Names used in the genus Chironomus
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a. $ 'OBATANGA'
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. MARTIN 2014: - as Manucript name, based on larva and cytology.
d. NEARCTIC - Obatanga Provincial Park, Algoma Co., Ontario, CANADA
e. MARTIN (various years): - as species 4z.

a. OBENSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. FILINKOVA & BELYANINA 1996: 1095 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all stages and cytology.
d. PALAEARCTIC - E. Labytnanaga, Yamalo-Nenetsky region, RUSSIA.
e.

a. * OBDITUS (OBDITA)
b. SYN: PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA - EDWARDS 1929A: 307; CRANSTON 1976A: 143 (review of type).
c. WALKER 1856B: 181 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.

a. * OBJECTANS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES MODESTUS (SAY) - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 275.
c. WALKER 1856B: 157 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 386 - as var. C. Gp.C LIMNOCHIRONOMUS PULSUS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. LIMNOCHIRONOMUS PULSUS.

a. * OBLIDENS
b. ORTHOCLADIUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 28; ICZN Opinion 2206 (Case 3355)(2008).
c. WALKER 1856B: 180 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - ENGLAND; CANADA.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 345 - as SPANIOTOMA (ORTHOCLADIUS).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 156; CRANSTON 1976A: 143; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 206 (as Type of Genus)- as ORTHOCLADIUS.

a.* OBNIXUS
b. CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 326.
c. WALKER 1856B: 165 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as CRICOTOPUS.

a. * OBREPTANS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - CRANSTON 1976A: 143.
c. WALKER 1856B: 168 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 39 - as ?syn. T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) IMBERBIPES.

a. * OBREPTUS
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - OLIVER 1981A: 443 (generic position).
c. TOWNES 1945A: 139 - GLYPTOTENDIPES (DEMEIJEREA). Transferred to C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170.
d. NEARCTIC - Pickens County, SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S.A. (Type).
e.

a. * OBSCURATUS
b. SYN: KIEFFERULUS DUX - TOWNES 1945A: 110 (as TENDIPES (KIEFFERULUS)).  BECK & BECK 1970A: 38 (generic position).
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 479 - on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEARCTIC - Dubois, ILL., U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 168 - designation of Lectotype.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170 - as syn. CHIRONOMUS (KIEFFERULUS) DUX. WEBB 1980A: 85.

A. # OBSCURELLUS
b. Unplaced valid species in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
c. BLANCHARD 1852A: 336 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. NEOTROPICS - CHILE. (Type missing hypopygium in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris - Ekrem 2000: 19, as unplaced CHIRONOMINAE).
e.

a. $1 OBSCURIMANUS (OBSCURIMANA)
b. SYN: ODONTOMESA FULVA - GOETGHEBUER 1937:54(13d): 4 (as PRODIAMESA) FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 412 (Generic position).
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 248.
d. EUROPE - No Type locality given.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 37 - as PRODIAMESA.  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 - as CHIRONOMUS (review of type).

a. *2 OBSCURIMANUS
b. SYN: CRICTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS) ORNATUS - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 260.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3564.
d. EUROPE - Skänor, SWEDEN.
e.

a. #1 OBSCURIPENNIS
b. Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 248.
c. HOLMGREN 1869A: 42 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Spitzbergen, Smeerenberg, NORWAY.
e.

a. #2 OBSCURIPENNIS
b. Invalid name - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83 (not renamed because would still be nomen dubium).
c. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 243 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Montevideo, ARGENTINA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. *1 OBSCURIPES
b. SYN : GLYPTOTENDIPES GLAUCUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 392 (as C. (GLYPTOTENDIPES)).
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 244 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20. FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 146 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES (review of type).

a. *2 OBSCURIPES
b. METRIOCNEMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 199.
c. HOLMGREN 1869A: 38 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - SPITZBERGEN; Green Harbour; Advent Bay; Kingsbay & Belsund, NORWAY; N.W.T.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 161; CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as METRIOCNEMUS.  ASHE 1992: - syn. METRIOCNEMUS EURYNOTUS (as SAETHER, pers. comm.)

a. *1 OBSCURUS
b. MICROTENDIPES - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 (review of type).
c. MEIGEN 1804A: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 291 - as Nomen dubium, probably in MICROTENDIPES.

a. *2 OBSCURUS
b. SYN: PILICORNIS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 263.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 815 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ´Lappornia Tornensi´, SWEDEN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as syn. NIVEIPENNIS.

