloch 1915)
Chironomus vockerothi
(Rasmussen 1984)
Chironomus whitseli
(Sublette and Sublette 1974)
Chironomus anonymus
(Williston)
Chironomus esakii
(Tokunaga)
Chironomus carus
(Townes 1945)
Chironomus salinarius
(Kieffer 1915)
Chironomus samoensis
(Edwards 1928)
Chironomus yoshimatsui
(Martin and Sublette 1972)
Chironomus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Chironomus
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Chironomus: Comments