Names used in the genus Chironomus
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a. $ DAHLBOMI
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1860A: 6501 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - SCANDANAVIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 121 (Types not in ZETTERSTEDT collection) - attributes to ROTH.

a. $ DAITOABEUS
b. SYN: CRASSIFORCEPS - KOBAYASHI & ENDO 2008: 58.
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001: 63 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - Okinawa, JAPAN.
e.

a. * DAITOBECEUS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM NUBIFER - KOBAYASHI & ENDO 2008: 61.
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001: 64 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - Ryukus, Okinawa, JAPAN.
e.

a. $ DAITOCEDIUS
b. SYN: VITELLINUS - new synonymy by MARTIN (unpubl).
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001: 64 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - Ryukus, Okinawa, JAPAN.
e. YAMAMOTO & YAMAMOTO 2018 - as syn. JAVANUS.

a. $ DAITOEFEUS
b. SYN: CIRCUMDATUS - YAMAMOTO & YAMAMOTO 2018: 219.
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001: 66 - as CHIRONOMUS on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Rykus, Okinawa Pref, JAPAN.
e.

a. $ DAITOFEGEA
b. SYN: CRASSIFORCEPS - KOBAYASHI & ENDO 2008: 59.
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001: 67 - as DAITOYUSURIKA.
d. ASIA - Okinawa, JAPAN.
e.

a. * DAKTYLOS
b. CRYPTOTENDIPES - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
c. WALLEY (In CURRAN 1934A): 307 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. NEOTROPICAL - BRITISH GUIANA.
e. SUBLETTE 1966A: 22 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * DANICUS
b. ?SYN. ENDOCHIRONOMUS TENDENS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280.
c. KIEFFER 1915: 293 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - DENMARK.
e.

a. * DARBYI
b. CRYPTOTENDIPES - SÆTHER 1977B: 98.
c. SUBLETTE 1960A: 221 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) - on basis of adult.
d. NEARCTIC - Rio Linda, Sacramento Co., CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 272 - as CRYPTOTENDIPES.  SÆTHER 2010: 12 - description of pupa and larva.

a. * DEBILIPENNIS
b. SYN: PARAPHAENOCLADIUS IMPENSUS (Walker 1856) - Fauna Europaea.
c. LUNDBECK 1898A: 286 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - GREENLAND; NEW YORK.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 31; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 161 - as METRIOCNEMUS.

a. *1 DEBILIS
b. TANYTARSUS - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 (review of type).
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 255 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Stolberg nr Aachen, Hamburg, GERMANY; ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 29 - as TANYTARSUS.

a. *2 DEBILIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIESS & REISS 1996: 95. NEW NAME: ARGENTINIAE - KIEFFER 1917A: 221.
c. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 256 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Baradero & Navarro, ARGENTINA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS.  SPIES & REISS 1996: 83 - as invalid name (appear unaware of KIEFFER's renaming)

a. * DECEMATOGUTTATUS (DECEMATOGUTTATUM)
b. POLYPEDILUM - SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 313.
c. TOKUNAGA 1938A: 337 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM), on basis of adult male & female.
d. ASIA - Shimogamo, Kyoto, JAPAN.
e.

a.$ DECKSBACHI
b. ?SYN: DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13C): 25 - as TENDIPES.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1930: 3 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. PALEARCTIC - Kossino, nr. Lake Beloje, CET.
e.ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 261 - as doubtful syn DORSALIS.

a. * DECOLORATUS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM ILLINOENSE - TOWNES 1945A: 57; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 175.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 472 - as variety of ILLINOENSIS.
d. NEARCTIC - Spoon River, nr.Havana, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 167 - designation of Lectotype  WEBB 1980A: 85.

a. * DECORATUS
b. ORTHOCLADIUS (ORTHOCLADIUS) - KIEFFER 1906C: 27; SOPONIS 1977A: 44.
c. HOLMGREN 1869A: 43.
d. HOLARCTIC - Advent Bay, SPITZBERGEN, NORWAY.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 156 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.