a. $3 OBSCURUS
b. SYN: APRILINUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 259.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1921: 171 - as var. CHIRONOMUS APRILINUS.
d. EUROPE - Champale, BELGIUM.
e.

a. $4 OBSCURUS
b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS TENTANS - SHOBANOV, KIKNADZE & BUTLER 1999: 312.
c. FILINKOVA & BELYANINA 1994: 61 - as CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS, on basis of all stages and polytene chromosomes.  However TOWNES 1945: 116 synonymised CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS with CHIRONOMUS.
d. POLAR REGION - canal of Vylposl River, Labytnang, Yamalo-Nenetsky autonomic region, RUSSIA.
e. SHILOVA & SHOBANOV 1996: 31 - as subgenus CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * OBSEPIENS
b. SYN: ACRICOTOPUS LUCENS (ZETTERSTEDT) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 82.
c. WALKER 1856B: 183 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 328 - as syn. SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOCLADIUS Gp. ACRICOTOPUS) LUCIDA.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. A. LUCENS.

a. * OBSISTENS
b. SYN: METRIOCNEMUS FUSCIPES (MEIGEN) - EDWARD 1929A: 311.
c. WALKER 1856B: 188 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 143; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 198 - as syn. M. FUSCIPES.

a. $ OBSOLETUS
b.
c. HEER 1849A: 190 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - SWITZERLAND (fossil species).
e. GIEBEL 1856: 250; EVENHUIS 1994 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * OBTEXENS
b. SYN: PARACLADIUS CONVERSUS (WALKER) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 94.
c. WALKER 1856B: 188 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 326 - as CRICOTOPUS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. PARACLADIUS CONVERSUS.

a. $ OBTUSIDENS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 151 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Destelbergen & Gand, BELGIUM. (Cotype in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.)
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 67; EDWARDS 1929A: 384.  KRUSEMAN 1933A. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 26 - as TENDIPES.  STRENZKE 1959B: 16; WUELKER, RYSER & SCHOLL 1983A: 731 - redescription.  KEYL 1960A: 194; 1962B: 483; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 310 - cytology.  PINDER 1978A; EKREM 2000: 16.

a. * OBTUSILOBUS
b. SYN: CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS PSITTACINUS - TOWNES 1945A: 101 but SAETHER 1977B: 87 queries TOWNES use of name & suggests STYLIFERA.
c. MALLOCH 1923A: 171 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - St. George Is., ALASKA, U.S.A.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168 - as syn. C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) PSITTACINUS.

a. * OBTUSUS
b. TANYPUS - MEUNIER 1899A: 162.  Nomen nudum
c. JENTZSCH 1890: - Attributes to LOEW 1850, who only labelled specimens.
d. EUROPE - fossil species (Harz?).
e. KIELBACH 1982: 351 (also attributes to LOEW 1850); SPAHR 1985: 23 (attributes to MEUNIER 1899A) - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * OBVERTENS
b. SYN: MICROTENDIPES CONFINIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 399 (as C. (MICROTENDIPES)).  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 (generic position).
c. WALKER 1856B: 177 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 399 - as syn. C. (MICROTENDIPES) CONFINIS.

a. * OBVIUS (OBVIA)
b. PSECTROCLADIUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 159.  SUBGENUS ALLOPSECTROCLADIUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 216 (?type of subgenus by synonymy).
c. WALKER 1856B: 174 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARTIC - ENGLAND; QUEBEC.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 332 - as SPANIOTOMA (PSECTROCLADIUS).  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as PSECTROCLADIUS.

a. $ OCCELATAOCELLATUS
b. CHIRONOMUS sens. lat. - YAMAMOTO, YAMAMOTO & KIMURA 2015: 112.  subgenus LOBOCHIRONOMUS
c. HASHIMOTO - as EINFELDIA, on basisof adult male and female, pupa and fourth instar larva.
d. ASIA - Komadorinoike, Senmaidake, Shizuoka Prefecture, JAPAN,(Types discarded).
e.

a. $ OCCIDENTALIS
b. VALID SPECIES - MARTIN, unpubl. (see MARTIN, KUVANGKADILOK, PEART & LEE 1980A: 368)
c. SKUSE 1889A: 230 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. AUSTRALIA - King George Sound (Albany), W.A.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20; 1917A: 209.  FREEMAN 1961A: 684 - as syn. AUSTRALIS.  MARTIN 1971B: 418 - as syn. DUPLEX.  LENTZIOS & STOCKER 1979A: 249; MARTIN, KUVANGKADILOK, PEART & LEE 1980A: 375; LENTZIOS, STOCKER & MARTIN 1980A: 60 - cytology.

