Names used in the genus Chironomus
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a. * NACTUS
b. SYN: MICROPSECTRA NOTESCENS (WALKER) - SAEWEDAL 1976A: 120.
c. WALKER 1856B: 179- as CHIRONOMUS..
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 407 - as TANYTARSUS (MICROPSECTRA). CRANSTON 1976A: 142 - as syn. M. PRAECOX.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 326 - as syn. M. NOTESCENS.

a. # NADAYANUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 318.
c. KIEFFER 1918B: 113 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. ASIA MINOR - Konia, Bashara-Su.
e.

a. * NAEVUS
b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - TOWNES 1945A: 80 (as TANYTARSUS (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).
c. MITCHELL 1908A: 14 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. NEARCTIC - Beulah, New Mexico, U.S.A. (8,000 ft.)
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 178 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. $ NAIROBII
b. SYN : PULCHER - FREEMAN 1957A: 334; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
c. KIEFFER 1913F: 19 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult males.
d. AFRICA - Kyambu, St. Beniot, KEYNA.
e. FREEMAN 1955B: 14 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * NAIS
b. PARACLADOPELMA - JACKSON 1977A: 1338.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 149 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA). Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168.
d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
e. ROBACK 1957C: 101 - immatures, as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA).  HUDSON 1971A: 169 - as PARACLADOPELMA.

a. * 1 NANUS
b. PARAPSECTRA - REISS 1969: 192 (as Type of Genus) (1 Female another species - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 (Review of types)).
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 50 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?GERMANY); SCANDINAVIA, RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, NETHERLANDS, SPAIN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 32 - as METRIOCNEMUS.

a. * 2 NANUS
b. NEW NAME: LUNDBECKII (as METRIOCNEMUS) - JOHANNSEN 1905A: 302. Transferred to NANOCLADIUS by SPIES & REISS 1996: 77.
c. LUNDBECK 1898A: 285 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. HOLARCTIC - GREENLAND; GUATEMALA, NORTH AMERICA.
e.

a. * NATALENSIS (NATALENSE)
b. POLYPEDILUM - FREEMAN 1958A: 273.
c. KIEFFER 1918B: 67 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. AFRICA - New Hanover, NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 197 - as POLYPEDILUM.

a. $ NATCHITOCHEAE
b. EINFELDIA (s.l.) - OLIVER 1981A: 442 (generic position). Not EINFELDIA (s.s.) - PINDER &: REISS 1983: 312.
c. SUBLETTE 1964B: 124 - as CHIRONOMUS (EINFELDIA Gp.).
d. NORTH AMERICA - Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S.A. (Type in Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia).
e. PINDER & REISS 1983: 312 - as EINFELDA.

a. * NEEDHAMII
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM SCALAENUM - TOWNES 1945A: 38.
c. JOHANNSEN 1908A: 176 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - New York, Indiana, Kanas, & Washington, U.S.A.
e. MALLOCH 1915A: 428 - as CHIRONOMUS.  JOHANNSEN 1937B: 30 - as C. (POLYPEDILUM).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 176 - as syn. P. SCALAENUM.

a. #1 NEGLECTUS
b. Nomen Dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 274. (Not CHIRONOMUS (S.S.))
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 220 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. PACIFIC - Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, NEW GUINEA
e.

a. $2 NEGLECTUS
b. NEW NAME: JONMARTINI - LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 103.
c. LINDEBERG 1960A: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Zoological Station, Tvärmine, FINLAND (Types in Zool. Museum, Helsinki Uni.).
e. WUELKER 1973A: 369 - cytology.

a. * NELUMBUS
b. STENOCHIRONOMUS - TOKUNAGA 1950A: 1563. SUBGENUS: PETALOPHOLEUS - BORKENT 1984:99.
c. TOKUNAGA & KURODA 1935A: 4 - as CHIRONOMUS (STENOCHIRONOMUS).
d. ASIA- Kyoto, Honshu, JAPAN.
e. TOKUNAGA 1938A; 326 - as C. NELUMBUS. TOKUNAGA 1959:, 1973: 606; SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 314 - as STENOCHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 312 - as STENOCHIRONOMUS (PETALOPHOLEUS).

a. $ NEMORALIS
b. ?SYN: CINGULATUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 384; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 24.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3498.
d. EUROPE - Lindholmen, SWEDEN, Alstahaug, NORWAY, Trawemünde & Neuenkirken, GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20; EDWARDS 1929A: 384 - asCHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 259 - as ?syn. CINGULATUS.