a. $1 DECORUS
b. CHIRONOMUS VALID SPECIES - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1974A: 1.
c. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 239.
d. NEARCTIC - ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, NEW YORK, OHIO & WASHINGTON (Type locality No type locality was designated, although reference is made to the species being common around Ithaca, N.Y.).
e. KIEFFER 1922(1921G): 147.  TOWNES 1945A: 120 - Redescription as TENDIPES; 1959A: 135 - as syn. T. ATTENUATUS.  MARTIN, SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1979: 131 - cytology as species 3a.

a. #2 DECORUS
b. Incorrect author designation
c. KIEFFER - in LENZ?
d.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.

a. * DECREPITUS
b. Not CHIRONOMUS - STATZ 1944A: 123.
c. von HEYDEN 1870A: 248 - on basis of female.
d. EUROPE - Rott, GERMANY (Fossil species).
e.

a. $ DECUMBENS
b. CHIRONOMUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 165.
c. MALLOCH 1934A: 16 - on basis of adult male.
d. NEARCTIC - Southampton Is., Keewatin, N.W.T., CANADA (Carnegie Museum).
e. TOWNES 1945A: 126 - as TENDIPES (TENDIPES).

a. *1 DEFECTIFORCEPS
b. Nomen nudum?
c. KIEFFER 1918A: 50 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. EUROPE
e.

a. *2 DEFECTIFORCEPS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS, insufficiently known species -GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 41 (as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).
c. KIEFFER 1922G: 84 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Petit Lake, Plön, GERMANY.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 271 - as Nomen dubium probably in CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. #1 DEFECTUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS as *2 DEFECTUS below
c. KIEFFER 1911B: 16 - incorrect citation for KIEFFER 1913A: 16.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 78 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS). EDWARDS 1929A: 388 - as syn. C. Gp.E CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS SUPPLICANS.

a. *2 DEFECTUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
c. KIEFFER 1913A: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male, with mention of larva.  Correct citation for this species.
d. EUROPE - l’ile de Norderney, GERMANY.
e. FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 430; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 270 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. *3 DEFECTUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS
c. KIEFFER 1921K: 787.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 38 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * DEFLEXA
b. SYN: MICROTENDIPES PEDELLUS ABERRANS - TOWNES 1945A: 26.
c. WALLEY 1926A: 206 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.
e.

a. $ DEGELENUS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. SEISEBAEV, BAKHTIN & SIIRIN 2001 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. BOREAL - Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, KAZAKHSTAN., DAGESTAN,RUSSIA.
e. KIKNADZE et al. 2016 - karyotype; KARMOKOV - larval morphology (2023, unpubl.)

a. # DELICATULUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
c. PHILIPPI 1865A: 600 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEOTROPICAL - CHILE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * DELINIFICUS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - SAETHER 1977B: 89.
c. SKUSE 1889A: 239 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. AUSTRALIA - Knapsack Gully, Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17, 1917A: 206 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 699 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * DEMEIJEREI
b. ROBACKIA - SAETHER 1977B: 123.
c. KRUSEMAN 1933A: 195 - as TENDIPES (PARACHIRONOMUS).
d. EUROPE - Doesburg; Eldrick, THE NETHERLANDS.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 44 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1976A: 373; LEHMANN 1970A: 140 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.  PINDER & REISS 1980A: 338; ASHE 1983: 48 (generic position); ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 310 - as ROBACKIA.

a. $ DENDROPHILA
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267.
c. ZVEREVA 1950A: 277 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - Vychegda, Slobody, U.S.S.R..
e.

a. # DENIGRATOR (DENIGRATUS)
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
c. MEIGEN 1838A: 11 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given; GERMANY.
e.

a. * DENTICULATUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371; PINDER 1978A: 116.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 174 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Virton, BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 77 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS). EDWARDS 1929A: 389 - as C. Ser.4 HARNISCHIA. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 38 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).


a. * DENOTATUS
b. SYN: PARACLADIUS CONVERSUS (WALKER) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 94.
c. WALKER 1856B: 190 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 27 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 326 - as syn. CRICOTOPUS OBTEXENS var. INSERPENS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 139 - as syn. PARACLADIUS CONVERSUS.