a. * OCCIPIENS
b. SYN : MICROPSECTRA NOTESCENS (WALKER) - SAEWEDAL 1976A: 120.
c. WALKER 1856B: 165 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. M. PRAECOX MEIGEN
.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 326 - as syn MICROPSECTRA NOTESCENS.

a. * OCCULTANS
b. SYN: HYDROBAENUS LUGUBRIS - KIEFFER 1906C: 12.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 254 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Spandau, GERMANY.
e. RUTHE 1831A: 1207 - PSILOCERUS (Type species).  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 (review of type) - as ORTHOCLADIINAE.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 191 - as syn. HYDROBAENUS LUGUBRIS.

a. * OCCULTUS
b. ?SYN: STENOCHIRONOMUS GIBBUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 395 (as CHIRONOMUS (STENOCHIRONOMUS).
c. KIEFFER 1924: 30 - as STENOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by EDWARDS 1929A?
d. EUROPE - Bitche, FRANCE (type not designated & presumed lost).
e. BORKENT 1984: 79 - as syn. STENOCHIRONOMUS GIBBUS.

a. * OCEANICUS
b. CRICOTOPUS - JOHANNSEN & TOWNES 1952A: 17; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 158.
c. PACKARD 1869A: 42.
d. NEARCTIC - Woods Hole, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.
e. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 266 - as ?ORTHOCLADIUS.  SUBLETTE 1967B: 557 - as CRICOTOPUS (review of type).

a. $ OCELLATA OCELLATUS
b. CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS) possibly syn. DORSALIS
c. HASHIMOTO 1985: 361 - as EINFELDIA, on basis of all life stages.
d. ASIA - Komadorinoike, Senmaidake, Shizuoka Prefecture, JAPAN (Types discarded).
e. HASHIMOTO notes the similarity to LONGIPES, which, coupled with the presence of two pairs of ventral tubules, suggests this should be LOBOCHIRONOMUS, not EINFELDIA.

a. # OCHRACEUS
b. Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 248.
c. VAN DER WULP 1858A: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS.
e.

a. $ OCHREATUS
b. CHAETOLABIS - YAMAMOTO 1987.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 115 - as TENDIPES (CHAETOLABIS), on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEARCTIC - Medford Lakes, N.J., U.S.A.(Type in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Boston)
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 164; WEBB, MARTIN & WUELKER 1987: 205 - as CHIRONOMUS (CHAETOLABIS).  WEIDERHOLM 1979: - as syn. C. (CHAETOLABIS) ATROVIRIDIS (incorrect synonymy).  PROULX, MARTIN, CAREW & HARE 2013: 423 - larval morphology, cytology and barcoding.  MARTIN 2014: 319 - cytology.

a. $ OCHROCOMA
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268.
c. KIEFFER 1922G: 76 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - GERMANY.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 154; ANDERSEN 1949A: 46 as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * OCHROS
b.AXARIS - SPIES & RIESS 1996: 68.
c. WALLEY (In CURRAN 1934A): 306 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. NEOTROPICS - Bartica District, GUYANA.
e. SUBLETTE 1966A:24 - redescription of type as C. (XENOCHIRONOMUS).  SUBLETTE 1966A: 27 - ?syn. X. DORNERI.  ROBACK 1963A:237; 1980A:32 - Probably belongs in Subgen. AXARUS.

a. * OCTOGUTTATUM (OCTOGUTTATUS)
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM NUBIFER - SASA & SUBLETTE 1980A: 93.
c. TOKUNAGA 1936C: 83 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM), on basis of adult male & female.
d. ASIA - Seto, Wakayama, JAPAN.
e. SASA 1979A: 15 - redescription, incl. immatures, as POLYPEDILUM.

a. # OCTOPUNCTATUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
c. LOEW 1861B: 33 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEOTROPICAL - CUBA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * OCULARE
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 51 as CLADOPELMA.  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 405 as unrecognized species.
d. AFRICA - Kribi, CAMEROUN (Type lost?).
e.

a. # OCULARIS
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 159 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 406 as unrecognized species.
d. AFRICA - Khartoum, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e.

a. $OCULATUS
b. CHIRONOMUS.
c. SHOBANOV 1996B: 1668 - as CHIRONOMUS, from larva and karyotype.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Lake Kivo, Vologod region, RUSSIA.
e.