a. $ NEOCORAX
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. WUELKER & BUTLER 1983A: 130 - as CHIRONOMUS,, on basis of cytology.
d. POLAR ARCTIC - Lake Keitele, Suolahti, FINLAND.
e.

a. $ NEOFULVUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
c. REMPEL 1939A: 211 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female. Notes relationship to FULVUS JOH. but not supported by figure of hypopygium.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Lapa Tradesc., BRASIL.
e.

a. * NEOMODESTUS
b. DICROTENDIPES - OLIVER 1981A: 442 (generic position).
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 475.
d. NEARCTIC - St.Joseph, Illinois, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 167 - designation of Lectotype. TOWNES 1945A: 107 - as TENDIPES (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS). SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES). WEBB 1980A: 85.

a. * NEONILICOLA
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 389 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) and new name for CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS NILICOLA KIEFFER 1923C.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type Lost?).
e.

a. $ NEPALENSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 402.
c. KIEFFER 1911G: 339 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Noalpur, Sicktan, NEPAL; Simla, INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 27 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ NEPEANENSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - FREEMAN 1961A: 682.
c. SKUSE 1889A: 231 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. AUSTRALIA - Nepean River, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20; 1917A: 206.  LENTZIOS & STOCKER 1980A: 241; LENTZIOS, STOCKER & MARTIN 1980A: 58 - cytology; MARTIN (http://www.chironomidae.net/Martin/AustChironfiles/neptype.htm) - redescription of type.

a. * NEPHOPTERUS
b. SYN: STENOCHIRONOMUS HILARIS - JOHANNSEN (in LEONARD 1928A): 713 (as CHIRONOMUS).  TOWNES 1945A: 90 (generic posn.).
c. MITCHELL 1908A: 7 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Cabin John, Maryland, U.S.A.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 177; BORKENT 1984: 69; - as syn. STENOCHIRONOMUS HILARIS.

a. * NEPHOTERUS
b. Invalid name.
c. JOHANNSEN 1908A: 280; 1926A: 276 - as misspelling of NEPHOPTERUS MITCHELL.
d.
e.

a. * NEREIS
b. PARACLADOPELMA - JACKSON 1977A: 1345.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 150 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA).  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168.
d. NEARCTIC - Saluda River, South Carolina, U.S.A.
e.

a. * NERVICOLA
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS, insufficiently known species - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 11.
c. KIEFFER 1913A: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female, with mention of larva.
d. EUROPE - Westphalia, GERMANY.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 194 - Description immatures as TENDIPES.  LENZ 1941A: 40 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280 - as Nomen dubium in ENDOCHIRONOMUS.

a.* NERVOSUS
b. DICROTENDIPES - FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 431.
c. STAEGER 1839A: 567 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given (?DENMARK); SCANDINAVIA, RUSSIA, CANADA, U.S.A.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 386 - as Ch. (CHIRONOMUS). GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 52 - as CHIRONOMUS (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS).  TOWNES 1945A: 108; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13C): 20 - as TENDIPES (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 - as LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * NEXILIS
b. SYN: DIAMESA INCALLIDA WALKER - EDWARDS 1929A: 305; CRANSTON 1976A: 142.
c. WALKER 1856B: 184 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 305 - as DIAMESA. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13d): 19 - as syn. D. (PSILODIAMESA) INCALLIDA.

a. $1 NIGER
b. SYN: PILICORNIS - GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128; 1928A: 59; 1937-54(13c): 27.
c. WIEDEMANN.
d. EUROPE
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 383 - attributes to MEIGEN (as does GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 125).

a. #2 NIGER
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. MACQUART 1826A: 142 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - North FRANCE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.

a. #3 NIGER
b. NEW NAME: NIGRITUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 20.
c. HANSEN 1881A: 1274 - as CHIRONOMUS.  Name preoccupied by MACQUART 1826A.
d. PALEARCTIC - Type locality not given (FAROE ISLES).
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 318 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINI

a. $4 NIGER
b. NEW NAME: INCERTIPENIS - CHAUDHURI & DAS 1996: 154.
c. CHAUDHURI, DAS & SUBLETTE 1992: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS,on basis of all life history stages.
d. ASIA - Barasat, WEST BENGAL, INDIA.
e.

a. # NIGERARTICULATUS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 421.
c. TOKUNAGA 1940B: 302 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS)
d. ASIA - Taihoku,FORMOSA.
e.