a. # DEPLETUS
b. CHIRONOMUS - EVENHAUS 1994.
c. SCUDDER 1877A: 744 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - U.S.A. (Eocene fossil species).
e.

a. * DEPROPERANS
b. SYN: METRIOCNEMUS FUSCIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 19.
c. WALKER 1856B: 188.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 311 - as ?syn. M. FUSCIPES.  CRANSTON 1976A: 139; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 198 - as syn. M. FUSCIPES.

a. * DERIBAE
b. MICROCHIRONOMUS - SAETHER 1977B: 101; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 193.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 395 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AFRICA - Deriba, SUDAN; FRANCE, ISRAEL, SAUDI ARABIA TURKEY.
e. FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 432 - as LEPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. # DESPECTUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & RIESS 1996: 74.
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 352 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d SOUTH AMERICA - PARAGUAY (Types lost).
e. KIEFFER 1921: 186 - C. DESPECTUS VAR, also from PARAGUAY.

a. $ DETRICOLA
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. CORREIA & TRIVINHO-STRIXINO 2007: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of larva, pupa and adult.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - UFSCar Campus, São Carlos, São Paulo, BRAZIL.
e.

a. * DEVIATUS
b. SYN: TANYTARSUS GRACILENTUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 179.
c. MALLOCH 1923A: 172 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - St.Paul Is., ALASKA, U.S.A.
e. TOWNES 1945A: 172 - as Tribe CALOPSECTRINI.  REISS & FITTKAU 1971A: 129; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 406; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 341 - as syn. T. GRACILENTUS.

a. * DEVINCTUS
b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - OLIVER 1981A: 443 (generic position).
c. SAY 1829A: 150 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Indiana, U.S.A. (Type lost).
e. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 216; 1908A: 279 - as CHIRONOMUS.  JOHANNSEN 1938A: 30; MILLER 1941A: 44 - as C. (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).  BEYER 1941A: 4 - as POLYPEDILUM (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).  TOWNES 1945A: 79 - as TANYTARSUS (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * DEVINEYAE
b. GOELDICHIRONOMUS - PINDER & REISS 1983: 326.
c. BECK 1961A: 126 - as CHIRONOMUS (NILODORUM).
d. NEARCTIC - FLORIDA, U.S.A..
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS (NILODORUM).  BECK & BECK 1970A: 35 - as NILODORUM.

a. $ DEWULFI
b. SYN: KIEFFERULUS BREVIPALPE - FREEMAN 1957A: 376 (as C. (NILODORUM)). CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 (generic position).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1934L: 196 - as NILODORUM.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (NILIDORUM) by GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 464.
d. AFRICA - Katana, ZAIRE.
e. FREEMAN 1955B: 20; 1955D: 372 - as NILODORUM.  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194 - as syn. NILODORUM BREVIPALPE.

a. * DEWULFIANUS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1934L: 198 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AFRICA - ZAIRE: CHAD, NIGER, NIGERIA, RHODESIA, SUDAN, UGANDA.
e. FREEMAN 1955B: 17 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. $ DIAKONOFFI
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267.
c. KRUSEMAN 1949A: 249 - as TENDIPES.
d. AFRICA - Suez Canal, EGYPT.
e.

a. * DICERAS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 163 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 390.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e McLACHLAN 1969B: 269 - immatures as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. $ DICHROMOCERUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN 1954A: 30 (as syn. THUMMI).
c. KIEFFER 1911B: 34 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 151.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264 - as syn. C. RIPARIUS.

a. # DICHROMUS
b. NANOCLADIUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 201 revert to old name, BICOLOR, and don't list this name.
c. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as new name for CHIRONOMUS BICOLOR ZETTERSTEDT 1838A.
d. EUROPE - SWEDEN; SCANDINAVIA
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as MICROCRICOTOPUS.

a. * DIFFICILIS
b. ORTHOCLADIUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 27; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 156.
c. LUNDBECK 1898A: 282.
d. HOLARCTIC - GREENLAND.
e.

