Names used in the genus Chironomus
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a. * GALAPTERA
b. PARACLADOPELMA - JACKSON 1977A: 1330.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 148 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA) and new name for CLARIPENNIS MALLOCH 1915A.
d. NEARCTIC - South Haven, MICHIGAN, U.S.A.
e. MILLER 1941A: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS (CHIRONOMUS) (CLADOPELMA group).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * GALEATOR
b. CLADOPELMA - SÆTHER 1971A, 1977B: 350 - as CRYPTOCLADOPELMA; 1977B: 84 - synonomy with CLADOPELMA.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 170 - as HARNISCHIA, on basis of adult male.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) BY SUBLETTE 1964B: 134.
d. NEARCTIC - Canoe Creek, Osceola, FLORIDA, U.S.A.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168 as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  BECK & BECK 1969B: 298 - as HARNISCHIA.

a. # GALILAEUS
b. CHIRONOMUS, uncertain species - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 29.
c. KIEFFER 1914A: 372 - as TENDIPES.
d. PALEARCTIC - Lake Tiberiad, ISRAEL.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267 - as nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ GAUDINI
b. CHIRONOMUS - EVENHAUS 1994
c. HEER 1864A: 394 - as CHIRONOMUS
d. EUROPE - GERMANY (Oligocene fossil species).
e.

a. * GEMINATUS
b. CRICOTOPUS - JOHNSON 1900A: 627.
c. SAY 1823A: 14.
d. NEARCTIC - PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 23; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 157; HIRVENOJA 1973A: 336 - as CRICOTOPUS.

a. # GENICULATUS (GENICULATA)
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
c. FABRICIUS 1787A: 326 - as TIPULA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FABRICIUS 1805A: 45.
d. EUROPE - Kiel, GERMANY.
e. MEIGEN 1800A(?) - as CERATOPOGON.  KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * GIBBOSUS
b. ?SYN: CRICOTOPUS BICINCTUS - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 235.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 252.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
e. KEIFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. *1 GIBBUS (GIBBA)
b. STENOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13C): 12; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375.
c. FABRICIUS 1794A: 245 - as TIPULA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FABRICIUS 1805A: 41.
d. EUROPE - Halle, EAST GERMANY (Type lost?).
e. MEIGEN 1800A(?) - as CORETHRA.  EDWARDS 1929A: 395 - as CH. (STENOCHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 435; BORKENT 1984: 78 - as STENOCHIRONOMUS.

a. *2 GIBBUS
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES GRIPEKOVENI - CHERNOVSKII 1949A: 164 (276).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1918: 63 - is this a misspelling of GILVUS?
d. EUROPE
e.

a. $ GIGAS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. REISS 1974A: 4 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life stages.
d. AMAZON REGION - Lago Muratu, BRASIL (larva on 16 nov. 1971).
e. SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * GILVUS
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES PALLENS - GOETGHEBUER 1912A: 37 (as CHIRONOMUS).  THIENEMANN 1954A: 84 (generic postition).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1919A: 63 - on basis of immatures.  Attributes to GOETGHEBUER (In press).
d. EUROPE - Flanders, BELGIUM.
e. LENZ 1954-62(13c): 176; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 283 - as syn. G. PALLENS.

a. * GINZANABEUS
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES BIWASECUNDUS - YAMAMOTO & YAMAMOTO 2018a: 521.
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001a: 9 - on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - GINZAN, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN (Type: NATIONAL SCIENCE MUSEUM, TOKYO-1-DIP 5383)
e.

a. $ GINZANBECEUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - YAMAMOTO & YAMAMOTO 2018a: 520.
c. SASA & SUZUKI 2001a: 10 - on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - GINZAN, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN (Type: NATIONAL SCIENCE MUSEUM, TOKYO-1-DIP 5381)
e.

a. * GLABRICOLLIS
b. RHEOCRICOTOPUS - LEHMANN 1969B: 358.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 248.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 330 - as SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOCLADIUS).  HIRVENOJA 1973A: 341 - as RHEOCRICOTOPUS.

a. # GLABRIMANUS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 419.
c. KIEFFER 1913E: 138 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - between Bolpore & Rampore Haut (W.BENGAL), INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen Dubium.

a. # GLABRIPES
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 419.
c. KIEFFER 1913E: 135 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987 - as Nomen Dubium.

a. # GLAUCIVENTRIS
b. SYN: KIEFFERULUS - SASA & KIKUCHI 1995, possibly syn. K. CALLIGASTER (CRANSTON pers. comm.).
c. KIEFFER 1912B: 40 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult males and females.
d. ASIA - FORMOSA (remains of types in National Zoological Collection, Calcutta, India).  Reported from India, Japan and Thailand, but these reports are not substantiated.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.  HASEGAWA & SASA 1987: - as CHIRONOMUS.  HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 8 - as CHIRONOMUS, but with synonyms from KIEFFERULUS which they don't recognize as a genus.  KAWAI & IMBAYASHI 2003: - as KIEFFERULUS.