a. $ NIGERILATERALIS
b. CHIRONOMUS.
c. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 565 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. MICRONESIA - Mt.Dolen Nankep, PONAPE.
e. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * NIGRATIPES
b. LEPIDOPODUS - FREEMAN 1958A: 326 (as type species).
c. KIEFFER 1911A: 358.
d. AFRICA - Mahe, SEYCHELLES.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 192 - as LEPIDOPODUS.

a. * NIGRATUS (NIGRATA)
b. SYN: SMITTIA ATERRIMA (MEIGEN) - EDWARDS 1929A: 360; CRANSTON 1976A: 142.
c. WALKER 1856B: 184 - as CHIRONOMUS..
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 23 - as CRICOTOPUS.

a. *1 NIGRICANS
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - TOWNES 1945A: 64 (as TANYTARSUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS)). OLIVER 1981A: 443 (generic position).
c. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 219.
d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, N.Y. & New Jersey, U.S.A.(Type in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Boston)
e. BAUSE 1913A: 115 - as TENDIPES.  LENZ 1921A: 161 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.  JOHANNSEN 1937B: 34; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS).

a. $2 NIGRICANS
b. Dubious species in CHIRONOMUS - LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 108.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1927C: 96 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Falaen, BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 67. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 25 - as subspecies TENDIPES CINGULATUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267 - as nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * NIGRIFORCEPS
b. POLYPEDILUM - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 143 as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Chandan Chowki, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.

a. $ NIGRIFRONS
b. - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 263.
c. LINEVICH & ERBAEVA 1971: 160 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - Lake Baikal, RUSSIA.
e. PROVIZ< BELKOV< PROVIZ & ALEXANDROV 2009: 6 - karyotype.

a. *1 NIGRIMANUS
b. SYN: DEMICRYPTOCHIRONOMUS VULNERATUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 81 (as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)). LEHMANN 1971A: (gen. position?).
c. STAEGER 1839A: 566 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (DENMARK).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.  GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 146 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 390 - as syn. C. Ser.4 HARNISCHIA VULNERATUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 41 - as syn. T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) VULNERATUS.  SAETHER 1977B: 86 - generic position of VULNERATUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 274 - as syn D. VULNERATUS.

a. $2 NIGRIMANUS
b. CHIRONOMUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 386.
c. AUCCT.- misidentification.
d.
e.
a. $1 NIGRINUS
b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS PILICORNIS - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 (review of type).
c. MEIGEN
d. PALEARCTIC(?)
e.

a. #2 NIGRINUS
b. Nomen dubium in Chironominae - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. MACQUART 1834A: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - FRANCE; GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.

a. # NIGRIPES
b. Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 247.
c. GIMMERTHAL 1846A: 4 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Riga, U.S.S.R.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * NIGRITARSE (NIGRITARSIS)
b. SYN: KIEFFERULUS BREVIBUCCA - FREEMAN 1957A: 375 (as C. (NILDORUM)). CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 (generic position).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1934A: 197 - as NILDORUM. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (NILDORUM) by GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 464.
d. AFRICA - Katana, ZAIRE.
e. CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 - as syn. K. BREVIBUCCA.

a. * NIGRITIBIA
b. ?SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES ATRIMANUS or G. BRACHIALIS - TOWNES 1945A: 173; 1959A: 136.
c. WALKER 1848A: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. NEARCTIC - St. Martins Falls, Albany River, Hudsons Bay, CANADA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.

a. * NIGRITULA
b. PARACLADOPELMA - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 297.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1942B: 3 - as CH. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. PALEARCTIC - Lunzer Untersee, AUSTRIA (Neotype).
e.

a. # NIGRITUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 318.
c. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as new name for NIGER HANSEN 1881A.
d. PALEARCTIC - FAROE ISLES.
e.

a. # NIGRIVENTRIS
b. Nomen dubium - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 228 (male collected by VAN DER WULP is syn. CRICOTOPUS OBNIXUS).
c. VAN DER WULP 1858A: 165 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. EUROPE - Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 326 - as CRICOTOPUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 247 - as Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE.

a. $ NIGROCAUDATA
b. CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 263.
c. ERBAEVA 1968A: 148 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Irkutsk reservoir on the River Olkha, tributary of the River Irkuty, RUSSIA.
e.

a. # NIGROCINCTUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 318.
c. BECKER 1903A: 71 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. NORTH AFRICA - Cairo, EGYPT (Nov.).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.

a. * NIGROCORPORIS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189.
c. FREEMAN 1957B: 387 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) & new name for LEUCOPUS KIEFFER 1923C.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e.

a. * NIGROFASCIATUS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194.
c. FREEMAN 1961B: 248 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AFRICA - MADAGASCAR.
e.