a. * DIFFINIS
b. MICROTENDIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 53.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 397 - as CHIRONOMUS (MICROTENDIPES).
d. ENGLAND - Quy, CAMBRIDGE.
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 139 - as MICROTENDIPES.

a. * DIGITALIS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 389 - as CHIRONOMUS (Ser.3.PARACHIRONOMUS).
d. PALAEARCTIC - Oxford, Richmond, Surrey, ENGLAND, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Kincraig, SCOTLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 44 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  LEHMANN 1970A: 142; CRANSTON 1976A: 139 (review of type); ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 294 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.

a. * DIGITATUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - TOWNES 1945A: 100.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 483.
d. NEARCTIC - Thompson's Lake, Havana, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 165 - designation of Lectotype.  JOHANNSEN 1937B: 39 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  SUBLETTE 1960A: 223 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  BECK & BECK 1969B: 279 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  WEBB 1980A: 84 - list of types.

a. * DIGRAPHIS
b. PARATENDIPES - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 406.
c. KIEFFER 1911G: 335 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Dehradun, Mundali & Simla, INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28 - as PARATENDIPES.

a. *1 DILATATUS
b. PSECTROCLADIUS (ALLOPSECTROCLADIUS) - WÜLKER 1956A: 12 (as type of subgenus). ?SYN: P. (A.) OBVIUS (WALKER) - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 216.
c. VAN DER WULP 1859: 9 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Gravenhage, THE NETHERLANDS.
e. ASHE 1983: 10 - generic position.

a. $2 DILATATUS (DILATATA)
b. NEW NAME: CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS) PALAEARCTICUS - SÆTHER & SPIES 2013.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 67 - as CHIRONOMUS and new name for PULSUS GOETGHEBUER.
d. EUROPE - BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 30 - as TENDIPES (EINFELDIA). ASHE in ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 278 - as EINFELDIA PALAEARCTICA

a. * DILATUS
b. SYN: ACRICOTOPUS LUCENS - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 83. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 159 (Confirmation).
c. VAN DER WULP 1858A: 167 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - THE NETHERLANDS.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 328 - as ?syn. SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOCLADIUS Gp.A ACRICOTOPUS) LUCIDA.

a. * DILITATUS
b. Invalid name.
c. Misspelling of DILATATUS van der WULP.
d.
e. ASHE 1983: 10 - notes misspelling.

a. $ DILUTUS
b. Strictly speaking, this species is PALLIDIVITTATUS in the original sense of MALLOCH 1915, but not of subsequent authors.
c. SHOBANOV, KIKNADZE & BUTLER 1999: 315 - as CHIRONOMUS (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of larva, pupa and adult.
d. NEARCTIC - Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Canada.
e. MALLOCH 1915A: 443 - description of larva & adult as PALLIDIVITTATUS.  SADLER 1935A: 3 - biology; JOHANNSEN 1937B: 49 - description of larvae & pupae as C. TENTANS.  TOWNES 1945A: 135; JOHANNSEN & TOWNES 1952A: 84 - description as TENDIPES TENTANS.  PROULX, MARTIN, CAREW & HARE 2013: 423 - larval morphology, cytology and barcoding.


a. *1 DIMIDIATUS
b. TANYTARSINI - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 (review of type).
c. MEIGEN 1838A: 12 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 352 - as Nomen dubium in TANYTARSINI.

a. *2 DIMIDIATUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS, insufficiently known species - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 41 (as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).
c. KIEFFER 1924A: 27 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. EUROPE - Petit Lake, Plön, GERMANY.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 271 - as Nomen dubium probably in CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * DIMORPHUS
b. SYN: TRIBELOS JUCUNDUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170 (as CH. (TRIBELOS)). OLIVER 1981A: 443 (generic position).
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 464 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 165 - designation of Lectotype. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 35 - as CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS). TOWNES 1945A: 70 - as var. TANYTARSUS (TRIBELOS) JUCUNDUS. WEBB 1980A: 85 (List of types). ASHE 1983: 53 - generic position. GRODHAUS 1987: 212 - as syn. TRIBELOS JUCUNDUM.

