Names used in the genus Chironomus
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a. * PACIFICUS
b. VARIETY OF DICROTENDIPES ENTEROMORPHAE
c. TOKUNAGA 1936C: 76 - as CHIRONOMUS (CHIRONOMUS) and variety of ENTEROMORPHAE.
d. ASIA - Seto, Wakayama Prefecture, JAPAN.
e. SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 311.

a. * PAGANICUS
b. ?SYN: METRIOCNEMUS PICIPES - EDWARDS 1929A: 311.
c. WALKER 1856B: 183 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS. CRANSTON 1976A: 143; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 200 - as ?syn. METRIOCNEMUS PICIPES.

a. * PAGANUS (PAGANA)
b. EINFELDIA -
c. MEIGEN 1838A: 7 - as CHIRONOMUS..
d. HOLARCTIC - Liége, BELGIUM; EUROPE, U.S.A.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  KRUSEMAN 1933A: 76 - as T. (PHYTOCHIRONOMUS).  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 73 - as C. (PHYTOCHIRONOMUS).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 31; TOWNES 1945A: 113 - as T. (EINFELDIA).

a.$ PALAEARCTICUS
b. CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS) - SÆTHER & SPIES 2013:
c. ASHE in ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 278 - as EINFELDIA PALAEARCTICA and new name for CHIRONOMUS DILATATUS GOETGHEBUER 1928A.
d. PALAEARCTIC - BELGIUM and GREAT BRITAIN.
e. FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371 - as EINFELDIA DILATATUS.

a. * PALAUENSIS
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268.
c. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 571 - as CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult female.
d. MICRONESIA - E. Ngatpang, Babelthaup I. PALAU IS.
e.

a. $ PALIDUS
b. CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 263.
c. LINEVICH & ERBAEVA 1971A: 151 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - Irkutsk, U.S.S.R. (RUSSIA).
e.

a. *1 PALLENS
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES (PHYTOTENDIPES) - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 15.
c. MEIGEN 1804A: 12 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. MEIGEN 1812A: 22; KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 42 - Notes difference to G. OBSCURIPES.  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 432 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.

a. *2 PALLENS
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES GLAUCUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 392.
c. GOETGHEBUER
d. EUROPE
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 42 - as syn. GLYPTOTENDIPES OBSCURIPES.

a. * PALLIATUS
b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - TOWNES 1945A: 78 (as TANYTARSUS (STICTOCHIRONOMUS)). SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 178 (generic position).
c. COQUILLETT 1902A: 95 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Washington D.C., U.S.A.
e. MALLOCH 1915A: 441 - description all stages.  MUTTKOWSKI 1918A: 412 - biology.  LENZ 1921A: 162; 1941A: 21 - as POLYPEDIUM.  JOHANNSEN 1937B: 33 - as CH. (POLYPEDILUM).

a. $ PALLIDA
b. EINFELDIA
c. KIEFFER 1925 - in letter to LENZ, but he died before he could publish it.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Waterneverstorfer Binnensee.
e. LENZ 1937 - valid description based on pupa, but classed as a Nomen dubium.  CRANSTON, MARTIN, MULDER & SPIES 2016: 493 - included as a valid species in EINFELDIA

a. # PALLIDICEPS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 274.
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 209 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. OCEANIA - Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, NEW GUINEA
e.

a. *1 PALLIDICORNIS
b. TANYTARSUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 415.
c. WALKER 1856B: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 143 - as TANYTARSUS.

a. *2 PALLIDICORNIS
b. DICROTENDIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 32 (as T. (DICROTENDIPES)).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1934K: 37 - as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES).
d. PALEARCTIC - Basra, IRAQ; EUROPE, GREAT BRITAIN, ALGERIA.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 176 - as DICROTENDIPES

a.* PALLIDIFORCEPS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 274.
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 214 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. PACIFIC - Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, NEW GUINEA.(Type lost?)
e.