a. * NIGROHALTERALIS (NIGROHALTERALE)
b. PARALAUTERBORNIELLA - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 173.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 440 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Havana, Illinois, U.S.A.; ENGLAND
e. FRISON 1927A: 167 - designation of Lectotype.  TOWNES 1945A: 33 - as APEDILUM.  WEBB 1980A: 85.

a. *1 NIGROLINEATUS
b. SYN: DEMICRYPTOCHIRONOMUS VULNERATUS ZETTERSTEDT - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 274.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 146 - as var. CHIRONOMUS NIGRIMANUS STAEGER 1839.
d. EUROPE - Destelbergen & Bellem, BELGIUM.
e.

a. *2 NIGROLINEATUS
b. DICROTENDIPES - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 370 - as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES).
d. AFRICA - Elizabethville, ZAIRE.
e.

a. # NIGROMARGINATUS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 421.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 141 - on basis of adult female.
d. ASIA - Maldhun, Naini Tal; Gopkuda Is., L.Chilka (ORISSA), Ganjam, Lucknow (UTTAR PRADESH), Calcutta, INDIA.
e. EDWARDS 1932C: 181 - as CHIRONOMUS (S.S.).  CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen Dubium.

a. * NIGRONITANS
b. incorrect spelling of NIGRONITENS
c.
d.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 380 - as CHIRONOMUS

a. * NIGRONITENS
b. CRYPTOTENDIPES - CRANSTON 1976A: 142.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 390 - as CHIRONOMUS Ser.4 HARNISCHIA.
d. PALEARCTIC - Levenshulme, Manchester, ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 40 - as T. (CRYPTOCH. Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374 - as PARACHIRONOMUS. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 272 - as CRYPTOTENDIPES.

a. * NIGROPUNCTATUM
b. KIEFFERULUS (NILODORUM) - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 379 - as CHIRONOMUS (NILODORUM).
d. AFRICA - Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA.
e.

a. # NIGROSPARSUS
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 135 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. ASIA - Mandalay, BURMA.
e.

a. * NIGROTIBIALIS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 157 - as var. CH. CHLOROLOBUS.
d. EUROPE - Flanders, BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 78 - as var. C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) DEFECTUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 40 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. $ NIGROVIRIDIS
b. CHIRONOMUS. var. CINGULATUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 58; or possible valid name C. DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS - CRANSTON 1974A: 91.
c. MACQUART 1834A: 51 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - northern FRANCE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17 - as syn. DORSALIS. KIEFFER 1918A: 42. KIEFFER 1918B: 71 - var. from Tunis. EDWARDS 1922A: 198 - as syn. RIPARIUS (Verrall's specimen). GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 25 - as syn. CINGULATUS subsp. RUSTICUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 260 - as syn. DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS.

a. * NIGROVITTATA (NIGROVITTATUS)
b. MICROCHIRONOMUS - SAETHER 1977B: 101.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 456 - AS CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - St.Joseph, Illinois, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 167 - designation of Lectotype.  TOWNES 1945A: 163 - as HARNISCHIA.  SUBLETTE 1960A: 224 - T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS). SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  SAETHER 1971A: 350 - as possible LEPTOCHIRONOMUS.  WEBB 1980A: 85.

a. $ NILIACUS
b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS CALIPTERUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 345.
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 70 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187 - as syn. CALIPTERUS.

a. $1 NILICOLA
b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS FORMOSIPENNIS - FREEMAN 1957A: 345.
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 70 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.
d. AFRICA - SUDAN.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187 - as syn. FORMOSIPENNIS.

a. *2 NILICOLA
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189. NEW NAME: NEONILICOLA - FREEMAN 1957A: 389.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 161 -as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS. Transf.to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 389, name preocc.by KIEFFER 1922I.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e.

a. *3 NILICOLA
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES FUSCONOTATUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 362 (as CH. (DICROTENDIPES)). FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (gen. pos.).
c. KIEFFER 1925F: 300 - as DICROTENDIPES. Transferred to TENDIPES (DICROTENDIPES) by GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 32.
d. AFRICA - Maadi, EGYPT.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990; 275 - as DICROTENDIPES.

a. * NILIGENUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 149.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e. FREEMAN 1957A: 386 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * NILOGENES
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 40 (as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).
c. KIEFFER 1925F: 286 - as CRYTPTOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FREEMAN 1957A?
d. AFRICA - Maadi, EGYPT.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 272 - as Nomen dubium, probably in CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. #1 NILOPHILUS
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 405.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 158 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 405 as unrecognized species.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN.
e.