a. $ DIPLOSIS
b. SYN: PLUMOSUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 153; 1937-54(13c): 27 (as TENDIPES).
c. KIEFFER 1915B: 74 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. MIDDLE EUROPE - Salzungen, GERMANY.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.  ANDERSEN 1949A: 46; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264 - as syn PLUMOSUS.

a. * DIRECTUS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - BECK & BECK 1969B: 289.
c. DENDY & SUBLETTE 1959A: 514 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. NEARCTIC - Auburn, ALABAMA, U.S.A.
e. BECK & BECK 1964A: 203 - immatures (Not this species - BECK & BECK 1969B: 288).  SUBLETTE 1964B: 133; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  SPIES & REISS 1996: 71 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.

a. # DISCLUSUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 352.
c. WALKER 1856B: 353 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND (TYPES LOST? - CRANSTON 1976A: 137).
e.

a.. $ DISCOLOR
b. ?SYN. DORSALIS (Aucct. not MEIGEN) - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 260.
c. SANTOS ABREU 1918A: 182 - as TENDIPES & variety DORSALIS.
d. PALEARCTIC - CANARY ISLANDS.
e.

a. * DISCREPANS
b. SYN: MICROTENDIPES CHLORIS MEIGEN - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 2.
c. WALKER 1856B: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 52; CRANSTON 1976A: 13; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 289 - as syn. M. CHLORIS.

a. * DISPAR
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 32.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 247 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. KIEFFER 1911B: 23 - as TENDIPES.  GOETGHEBUER 1912A: 14 - larva, as CHIRONOMUS.  LENZ 1941A: 40; LICHTENBERG 1974A: 122; FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 (Review of types); ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 279 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * DISPARILIS
b. KIEFFERULUS - CRANSTON & JUDD 1989: 255.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 462 - as ?GLYPTOTENDIPES.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 353.
d. AFRICA - Parc National Albert, ZAIRE.
e. FREEMAN 1955B: 24; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 191 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.  HARRISON 1987: 41 - as EINFELDIA. CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 - as KIEFFERULUS.

a. * DISPESSUS
b. SYN: LIMNOCHIRONOMUS PULSUS WALKER - CRANSTON 1976A: 139.
c. WALKER 1856B: 161 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 386 - as syn. OBJECTANS, var. CHIRONOMUS (Gp.C LIMNOCHIRONOMUS) PULSUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 21 - as TENDIPES LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.

a. $1 DISSIDENS
b. Probably BENTHALIA LIPINA - probably syn. B. CARBONARIA, SPIES (Pers. comm).
c. WALKER 1856B: 154 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALAEARCTIC - ENGLAND; EUROPE; JAPAN, THAILAND, etc.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 67; HASHIMOTO 1977A: 84; HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 9; SASA & HASEGAWA 1983: 318 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 385 - as CHIRONOMUS (Gp.B EINFELDIA).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 31 - as TENDIPES (EINFELDIA).  SASA 1985: 26 & 30-32 - redescription, including immatures, as CHIRONOMUS (EINFELDIA).  PETROVA, CHUBAREVA & KUZMENKO 1977A: 903 - cytology, as EINFELDIA CARBONARIA.  SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 312; PINDER & REISS 1983: 312 & 372(figures of larva) - as EINFELDIA Group B.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371; CRANSTON 1976A: 139 (review of type); ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 277 - as EINFELDIA.  SHILOVA 1980: 166 - as syn. EINFELDIA CARBONARIA.


a. # DISSIMILIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268.
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 210 - on basis of female.
d. AUSTROPACIFIC - Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, NEW GUINEA.
e.

a. $ DISTANS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN 1954A: 30 (as syn. THUMMI).
c. KIEFFER 1909A: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Gotha, GERMANY.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 29 - as TENDIPES, uncertain species.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. # DISTENUS
b. INVALID NAME.
c. HASHIMOTO 1977A: 84; HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 9 - as mis-spelling of DYSTENUS KIEFFER.
d. ASIA
e.