a. $ PALLIDINUBECULOSUS
b. CHIRONOMUS.
c. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 549 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. MICRONESIA - Ulimang, BABELTHAUP I., PALAU IS; Australia, Japan(?).
e. HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 6 - as syn KIIENSIS.  BUGLEDICH, CRANSTON & MARTIN 1999: 116 - as syn. CALIPTERUS, but differs cytologically (MARTIN, unpubl.).

a. $ PALLIDIRAMUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
c. KIEFFER 1925A: 74 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA.
e.

a. $1 PALLIDIVITTATUS
b. SEN. SYN: DILUTUS - TOWNES 1945A: 135 (as TENDIPES TENTANS).
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 445 - as var. TENTANS.
d. NEARCTIC - Havana, Illinois, U.S.A.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 145 - as var. C. TENTANS.  FRISON 1927A: 169 - designation of Lectotype.  GEOTGHEBUER 1928A: 48 - as var. CHIRONOMUS (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 166 - as syn. CHIRONOMUS TENTANS.  WEBB 1980A: 85.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 306 - as valid species, but this is not correct for PALLIDIVITTATUS MALLOCH.

a. $2 PALLIDIVITTATUS
b. Although strictly an invalid name, it has such wide usuage that it is difficult to change.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 382 & OTHER AUTHORS.
d. HOLARCTIC - ENGLAND, GERMANY, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, CANADA, U.S.A.
e. BEERMANN 1955A: 201. PALMEN & AHO 1966A: 220.  HEIN & SCHMULBACH 1971A: 458; 1971B: 110; 1972A: 80.

a. *1 PALLIDULUS (PALLIDULA)
b. MICROPSECTRA - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147.  Nomen dubium - ASHE & CRANSTON 1996: 328.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 255 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (Stolberg near Aachen) GERMANY; NETHERLANDS.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 32 - as METRIOCNEMUS.

a. $2 PALLIDULUS
b. Junior synonym of PALLIDULUS MEIGEN 1836?SYN: New name PETIOLATUS - EDWARDS 1931A: 312.  UNPLACED IN CHIRONOMINAE - EKREM 2000: 19.
c. BLANCHARD 1852A: 335 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - CHILE. (Type in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
e. SPIES & REISS 1996: 87 - unproven synonymy.

a. #1 PALLIDUS
b.
c. FABRICIUS 1805A:
d.
e. TOWNES 1945A: 24 - notes precedence to PALLIDUS JOHANNSEN.

a. *2 PALLIDUS
b. MICROTENDIPES CADUCUS - TOWNES 1945A: 24 (as New Name).
c. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 230 - as CHIRONOMUS.  Name preoccupied by FABRICUS 1805A.
d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21; MALLOCH 1915A: 454 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. # PALLIPES
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. MACQUART 1826A: 142 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Northern FRANCE; ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $1 PALPALIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 402.
c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 533 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - Tjurup & L.Ranua, SUMATRA.
e. LENZ 1937B: 4 - Immatures.

a. $2 PALPALIS
b. SYN: IMICOLA - FREEMAN 1957A: 346; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1934L: 197.
d. AFRICA - Katana, Kivu, ZAIRE.
e.

a. $ PALUDOSUS
b.
c. MEUNIER 1904A: 215 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. EUROPE - BALTIC AMBER (Bernstein?).
e. MEUNIER 1912B: 169; KEILBACH 1982: 353; SPAHR 1985: 23; EVENHAUS 1994 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. #1 PALUSTRIS
b.
c. LINNAEUS - as TIPULA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FABRICIUS 1805A: 47.
d. EUROPE
e.

a. $2 PALUSTRIS
b. SYN: FORMOSIPENNIS - FREEMAN 1957A: 345; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187.
c. KIEFFER 1913F: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. AFRICA - Naivasha, KENYA.
e. FREEMAN 1954A: 18 - as CHIRONOMUS (CALOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * PANDANI
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM BRUNEICORNIS - FREEMAN 1958A: 295; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 196.
c. KIEFFER 1911A: 356.
d. AFRICA - Mache, SEYCHELLES.
e. FREEMAN 1958A: 296 - designation of lectotype.