a. $2 NILOPHILUS
b. Nomen dubium in DICROTENDIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 277.
c. KIEFFER 1924(1925F?): 295 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 33.
d. AFRICA - Maadi, EGYPT.
e. FREEMAN 1957A: 358 - as ?CHIRONOMUS.

a. # NILOTES
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199.
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 53 - as CLADOPELMA.   Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 405 as unrecognized species.
d.AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e.

a. *1 NILOTICUS
b. SYN: KIEFFERULUS CHLORONOTUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 371 (as C. (DICROTENDIPES)). FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 191 (generic position).
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 150.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type probably lost).
e.

a. *2 NILOTICUS
b. SYN: CYPHOMELLA CAMELUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 392 (see below). FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189 (generic position).
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 162 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS. Transf.to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 392 so preocc.by KIEFFER 1923C.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e.

a. $NINEVAH
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c.
d. MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ
e. AZIZ, AKRAWI & NASSORI 1991.

a. $ NIPPODORSALIS
b. SYN: ALPESTRIS
c. SASA 1979A: 188 - as a new name for STRENZKEI SASA 1978A.
d. ASIA - NIES, Ibaraki, Tsukuba. JAPAN; TAIWAN.
e. YAMAMOTO 1996C: 618 - from TAIWAN.

a. $ NIPPONENSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. TOKUNAGA 1940B: 293 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. ASIA - Sakhalin Island, Sikuka, Karahuto, RUSSIAN JAPAN; JAPAN, KOREA.
e. HASHIMOTO 1977B: 83; SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 312; SASA 1978A: 16, 1985: 4 - redescription, incl. immatures.  REE & KIM 1981: 139 - redescription of adults.

a. # NITIDELLUS
b. INVALID NAME
c. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 210 - as mispelling of NITIDULUS COQUILLETT 1901A.
d.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20; MALLOCH 1915A: 468 - as mispelling of NITIDULUS COQUILLETT 1901A.

a. *1 NITIDICOLLIS
b. SYN: ACRICOTOPUS LUCENS (ZETTERSTEDT) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 82.
c. WALKER 1856B: 187 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS. EDWARDS 1929A: 328 - as syn. SPANIOTOMA Gp.A ACRICOTOPUS LUCIDA.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. A. LUCENS.

a. #2 NITIDICOLLIS
b. Nomen dubium in Chironominae - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. HOLMGREN 1883A: 179.
d. EUROPE - Matotschkin Scharr, NOVA ZEMBLA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.

a. $ NITIDIDORSUM
b. Nomen dubium in DICROTENDIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 293.
c. KIEFFER 1924(1925F?): 293 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.
d. AFRICA - Maadi, EGYPT.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 33 - as TENDIPES (CALOCHIRONOMUS). FREEMAN 1957A: 357 - ?CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ NITIDIVENTRIS
b. CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & RIESS 1996: 69.
c. EDWARDS 1931A: 320 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Posadas, Misiones Terr., ARGENTINA.
e.

a. * NITIDULUS
b. PARATENDIPES - as CHIRONOMUS (Misspelt as NITIDELLUS) - TOWNES 1945A: 29.
c. COQUILLETT 1901A: 608.
d. NEARCTIC - Riverton, N.J., U.S.A.
e. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 210; KIEFFER 1906C: 20; and MALLOCH 1915A: 468.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 174 - as PARATENDIPES.

a. *1 NITIDUS
b. MICROTENDIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 24; 1937-54(13c): 53; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1976A: 373.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 34 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given; ENGLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 400 - as C. (MICROTENDIPES).  FITTKAU & REISS 1967A: 147 (review of type).

a. #2 NITIDUS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413.
c. KIEFFER 1913E: 134 - as TENDIPES
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA
e.

a. $ NIVALIS
b. SYN: CALLICHIRUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 341; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187.
c. FREEMAN 1954A: 17.
d. AFRICA - Bergvliet, CAPE PROVINCE.
e. FREEMAN 1954A: 17; 1955B: 13.

a. * NIVEICAUDA
b. DICROTENDIPES - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 404.
c. KIEFFER 1921M: 585 - as LIMNOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS) by JOHANNSEN 1932B: 528.
d. S.E. ASIA - Luzon, Laguna, Los Bãnos, PHILIPPINES.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 276 - as DICROTENDIPES.

a. *1 NIVEIPENNIS
b. TANYTARSINI - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 (review of type).
c. MEIGEN
d.
e.