a. $ DISTINGUENDUS
b. SYN: DECORUS - TOWNES 1945A: 121 ie. - DECORUS-GROUP.
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 346 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NORTH AMERICA - Pullman, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.
e.

a. $DISTINCTUS
b. Invalid name?
c.
d. ASIA - Ganeshkhind, INDIA.
e. NATH & LAKHOTIA 1984: 30; NATH 1987: 34 - may be what they called STRIATIPENNIS in later work.

a. * DISTRACTUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 403.
c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 532 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. JAVA - Buitenzorg, BOGOR.
e.

a. * DIVISUS (DIVISA)
b. PARAMERINA - CRANSTON 1976A: 140.
c. WALKER 1856B: 192 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
f. EDWARDS 1929A: 294 - as PENTANEURA.

a. * DIZONIAS
b. SYN: CRICOTOPUS BICINCTUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 23. MIXED TYPE SERIES, others C. TREMULUS & C. FLAVOCINCTUS - HIRVENOJA 1973: 235.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 252 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 172 - as syn. C. BICINCTUS.

a. $1 DOLENS
b. SYN: PILICORNIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 383; CRANSTON 1976A: 140.
c. WALKER 1856B: 178 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e.

a. *2 DOLENS
b. PARATENDIPES - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 406.
c. KIEFFER 1910B: 233 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS ), on basis of adult female.
d. ASIA - Calcutta; Motihari & Puri, INDIA: BURMA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28 - as PARATENDIPES.

a. # DOLICHOGASTER
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 144 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.

a. # DOLICHOMERUS
b. Nomen Dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 419.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 157 - as var. of CALLISPHYRUS.
d. ASIA - Sylhet, ASSAM, E.PAKISTAN (Types lost?).
e.

a. # DOLICHOPELMA
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268.
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 215 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. PACIFIC - Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, NEW GUINEA.
e.

a. $ DOLICHOTOMUS
b. CHIRONOMUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 402.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 149 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Purnea, Bihar, INDIA.
e.

a. $ DOMIZII
b. SYN: XANTHUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
c. PAGGI 1977B: 103 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Chascomus Pond, Buenos Aires, Santo Tome, Santa Fe, ARGENTINA.
e.

a. * DORIS
b. PARACLADOPELMA - JACKSON 1977A: 1337.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 151 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA).  Transferred to CH. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167.
d. NEARCTIC - Gore, OKLAHOMA (Type).
e. HUDSON 1971A: 169.  SÆTHER 1979C: 117 - description immatures.

a. * DORMINANS
b. PELOPIA - STATZ 1944A: 123.
c. von HEYDEN 1870A: 248 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d.EUROPE - Rott, GERMANY (fossil species).
e.

a. * DORNERI
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 471 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female missing most of abdomen.
d. NEARCTIC - Brownsville, TEXAS (Type).
e. TOWNES 1945A: 95 - XENOCHIRONOMUS.  WEBB 1980A: 85- list of types.  ROBACK 1963A: 237 - as X. (ANCEUS).  ROBACK 1980 - as AXARUS.

a. $1 DORSALIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS) - RYSER, WUELKER & SCHOLL 1985: 400 (as C. LONGIPES).
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 25 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS; gives citation as MEIGEN 1830A: 245. KIEFFER 1911B: 34 - as TENDIPES.  EDWARDS 1929A: 384 - Misapplication of name.  TOWNES 1945A: 112 - as TENDIPES (EINFELDIA), stated EDWARDS determination was incorrect.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 165; MARTIN & SUBLETTE 1972A: 1 - as EINFELDIA.  SHILOVA 1980: 176 - as syn. EINFELDIA LONGIPES, incorrect as DORSALIS has seniority.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 278 - as Nomen dubium in EINFELDIA.  SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 38 - as CH. (LOBOCHIRONOMUS).