a. # GLAUCOGASTER
b. NOMEN DUBIUM - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 419.
c. KIEFFER 1912G: 175 - as new name for CHLOROGASTER KIEFFER 1912A.
d. ASIA - Peradeniya, SRI LANKA.
e.

a. $ GLAUCURUS
b. SYN: STIGMATERUS - TOWNES 1945A: 120.
c. WIEDEMANN 1828A: 15 - as new name for STIGMATERUS SAY 1823.
d. NEARCTIC - U.S.A.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.  LICHTENBERG 1974A: 122 (List of types).

a. *1 GLAUCUS
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 27 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Kiel, GERMANY; JAPAN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 392; TOKUNAGA 1938A: 324 - as C. (GLYPTOTENDIPES).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 15 - as var. G. PALLENS.  KALUGINA 1975A: 1833 - larva, as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 282 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.

a. *2 GLAUCUS
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES TOKUNAGAI - SASA 1979B: 8.
c. TOKUNAGA 1938A: 324 - as C. (GLYPTOTENDIPES), on basis of adults and pupae.  Misidentification of GLAUCUS MEIGEN.
d. ASIA - Tomioka, Kyushu, JAPAN.
e.

a. $ GLOBULUS
b. CHAETOLABIS.
c. FILINKOVA & BELYANINA 1993: 80 - on basis of all stages and karyotype.
d. PALEARCTIC - Reservoirs in Yamal & Ural Mountains, RUSSIA.
e.

a. # GLORIOSUS
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412.
c. KIEFFER 1912A: 14 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Peradeniya, SRI LANKA.
e.

a. * GMUNDENSIS
b. SYN: MICROPSECTRA JUNCI - SAEWEDAL 1976A: 131.
c. EGGER 1863A: 1109 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Gmunden, AUSTRIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30 - as TANYTARSUS.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 406; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 325 - as syn. M. JUNCI.

a. * GOETGHEBUERI
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES NERVOSUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 52 (as C. (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS)).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 276 (gen.pos).
c. KIEFFER 1915B: 80.
d. EUROPE - BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1919A: 62 (pupa) - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 386 - as syn. C. Gp.C LIMNOCHIRONOMUS NERVOSUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13C):20 - as syn. T. (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS) NERVOSUS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 - as syn. L. NERVOSUS.

a. # GRACILENTUS
b.
c. HOLMGREN 1883A: 181.
d. EUROPE - Nova Zemblya, U.S.S.R.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ GRACILICORNIS
b. Nomen nudum - SPAHR 1985: 22.
c. KEILBACH 1982: 352 - attributes to LOEW 1850: 30, who didn't publish name.  On basis of adult male.
d. EUROPE - fossil species.
e. EVENHAUS 1994 - as nomen nudum

a. # GRACILIFORCEPS
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412.
c. KIEFFER 1910B: 235 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS), on basis of male.
d. ASIA - between Bolpore & Rampore Haut (W.BENGAL), INDIA.
e.

a. * GRACILIOR
b. ?SYN: PARACHIRONOMUS ARCUATUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 83(as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).  FITTKAU,SCHLEE & REISS 1967A:373 (gen.pos.).
c. KIEFFER 1918A: 49 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. EUROPE - Lazarrettschiffzug, Danzig, Frisches Haff, POLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 389 - as ?syn. C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS) FALCATUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13C): 43 - as ?syn. T. (CRYPTOCH. Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS) ARCUATUS.  LENZ 1938A: 711 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 293 - as doubtful syn. PARACHIRONOMUS ARCUATUS.

a. # GRACILIPES
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412.
c. KIEFFER 1916A: 235 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Anping, FORMOSA.
e.

a. # GRACILIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
c. MACQUART 1826A: 198 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - North FRANCE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * GRACILIVALVA
b. STENOCHIRONOMUS, Nomen dubium - BORKENT 1984: 131.
c. KEIFFER 1917B: 349 - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of adult male.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Callanga, Cuzco, PERU.
e. SPIES & REISS 1996: 73 - as nomen dubium in STENOCHIRONOMUS.

a. # GRACILLIMUS
b. Uncertain species in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1855A: 4841 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Öland Island, SWEDEN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 120 (List of types).

a. * GRAMINICOLA
b. PARAMETRIOCNEMUS - SUBLETTE 1966B: 600.
c. LUNDBECK 1898A: 278.
d. NEARCTIC - GREENLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 113 - as CAMPTOCLADIUS.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 156 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.

a. * GRAMINICOLOR
b. PARACLADOPELMA - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195.
c. KIEFFER 1925F: 287 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 402.
d. AFRICA - Maadi, EGYPT (Type lost?).
e.

a. # GRANDILOBUS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412.
c. KIEFFER 1916B: 113 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Tainan, FORMOSA.
e.