a. $2 NIVEIPENNIS
b. SYN: PILICORNIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 383.
c. FABRICIUS 1805A: 42 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Copenhagen, DENMARK; EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20. GOETGHEBUER 1912A: 17 (larva) - as CHIRONOMUS. LUNDSTROM 1910A.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 42 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  GOETGHEBUER & LINDROTH 1931A: 278 - as syn. PILICORNIS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 27 - as syn. TENDIPES PILICORNIS.

a. #3 NIVEIPENNIS
b. NOT KNOWN
c. ZETTERSTEDT
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1911B: 28 - as TENDIPES.  GOETGHEBUER 1912A: 17; LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.

a. #4 NIVEIPENNIS
b.
c. KIEFFER
d.
e. GOETGHEBUER & LINDROTH 1931A: 278.

a. # NIVEIPES
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3513.
d. EUROPE - Alstahaug & Levanger; Rörshyttan Dalecarliae, NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA, AUSTRIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20.

a. * NIVORIUNDUS (NIVORIUNDA)
b. DIAMESA - JOHANNSEN 1934A: 348.
c. FITCH 1847A: 282.
d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 152; SUBLETTE 1967B: 553 (review of type) - as DIAMESA.

a. * NIXE
b. PARACLADOPELMA - JACKSON 1977A: 1340.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 149 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA).  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168.
d. NEARCTIC - Estes Park, COLORADO, U.S.A.
e.

a. * NOCTICOLA
b. DICROTENDIPES - FREEMAN 1957A: 357 (generic position).
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 136 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. AFRICA - Port Said & Suez Canal, EGYPT.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 33 - as TENDIPES (CALOCHIRONOMUS).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 277 - as Nomen dubium in DICROTENDIPES.

a. * NOCTICOLOR
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM MELANOPHILUS - FREEMAN 1958A: 296; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 197.
c. KIEFFER 1911A: 357.
d. AFRICA - Mache, SEYCHELLES.
e. FREEMAN 1958A: 296 - designation of lectotype.

a. *1 NOCTIVAGA (NOCTIVAGUS)
b. BAEOTENDIPES - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187 (generic position).  May only be a subgenus of CHIRONOMUS - PINDER & REISS 1983: 302.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 173 - as HALLIELLA (N.Gen.). Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (HALLIELLA) NOCTIVAGA by FREEMAN 1957A: 351.
d. AFRICA - Suez Canal, EGYPT.
e. SUBLETTE 1969A: 119 - as C. (HALLIELLA).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 7 - as HALLIELLA.  SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 12 - as B. NOCTIVAGUS.

a. $2 NOCTIVAGUS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM LENE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 304.
c. SANTOS ABREU 1918A: 169 - as TENDIPES.
d. PALEARCTIC - Ilsa de la Palma, CANARY ISLANDS.
e.

a. # NOCTUABUNDUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 267.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 148 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. AFRICA - Suez Canal, Port Said, EGYPT
e.

a. # NOCTURNALIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 152 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. AFRICA - Suez Canal, EGYPT.
e.

a. # NOCTURNUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
c. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 248 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * NODULOSUS
b. Not CHIRONOMUS
c. HASHIMOTO (in HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU) 1981: 10 - as CHIRONOMUS, EINFELDIA group, on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Ban Bangkanark, Chachoengsao Province, THAILAND.
e.

a. # NOJIRIPRIMUS
b. Possibly GLYPTOTENDIPES (HEYNOTENDIPES) - CRANSTON, MARTIN, MULDER & SPIES 2016:
c. SASA 1991: - as EINFELDIA
d. ASIA - Lake Nojiri area, Nagano, JAPAN
e. YAMAMOTO, YAMAMOTO & KIMURA 2015: - note previously called EINFELDIA CHELONIA

a. * NORDERNEYANUS
b. Nomen dubium in GLYPTOTENDIPES - SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 64.
c. KIEFFER 1913A: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female with mention of larva.
d. EUROPE - l’île de Norderney, GERMANY.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 170 - Pupal Description. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 43 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 15 as syn: GLYPTOTENDIPES GLAUCUS (as var. PALLENS).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 282; CONTRERAS-LICHTENBERG 2000 - as syn. GLYPTOTENDIPES GLAUCUS.

a. * NOTABILIS
b. SYN: ENDOCHIRONOMUS LEPIDUS - GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 35 (as CHIRONOMUS).
c. MACQUART 1834A: 51 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - northern GERMANY.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 394 - as C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS).  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 33; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 10 - as syn. ENDOCHIRONOMUS LEPIDUS.