a. $ PANKRATOVAE
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. GREBENYUK, KIKNADZE & BELYANINA 1989: 76 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male, pupa, larva and cytology.
d. PALAEARCTIC - U.S.S.R.
e. KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 319 - cytology.

a. $ PARAALBIDUS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. POLUKONOVA, BELYANINA & ZINCHENKO 2005: 1017 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. EUROPE - Caspaian Sea, Russia.
e. KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 319 - cytology.
a. * PARAFULVUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS
c. BECK & BECK 1964A: 201 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. NEARCTIC - Waddell's Mill Ck., Jackson Co., Florida, U.S.A.
e.

a. $ PARAGIGAS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.), by original designation.
c. REISS 1974A: 5 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life stages.
d. AMAZONIAN REGION - Igarape Curubau, Rio Banco, TERRITORIO DE RORIAMA (25 Aug 71).
e. SPIES & RIESS 1996: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ 'PARARIPARIUS'
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. MARTIN 2015: - as Manuscript name, based mainly on larva and cytology.
d. NEARCTIC - Glen Tay, Ontario, CANADA.
e. MARTIN (various years) - as C. species 2c.

a. * PARAROSTRATUS
b. Nomen dubium in PARACHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 296.
c. HARNISCH 1923(1924A): 272 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by ?
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. JOHANNSEN 1937B: ; LENZ 1938A: 711; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 433 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.

a. $ PARATHUMMI
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.), by original designation.
c. KEYL 1961A: - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of larva & cytology.
d. EUROPE - Werra-Armes bei Albungen, GERMANY.
e. KEYL 1962B: - cytology of arms A,E & F.  GREBENYUK 1993: 147 - Larva.  KIKNADZE 1991: 89 - cytology and larva.  LANGTON, KIKNADZE, VALLENDUUK & ISTOMINA 2011: 95 - re-description of all stages, and cytology.  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 323 - cytology.

a. * PARATINCTUS
b. KIEFFERULUS - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1990:
c. MARTIN 1964A: 285 - as CHIRONOMUS (KIEFFERULUS).
d. AUSTRALIA - Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, VIctoria.
e. MARTIN 1963A: 305 - larva & cytology (as Botanic Garden species).

a. * PARILIS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - LENZ 1938A: 711.
c. WALKER 1856B: 161 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND; BELGIUM.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30 - as TANYTARSUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 85 - larva, as CH. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 46 - as T. (CRYPTOCH.Gp.PARACHIRONOMUS).  LEHMANN 1970A:148; CRANSTON 1976A: 143; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 433; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 295 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.

a. * PARIPES
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES (PHYTOTENDIPES) - TOWNES 1945A: 141.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 392- as CHIRONOMUS (GLYPTOTENDIPES).
d. HOLARCTIC - Whernside Tarns, Yorks; Sharpham Moss, Somerset; & Fiskerton, Notts, ENGLAND; U.S.A.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 15; CRANSTON 1976A: 143; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 284 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  MICHAILOVA & PETROVA 1984: 300 - existence of cytological forms.

a. * PARVILAMELLATUS
b. SYN: CRYPTOCHIRONMUS FULVUS - TOWNES 1945A: 98.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 479 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - Grand Tower, Illinois, U.S.A.
e. FRISON 1927A: 168 - designation of Lectotype.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167 - as syn. CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) FULVUS.  WEBB 1980A: 85.

a. $ PARVULUS
b. ?SYN: DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 260.
c. SANTOS ABREU 1918A: 182 - as TENDIPES & var. of DORSALIS.
d. PALEARCTIC - CANARY ISLANDS.
e.

a. * PARVUS (PARVA)
b. SMITTIA - OLIVER 1970: 106; but other cotypes ALLOCLADIUS NANSENI (KIEFFER) - FERRINGTON and SÆTHER 2011: 15.
c. LUNDBECK 1898A: 275 - on basis of female.
d. NEARCTIC - GREENLAND.  May be HOLARCTIC in distribution.
e. KERTESZ 1902A: 215; JOHANNSEN 1905A: 263 - as CAMPTOCLADIUS. ANDERSEN 1937A: 75 - as SMITTIA, but mixed cotype series.  SUBLETTE 1966B: 599 - Nomen dubium in SMITTIA.