a. $ OENINGENSIS
b.
c. HEER 1849A: 189 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - SWITZERLAND (fossil species).
e. GIEBEL 1856: 250; EVENHUIS 1994 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * OFFECTUS
b. SYN: MICROPSECTRA NOTESCENS (WALKER) - SAEWEDAL 1976A: 120.
c. WALKER 1856B: 185 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as syn. M. PRAECOX MEIGEN.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 326 - as syn MICROPSECTRA NOTESCENS.

a. $ OKICONTRACTUS
b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS OKINAWANUS - YAMAMOTO & YAMAMOTO (2014)
c. SASA & SUZUKI 1995 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. ASIA - JAPAN.
e.
a. $ OKINAWANUS
b. as new subgenus AUSTROCHIRONOMUS - YAMAMOTO 2002: 270.
c. HASEGAWA & SASA 1987: 283 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - Okinawa, JAPAN.
e. YAMAMOTO 1996C: 618 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ OKISIROIA
b. SYN: SAMOENSIS (sensu SASA) - YAMAMOTO 1996A: 56.
c. SASA 1993: 127 - as EINFELDIA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by YAMAMOTO 1996A: 56.
d. ASIA - Kijoka, Okinawa, JAPAN; TAIWAN.
e. YAMAMOTO 1996C: 618 - from TAIWAN.

a. * OLDENBERGI
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 11; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1932A: 130 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS. Transf. to CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given; LAPLAND, GREENLAND, Easterm SIBERIA.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1933E: 21.  ASHE & CRANSTION 1990: 281 - as Nomen dubium in ENDOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * OLIVACEUS (OLIVACEA)
b. PRODIAMESA - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13d): 2.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 29.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 153; FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 (review of type) - as PRODIAMESA.

a. $ OLIVEIRAI
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. CORREIA & TRIVINHO-STRIXINO 2007: 63 - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of larva, pupa, and adult.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Pirassununga, São Paulo, BRAZIL.
e.

a. * ONTARIO
b. POLYPEDILUM - TOWNES 1945A: 51. Subgenus CEROBREGMA - SÆTHER & SUNDAL 1998 (as type of subgenus)
c. WALLEY 1926B: 206 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NORTH AMERICA - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 175 - as POLYPEDILUM.  PINDER & REISS 1986: 362 - Pupa as CHIRONOMINI GENUS C.  BOLTON 1991: 125 - CHIRONOMINI GENUS C is P. ONTARIO.

a. * OPACUS (OPACA)
b. SYN: SMITTIA ATERRIMA (MEIGEN) - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 227.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 249.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 24; FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 (review of type) - as CAMPTOCLADIUS.

a. * OPIMUS (OPIMUM)
b. POLYPEDILUM - FREEMAN 1959A: 432.
c. HUTTON 1902A: 182 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. PACIFIC - Christchurch, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 273 - as P. OPIMUM.

a. * OPPERTUS
b. SYN: PSECTROCLADIUS OBVIUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 332 (as SPANIOTOMA (PSECTROCLADIUS)).  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 (gen. posn.).
c. WALKER 1856B: 183 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.

a. * OPPETITUS
b. SYN: STICTOCHIRONOMUS ROSENSCHOELDI (ZETTERSTEDT) - CRANSTON 1976A: 143.
c. WALKER 1856B: 176 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as OPPETIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 401 - as ?syn. C. (STICTOCHIRONOMUS) ROSENSCHOLDI.

a. # OPPETIUS
b. Invalid name.
c. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as misspelling of OPPETITUS WALKER.
d. EUROPE
e.

a. * OPPLENS
b. SYN: CRICOTOPUS (PARATRICHOCLADIUS) RUFIVENTRIS - n.comb. by CRANSTON & KROSCH 2015:
c. WALKER 1856B: 187 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 329 - as syn. SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOLADIUS) RUFIVENTRIS.

a. $ OPPOSITUS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - MARTIN 1966A:
c. WALKER 1856A: 425 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA.
e. SKUSE 1889A: 253.  KIEFFER 1906C: 28; 1917A: 228 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 685 - as syn. ALTERNANS.  MARTIN 1969B: 474 - Cytology.  MARTIN, LEE & CONNOR 1978A: 323 - cytological description of three forms.  MARTIN & LEE 1984A: 191 - definition of form OPPOSITUS.