a. * NOTATUS
b. DICROTENDIPES - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 (as LIMNOCHIRONOMUS).
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 25 - as CHIRONOMUS..
d. EUROPE -Type locality not given.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 51 - as C. (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS).  EDWARDS 1929A: 386 - as C. Gp.C LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 20 - as T. (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS).  PINDER 1978A: 126 - as LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * NOTESCENS
b. MICROPSECTRA - SAEWEDAL 1976A: 120.
c. WALKER 1856B: 156 - as CHIRONOMUS..
d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A; 407 - as TANYTARSUS (MICROPSECTRA). CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. MICROPSECTRA PRAECOX.  ASHE 1983: 24 - generic position.

a. $ NOVAEGUINEENSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS - CRANSTON (pers.comm.)
c. MEIJERE 1906A: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEW GUINEA - Sentani, Irian Jaya, INDONESIA.
e. KIEFFER 1917A: 206; MEIJERE 1918 (1919A); de JONG 2000 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * NOVAE-ZELANDIAE
b. SYN: ZEALANDICUS - FREEMAN 1959A: 424.  Possibly a valid species with bathophilus-type larva - MARTIN 2004 (unpubl.)
c. KIEFFER 1921G: 146 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEW ZEALAND - Wellington, North Island.
e. FREEMAN 1959A: 425 - designation of Lectotype. MARTIN 1998: 243 - as syn. C. ZEALANDICUS(based on misunderstanding of C. ZEALANDICUS)

a. * NOVATUS
b. SYN: CHAETOCLADIUS PERENNIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 377 (as SPANIOTOMA (ORTHOCL. Gp.CHAETOCLADIUS )). CRANSTON 1976A: 143 (gen. pos).
c. WALKER 1856B: 184 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1924D: 171 - as ORTHOCLADIUS (DACTYLOCLADIUS).

a. NOVOSIBIRICUS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c.KIKNADZE, SIIRIN, KERKIS & AIMANOVA 1993: 46 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male, larva and cytology (AB, CF, GED).
d. PALEARCTIC - Siberia, RUSSIA.
e. KIKNADZE et al 1991 - as CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS sp. N.1;  KIKNADZE et al 1991 - as CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS sp. N1.  KIKNADZE et al 1993 - cytology; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 290 - cytology.

a. * NUBECULOSUS (NUBECULOSUM )
b. POLYLPEDILUM - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 89.
c. MEIGEN 1804A:18 (also given as MEIGEN 1818A: 37) - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given ?FRANCE; ENGLAND; U.S.A.; JAPAN; SAUDI ARABIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20; JOHANNSEN 1908A: 278 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 402; TOKUNAGA 1940B: 297 - as C. (POLYPEDIUM).  TOWNES 1945A: 49; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 62; LENZ 1941A: 18; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375; SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 313; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 435 - as POLYPEDIUM.  SÆTHER, ANDERSEN, PINHO &: MENDES 2010: 11, as type of the Genus (not generally accepted).

a. NUBENS
b. POLYPEDILUM (PENTAPEDILUM) - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 301.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 376 - as CH>. (PENTAPEDILUM).
d. PALEARCTIC - Lake Windemere, ENGLAND; Lake Rannoch, Perth, SCOTLAND; Lake Killarney, IRELAND.
e.

a. * NUBIFER
b. POLYPEDILUM - Type of genus.
c. SKUSE 1889A: 249 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. AFRICA, OCEANIA - Berowra, N.S.W., AUSTRALIA; S.E.ASIA, AFRICA; SAUDI ARABIA, PALEARCTIC.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20; 1917A: 205 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 707 (as type of genus by virtue of synonymy of P. PELOSTOLUM KIEFFER (based on KIEFFER 1912 naming) and designation of lectotype); PORTER & MARTIN 1977A: 41 (cytogenetics); SASA & SUBLETTE 1980A: 93 (description incl.immatures); HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TITAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 23; ASHE 1983: 43 (generic position)CRANSTON & JUDD 1989: 264 - as POLYPEDILUM.  PINDER & REISS 1986: 346 - as ?STICTOCHIRONOMUS.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 273; BUGLEDICH & CRANSTON 1999: 123 - as P. NUBIFERUM. SÆTHER, ANDERSEN, PINHO &: MENDES 2010: 11 as subgenus TRIPEDILUM (after supressing KIEFFER 1912 names and resurrecting subgenus TRIPEDILUM KIEFFER 1921a).

a. * NUBILIPENNIS NUBILIPENNE
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM LAETUS (MEIGEN) - GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128.
c. MEIGEN 1838A: 3 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Liège, BELGIUM; RUSSIA, GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 87 - as probable POLYPEDILUM. EDWARDS 1929A: 402 - as syn. C. (POLYPEDILUM) LAETUS. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 61 - as ?syn. P. LAETUM.