a. *1 PATENS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM PEDESTRE - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30 - as TANYTARSUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 400 - as syn. C. (MICROTENDIPES) FUSIPENNIS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 306 - as syn. POLYDEDILUM PEDESTRE.

a. #2 PATENS
b. Requires replacement name - EVENHUIS 1994
c. SCUDDER 1877A: 744 - as CHIRONOMUS.  Name preoccupied by WALKER 1856.
d. NEARCTIC - U.S.A. - FOSSIL SPECIES
e.

a. * PATIBILIS
b. SYN: ACRICOTOPUS LUCENS & METRIOCNEMUS FUSCIPES (Mixed Series) - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 174 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 328 - as syn. SPANIOTOMA (TRICHIRONOMUS) LUCIDA.  HIRVENOJA 1973A: 82 - as syn. A. LUCENS.

a. $ PAUCIPLUMATUS
b.
c. HARDY 1960A: 115 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. OCEANIA - Wailau Pass, MOLOKIA, HAWAII.
e. WILLIAMS 1944A: 158 - as CHIRONOMUS Sp. WIRTH 1947A: 26 - as TENDIPES (CHIRONOMUS) sp.

a. $ PAULFREEMANI
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. SAEWEDAL 1981B: 230 - as new name for BRUNNEUS FREEMAN.
d. AFRICA - Kirstenbosch, CAPE PROVINCE.
e.

a. $ PAUSATUS
b. CHIRONOMUS - EVENHAUS 1994.
c. MELANDER 1949: 14 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEARCTIC - North east U.S.A (fossil species).
e.

a. *1 PAVIDUS
b. ?SYN : CRICOTOPUS TIBIALIS - HIRVENOJA 1973: 156.
c. HOLMGREN 1869: 42 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. EUROPE - Green Harbour & Smeerenberg, SPITZBERGEN.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 158 - as CRICTOPUS.

a. *2 PAVIDUS (PAVIDUM)
b. POLYPEDILUM - FREEMAN 1959A: 430.
c. HUTTON 1902A: 183 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEW ZEALAND - Christchurch, SOUTH ISLAND (Mixed type series, male P. PAVIDUM, 1 female TRICHOCLADIUS PLURISERIALIS, 1 female CHAETOCLADIUS).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 273 - as P. PAVIDUM.

a. * PECTINATELLAE
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - BECK & BECK 1969B:
c. DENDY & SUBLETTE 1959A: 516 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)
d. NEARCTIC - ALABAMA, U.S.A.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168 - as CH. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. #1 PECTORALIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 354 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - PARAGUAY.
e.

a. $2 PECTORALIS
b. Nomen dubium in EINFELDIA - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 278.
c. KIEFFER 1924E: 393 - as EINFELDIA. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by GOETGHEBUER?
d. EUROPE - lac d’Eutin, GERMANY.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 31 - as TENDIPES (EINFELDIA). PINDER & REISS 1983: 312 - as EINFELDIA.

a. * PEDELLUS (PEDELLA)
b. MICROTENDIPES - LENZ 1941A: 45.
c. DE GEER 1776A: 378 - as TIPULA.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given; SWEDEN, NORTH AMERICA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  TOWNES 1945A: 25 - as MICROTENDIPES.

a. *1 PEDESTRIS (PEDESTRE)
b. POLYPEDILUM - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 91.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 246 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARTIC - Type locality not given; BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, U.S.A..
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS. EDWARDS 1929A: 400 - as syn. C. (MICROTENDIPES) FUSCIPENNIS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 62 - as syn? P. FUSCIPENNIS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 435; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 305 - as POLYPEDILUM.

a. *2 PEDESTRIS
b. SYN: THALASSOMYA FRAUENFELDI - EDWARDS 1929A: 371. NEW NAME: PEDISEQUUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 21.
c. WOLLASTON 1858A: 114 - as CHEIRONOMUS.  Name preoccupied by MIEGEN 1830A.
d. NORTH AFRICA - Dezerta Grande & Porto Santo, MADEIRA.
e.CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as syn. TH. FRAUENFELDI.