a. * ORARIUS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM SEORSUS - FREEMAN 1961A: 712.
c. SKUSE 1889A: 242 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male & female.
d. AUSTRALIA - Middle Harbour, Sydney, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 712 - designation of lectotype.

a. * ORBICUS
b. CHERNOVSKIIA - SAETHER 1977B: 108 (as type of genus); PINDER & REISS 1983: 304.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 151 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA).  Transf. to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168.
d. NEARCTIC - Douglas Co., Kansas, U.S.A.
e.

a. * ORESITROPHUS
b. POLYPEDILUM - FREEMAN 1961A: 710.  SUBGENUS URESIPEDILUM - SASA & KIKUCHI 1995.
c. SKUSE 1889A: 247 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. AUSTRALIA - Lawson, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21; 1917A: 208 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 711 - designation of lectotype.  OYEWO & SÆTHER 1998: 319 - as POLYPEDILUM (URESIPEDILUM).

a. # ORIPLANUS
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 152 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Theog, SIMLA HILLS, INDIA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.

a. * ORISSAE
b. HARNISCHIA - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 405.
c. KIEFFER 1913E: 137 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Puri, ORISSA, INDIA.
e.

a. * ORNATIPENNIS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM ALTICOLA - FREEMAN 1958A: 272; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 196.
c. KIEFFER 1918B: 68 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. AFRICA - New Hanover, NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA.
e.

a. *1 ORNATIPES
b. SYN: STICTOCHIRONOMUS DEVINCTUS - TOWNES 1945A: 79 (as TANYTARSUS (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 343 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Long Lake, New York, U.S.A.
e. JOHANNSEN (in LEONARD 1982A): 713 - as ?syn. DEVINCTUS.

a. *2 ORNATIPES
b. POLYPEDIUM - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 408.
c. KIEFFER 1924C: 265 - as POLYPEDIUM.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (KRIBIOMIMUS) by JOHANNSEN 1932B: 514.
d. INDONESIA - JAVA.
e.

a. # ORNATISSIMUS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413.
c. KIEFFER 1913E: 133 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA.
e.

a. * ORNATUS
b. CRICOTOPUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 23; HIRVENOJA 1973A: 259 (as subgenus ISOCLADIUS).
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 43.
d. HOLARCTIC - Kiel, GERMANY.
e.

a. * OROPHILUS (OROPHILA)
b. PAGASTIELLA - CRANSTON 1976A: 143.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 405 - as CHIRONOMUS (LAUTERBORNIELLA).
d. EUROPE - Llyn Gwyant, Carnarvonshire, WALES; Windemere; Bratham Valley, Westmoreland, ENGLAND; Killarney, IRELAND; GERMANY, RUSSIA.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 68 - as LAUTERBORNIELLA.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 433; PINDER & REISS 1983: 238 - as PAGASTIELLA.

a. $ ORYZAE
b. CHIRONOMUS (common name: rice midge)
c. MATSUMURA 1917(?) - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - KOREA.
e. NAKAYAMA 1935; PAIK 1963: REE & KIM 1981.

a. * OSCILLATOR
b. ?SYN: CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS) ORNATUS (MEIGEN) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 259.  Other MEIGEN specimens C. SILVESTRIS - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 44.
d. MIDDLE EUROPE - type locality not given.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 178 - as ?syn. C. (I.) ORNATUS.

a. * OTSURU
b. SYN.: KIEFFERULUS CALLIGASTER - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28.
c. SASA & HASAGAWA 1983: 314 - as CHIRONOMUS sp. OTSURU.
d. ASIA - Rykyu Islands, JAPAN.
e.

a. $(?) OVAZZAI
b. BAEOTENDIPES - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 350 - as CHIRONOMUS (HALLIELLA).
d. AFRICA - Assab Saltworks, ETHIOPIA.
e. There is a suggestion, based on the cytology and morphology, that BAEOTENDIPES may be more correctly a subgenus of CHIRONOMUS

a. * OVERMEIRENSIS
b. CLADOPELMA - SAETHER 1971A: 350 (as CRYPTOCLADOPELMA); 1977B: 84 (syn. with CLADOPELMA).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1932A: 129.
d. EUROPE - BELGIUM.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 49 as T. (HARNISCHIA).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 372 - as HARNISCHIA.

a. $ OXYLABIS
b. SYN: FORMOSIPENNIS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187.
c. KIEFFER 1922I: - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FREEMAN 1957A: 345 as syn. FORMOSIPENNIS.
d. AFRICA - SUDAN.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 467 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.

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