a. $ GRANDIS
b. SYN: PLUMOSUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 21; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - AUSTRIA.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 166 - as var. PLUMOSUS but attributes to LINNAEUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 62; 1937-54(13c): 27 - as var. TENDIPES PLUMOSUS.

a. $ GRANDIVALVA
b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS - SHILOVA & SHOBANOV 1996: 31 (apparently n.syn.).
c. SHILOVA 1957A: 226 - as TENDIPES (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. EUROPE - Uglitsch dam, Volga, Yaroslavskii region, U.S.S.R.
e. FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 369 - as CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 25 as SUBGENUS CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS.  SHOBANOV, SHILOVA & BELYANINA 1996: 71; SHOBANOV, KIKNADZE & BUTLER 1999: 320 - as syn TENTANS.  SPIES (pers comm, 2004) notes that the synonymy with C. TENTANS is not consistent with SHILOVA's original description.

a. $ GREGARIUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 9;  THIENEMANN 1954A: 30 (as THUMMI).  CREDLAND 1973B: 209 (syn. with RIPARIUS).
c. KIEFFER 1909A: 54.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1911B: 40 - as TENDIPES.  LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 65 - as ?syn. THUMMI.  ANDERSEN 1949A: 42; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13C): 28 - as ?syn. T. THUMMI.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 265 - as questionable syn RIPARIUS.

a. * GRIMMI
b. PARATANYTARSUS - LANGTON, CRANSTON & ARMITAGE 1988:317.
c. SCHNEIDER 1885A: 301 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY (or RUSSIA?).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 as CHIRONOMUS.  Parthenogenetic species.

a. * GRIPEKOVENI
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 372.
c. KIEFFER 1913A: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female, with mention of pupa.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Westphalia, GERMANY; JAPAN.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 164 - Description immatures as TENDIPES.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 149; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 282 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  TOKUNAGA 1940B: 298 - as C. (GLYPTOTENDIPES).  TOWNES 1945A: 142 - as syn. G. (PHYTOTENDIPES) LOBIFERUS.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 432; KALUGINA 1975A: 1834 (larva) - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 313 - as syn. G. LOBIGER (misprint for LOBIFERUS).

a.* GRISEIDORSUM
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - SÆTHER 1977B: 89.
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 218 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. AUSTRALIA - Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W. (Type in Hungarian Museum, destroyed).
e. FREEMAN 1961A: 698 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 269; BUGLEDICH, CRANSTON & MARTIN 1999: 119 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * GRISEISTRIATUS (GRISEISTRIATUM)
b. Unplaced species in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
c. EDWARDS 1931A: 316 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM), on basis of adult male.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - L. Gutierrez (holotype), L. Correntoso (allotype).
e.

a.* GRISEONOTATUS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES FUSCONOTATUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 362(see below).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (generic position).
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 69 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1957A: 362.
d. AFRICA - south of Khartoum, SUDAN.
e.

a. * GRISEOPUNCTATUS (GRISEOPUNCTATUM)
b. POLYPEDILUM (POLYPEDILUM) - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 175.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 428 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Momence, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
e. TOWNES 1945A: 45 - as POLYPEDILUM (TRIPODURA).  WEBB 1980A: 85 (List of types).

a. * GRISEOSPARSUS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES FUSCONOTATUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 362(see below).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (generic position).
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 69 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1957A: 362.
d. AFRICA - between Wad el Zaki and Shabasha Shary, SUDAN.
e.

a. * GRISEOVITTATUM
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES PERINGUEYANUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 364(see below).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (generic position).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 485 - as POLYPEDILUM.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1957A: 346.
d. AFRICA - Parc National Albert, ZAIRE.
e.

a. $ GRISESCENS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 9; THIENEMANN 1954A: 30(as syn. THUMMI).  CREDLAND 1973B: 209(syn. RIPARIUS).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1931D: 100 - as subspecies of THUMMI
d. EUROPE - BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 28 - as TENDIPES & subsp. of THUMMI.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * GRISEUS (GRISEA)
b. CYPHOMELLA - SÆTHER 1977B: 102.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 468.
d. NEARCTIC - Lake Michigan, South Haven, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 166 - designation of Lectotype.  TOWNES 1945A: 165 - as HARNISCHIA (HARNISCHIA).  WEBB 1980A: 85.

a.# GROSSIPES
b.Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 419.
c.KIEFFER 1911F: 141 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.

a. # GUALTEMALTECUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
c. COCKERELL 1915A: 316 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.  (Notes similarity to DECORUS).
d. NEOTROPICAL - Guatemala City, GUATEMALA.
e. REISS 1982A: 436.

a. # GUALTEMATICUS
b. Incorrect spelling of GUALTIMALTICUS COCKERELL.
c.
d. NEOTROPICAL - GUATEMALA.
e. SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as incorrect spelling.

a. $ GUINEENSIS
b. SYN: SCOTTI - FREEMAN 1957A: 335; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
c. KIEFFER 1918B: 71 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. AFRICA - Mamon, GUINEA.
e.

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