a. * NUBILIS
b. Incorrect variant spelling of NUBILUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 298
c.
d.
e.

a. * NUBILUS
b. PARATENDIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 67.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 254 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - Type locality not given; GERMANY, NETHERLANDS.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 19 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374 - as PARATENDIPES.

a. * NUDIFORCEPS
b. SYN: HARNISCHIA CURTILAMELLATA - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 191.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 160 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1967A: 404.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN.
e. SAETHER 1971A: 349 - as HARNISCHIA ?syn. CURTILAMELLATA. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 285 - as syn. HARNISCHIA CURTILAMELLATA.

a. * NUDIFRONS
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES PALLENS - CONTRERAS-LICHTENBERG 2000.
c. KIEFFER 1913B: 44 - as TENDIPES & var. FOSSICOLA(?).
d. EUROPE - Westphalia, GERMANY.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 172 - as TENDIPES.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 149 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990; 282 - as syn. G. GLAUCUS.

a. $ NUDIPES
b. may be senior syn. of CRASSIFORCEPS KIEFFER.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 164 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.  CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 27 - as CHIRONOMUS.  CHAUDHURI, DAS & SUBLETTE 1992: 27 - redescription, including immatures.

a. * NUDISQUAMA
b. PARATENDIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 67; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 396 - as CHIRONOMUS (PARATENDIPES), on basis of adult male.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Letchworth and Baldock, Herts; ENGLAND, Parknasilla, IRELAND.
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - review of type. PINDER 1978A: 134; CRANSTON & JUDD 1989: 258; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 298 - as PARATENDIPES.

a. $ NUDITARSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. KEYL 1961A: 4 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of cytology, attributes to STRENZKE.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (GERMANY).
e. KEYL 1962B: 489 - cytology. KLOETZLI 1974: 68 - description of adult.  PETROVA, MICHAILOVA, & BOVERO 2000 - cytology including arms B, D, and D;  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 294 - cytology.

a. $ NUDIVENTRIS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. RYSER, SCHOLL & WUELKER 1983A: 303 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of morphology, cytology & electrophoresis.
d. EUROPE - Lake Murten, SWITZERLAND; U.S.S.R.
e. ?NESTEROVA 1967A: 525 - as PLUMOSUS 3rd karyotype.  KIKNADZE & KERKIS 1984: 735 - as CHIRONOMUS f.l. REDUCTUS.  MICHAILOVA & FISCHER 1986B: 209 - morphology & cytology.  FISCHER & ROSIN, 1967; FISCHER & TICHY 1980; MICHAILOVA 1989; ZHIROV & PETROVA 1993; PETROVA et al. 2000; POLUKONOVA et al. 2005; KARMOKOV 2013; KIKNADZE 1987: 119 - cytology.

a. # NUGANS
b.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 152 - as var. CHIRONOMUS NOCTURNALIS, on basis of female.
d. ASIA - Suez Canal, EGYPT.
e.

a. * NUGAX
b. NATARSIA - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 349; CRANSTON 1976A: 143 (review of type).
c. WALKER 1856B: 186 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
E. EDWARDS 1929A: 298 - as ANATOPYNIA.

a. #1 NYMPHA
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 318.
c. KIEFFER 1911B: 40 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e.

a. *2 NYMPHA
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM CONVICTUM - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 156; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 60.
c. KIEFFER (In THIENEMANN & KIEFFER 1916A): 523 - as POLYPEDILUM. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM) by EDWARDS 1929A: 404.
d. EUROPE - Jonkoping, SWEDEN.
e. LENZ 1941A: 19 - as syn. P. CONVICTUM.

a. # NYMPHAEAE
b. >Nomen dubium in ENDOCHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 281.
c. WILLEM 1908A: 8 - asCHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Lac d'Overmeire, BELGIUM.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 193 - as TENDIPES.

a. * NYMPHELLA
b. SYN: ENDOCHIRONOMUS TENDENS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 33 & 148.
c. KIEFFER 1913B: 40 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - Westphalia, GERMANY.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280 - as syn E. TENDENS.

a. * NYMPHOIDES
b. SYN: ENDOCHIRONOMUS TENDENS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 33.
c. KIEFFER 1911B: 25 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 191 - Description immatures. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 20 - as C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS). GOETGHEBUER 1937:54(13c): 11; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280 - as syn. ENDOCHIRONOMUS TENDENS.

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