a. * PEDISEQUUS
b. SYN: THALASSOMYA FRAUENFELDI - EDWARDS 1929A: 371.
c. KIEFFER 1906C:21 - as new name for PEDESTRIS WOLLASTON 1858A
d. NORTH AFRICA - MADEIRA
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as syn. TH. FRUENFELDI.

a. * PEKANUS
b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 404.
c. KIEFFER 1916B: 105 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
d. ASIA - Tainan, FORMOSA.
e. KIEFFER 1921M: 588; REE & KIM 1981: ; REE 1982: 73 - as ENDOCHRINIMOUS (incorrectly claimed as new comb.).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * PELLUCIDUS
b. RHEOTANYTARSUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 180.
c. WALKER 1848A: 21.
d. NEARCTIC - St. Martins Falls, Albany R., Hudsons Bay.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30; JOHANNSEN 1926A: 275 - as TANYTARSUS.  TOWNES 1945A: 173 - as CALOPSECTRINI.

a. # PELOCHLORIS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413.
c. KIEFFER 1912B: 39 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult female.
d. ASIA - Taihoku, FORMOSA.
e. KIEFFER 1916B.  KIEFFER 1921M: 584 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.

a. * PELOSTOLUM
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM NUBIFER - FREEMAN 1961A: 707.
c. KIEFFER 1912B: 41 - as POLYPEDILUM (so when was it CHIRONOMUS?)
d. ASIA - Tainan, FORMOSA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 408; SASA & SUBLETTE 1980A: 39 - as syn. P. NUBIFER.

a. * PENICILLATUS
b. DICROTENDIPES - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 374 - as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) and new name for REGALIS FREEMAN 1955D.
d. AFRICA - Betty's Bay, Cape Provience, SOUTH AFRICA.
e.

a. * PENICILLIGERUS
b. SYN: AEDOKRITUS VARDIS - SPIES & RIESS 1996: 68.
c. EDWARDS 1931A: 323 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male & female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - San Isidro, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
e. EDWARDS 1931A: 324 - as 'NOT CHIRONOMUS'.

a. $ PENTASTICTUS
b. CHIRONOMUS ? - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 27 (posn. of LEPTOCHIRUS).
c. KIEFFER 1918B: 110 - as var.of CHIRONOMUS LEPTOCHIRUS, on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Matheran, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.

a. $ PENTATOMUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 28 (as T. THUMMI). CREDLAND 1973B: 209 (syn. with RIPARIUS).
c. KIEFFER 1909A: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1911B: 37 - as TENDIPES.  LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 154.

a. $ PERANGUSTATUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1952A: 3 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Herbeumont sur Semois, BELGIUM.
e.

a. $ PERCURRENS
b. CHIRONOMUS - UNCERTAIN SPECIES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 30 (as TENDIPES).
c. KIEFFER 1909A: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Près de Haltern, Westphalia, GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1911B: 40 - as TENDIPES.  LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 153.  ANDERSEN 1949A: 44.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268 - as nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PERDITUS
b. PROCLADIUS - EVENHUIS 1994.
c. HEYDEN 1870: 247 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - GERMANY, Oligocene fossil species.
e.

a. * PERENNIS
b. CHAETOCLADIUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 160.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 249.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given (?Aachen); GERMANY, ENGLAND, N.W.T., CANADA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 352, FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 151 - as CHAETOCLADIUS.

a. * PEREXILIS
b. SYN: NANOCLADIUS BICOLOR - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 201.
c. WALKER 1856B: 191 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 351 as SPANIOTOMA (EUKIFFERIELLA) BICOLOR).  CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as syn. MICROCRICOTOPUS DICHROMUS

a. * PERGENS
b. SYN: DIAMESA TONSA WALKER - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. HALIDAY, in WALKER 1856B: 187.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.

a. # PERICHLORUS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 421.
c. KIEFFER 1912B: 16 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Peradeniya, SRI LANKA.
e.