a. $2 DORSALIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.). May be syn of C. NEGROVIRIDIS or see LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 384 - considered MEIGEN description better fitted RIPARIUS and has often been used in this sense since.
d. EUROPE.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1912A: 13 (larva); 1928A: 65 (figure fits this interpretation); 1937-54(13c): 25; SHILOVA 1958C: (378) - last 2 as TENDIPES.  THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 11 - larva. SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - syn. C. VIRIDICOLLIS.  SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 35 - as requiring alternative name.

a. $3 DORSALIS
b. SYN: LURIDUS - STRENZKE 1959B: 24.
c. BAUER 1936A: 242 - cytology of species presumed to be DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY, ENGLAND.
e. PHILIP 1942A: 129; MAINX, KUNZE & KOSKE 1953A: 37; ACTON 1957B: 261 - cytology.  ACTON 1955A: 64 - larva.

a. $4 DORSALIS
b. SYN: ALPESTRIS GOETGHEBUER - Fauna Europaea (2013).
c. ANDERSEN 1949A: 51 - misidentification of DORSALIS MEIGEN, and with a plumosus-type larva.  Often quoted as 'sensu STRENZKE 1959'.
d. EUROPE
e. STRENZKE 1959B: 23 - redescription.  LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102 - C. SORDIDATUS KIEFFER as a possible senior synonym for this species (lack of available types makes this claim difficult to prove).  SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 35 - valid name uncertain.

a. $5 DORSALIS
b. NEW NAME: YOSHIMATSUI - MARTIN & SUBLETTE 1972A: 2.
c. ESAKI 1932: 164 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male and female.
d. ASIA - JAPAN.
e. TOKUNAGA 1959; 1973: 644.  SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 312 - synonymy.

a. $6 DORSALIS
b. SYN: SAMOENSIS - TOKUNAGA 1964A: 567.
c. TOKUNAGA 1940A: 220 - misdetermination of DORSALIS MEIGEN?
d. PACIFIC - Truk & Kusaie Islands, MICRONESIA.
e.

a. $ DUBOISI
b. SYN: SCOTTI - FREEMAN 1957A: 335.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 475 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. AFRICA - Leopoldville (now KINSHASHA), D.R. CONGO.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.

a. #1 DUBIUS
b.
c. FABRICIUS 1805A: 46.
d. S. E. ASIA - SUMATRA.
e.

a. #2 DUBIUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 815 - asCHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Lapponia Tornensi, SCANDINAVIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 119,120 (List of types).

a. $ DUPLEX
b. CHIRONOMUS - MARTIN 1971B: 418.
c. WALKER 1856A: 424 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA.
e. SKUSE 1889A: 252. KIEFFER 1906C: 17; 1917A: 209; CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 684 - as syn. AUSTRALIS.

a. * DUPLICATUS
b. PARATENDIPES - TOWNES 1945A: 30.
c. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 28 - as CHIRONOMUS (PARATENDIPES).
d. NEARCTIC - Beebe Lake, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. (Type).
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 174 - as PARATENDIPES.

a. * DUX
b. KIEFFERULUS - BECK & BECK 1970A: 38.
c. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 231 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
e. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 45 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  TOWNES 1945A: 110 - as TENDIPES (KIEFFERULUS).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS (KIEFFERULUS).  CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 - as KIEFFERULUS.

a. * DYCEI
b. ?SYN: HARNISCHIA CURTILAMELLATA - SAETHER 1977B: 89.
c. FREEMAN 1961A: 701 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AUSTRALIA - Gungahlin, A.C.T.
e. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 270 - as ?syn. HARNISCHIA CURTILAMELLATA.

a. $ DYSTENUS
b. NOMEN DUBIUM in CHIRONOMINI - SPIES (pers. comm).
c. KIEFFER 1916B: 112 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Takao, FORMOSA (Type lost); probably also JAPAN; THAILAND.
e. TOKUNAGA 1940B: 293; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 402 - as CHIRONOMUS.  HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 9; SASA & HASEGAWA 1983: 318; SASA 1985B: 30 - as SYN CHIRONOMUS DISSIDENS (dubious synonymy).

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