a. # PERILEUCUS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 413.
c. KIEFFER 1914C: 314
d. ASIA - Calcutta, W. Bengal, INDIA.
e.

a. * PERINGUEYANUS
b. DICROTENDIPES - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190.
c. KIEFFER 1924B: 257 - as DICROTENDIPES.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES ) by FREEMAN 1957A: 364.
d. AFRICA - Detar, Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA; EUROPE, ALGERIA..
e. FREEMAN 1955D: 372; EPLER 1988: 41; CRANSTON & JUDD 1989: 254; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 276 - as DICROTENDIPES.

a. $ PERINGUEYI
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - FREEMAN 1957A: 337; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
c. KIEFFER 1923A: 386.
d. AFRICA - Krautz Kloof, near Durban, S.AFRICA
e.

a. * PERLEVIS
b. SYN: PARATANYTARSUS TENUIS (MEIGEN) - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 158 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 334 - as syn. P. TENUIS.

a. * PERMACER (PERMACRA)
b. MIXED SERIES. Male: DIAMESA PERMACRA. Female: CHAETOCLADIUS PERENNIS - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 183 - as CHIRONOMUS PERMACRUS(?).
d. PALAEARCTIC ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1924D: 171 - as syn. ORTHOCLADIUS (DACTYLOCLADIUS) NOVATUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 305 - as DIAMESA.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13d): 21 - as DIAMESA (PSILODIAMESA).

a. * PERNIGER
b. CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 310.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3523 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Skalstugan, Jämtland, SWEDEN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1924D: 173 - as ?TRICHOLCLADIUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 178 - as CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS.

a. * PERPESSUS (PERPESSA)
b. SYN: PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA MEIGEN - EDWARDS 1929A: 307.
c. WALKER 1856B: 178 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. CRANSTON 1976A: 307 - as syn. PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA.

a. * PERPULCHER (PERPULCHRUM)
b. KRIBIODORUM - SPIES Unpubl.
c. MITCHELL 1908A: 13.
d. NORTH AMERICA - Plummers Is., MARYLAND, U.S.A. (Type).
e. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS (LAUTERBORNIELLA Gp. ZAVRELIELLA).  TOWNES 1945A: 22 - as LAUTERBORNIELLA.  REISS 1982B: 300 - as STELECHOMYIA.

a. * PERREPTANS
b. SYN: MICROTENDIPES CONFINIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 399 (as C. MICROTENDIPES).  CRANSTON 1976A: 137 (generic position).
c. WALKER 1856B: 177 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 289 - as syn M. CONFINIS.

a. * PERSIDENS
b. SYN: ORTHOCLADIUS RUBICUNDUS (MEIGEN) - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 181 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e.

a. * PERTENUIS
b. SYN: BRYOPHAENOCLADIUS ICTERICUS (MEIGEN) - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 182 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 161 - as syn B. ICTERICUS.

a. * PERTRACTUS (PERTRACTA)
b. SYN: DIAMESA TONSA WALKER - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. WALKER 1856B: 188 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e.

a. * PERTURBANS
b. POLYPEDILUM - TOKUNAGA 1964A: 584.
c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 518 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM) & var.of STICTOPTERUS KIEFFER 1921M.
d. TROPICAL - SUMATRA, MARIANA IS.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 408; CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 273 - as POLYPEDIUM.

a. $ PERVAGATUS
b. Nomen Dubium in CHIRONOMUS - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268.
c. SKUSE 1889A: 233 - as CHIRONOMUS..
d. AUSTRALIA - Lawson, Berowra & Sydney, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21, 1917A: 209. FREEMAN 1961A: 685 - designation of Lectotype as syn. ALTERNANS.

a. * PERVULSUS
b. SYN: ACRICOTOPUS LUCENS (ZETTERSTEDT) - EDWARDS 1929A: 328 (as SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOCLADIUS)). HIRVENOJA 1973A: 82 (generic position).
c. WALKER 1856B: 179 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS. CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as syn. A. LUCENS.

a. $ PETIOLATUS
b. SYN: PIGER - WÜLKER (Unpubl.)
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 351 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, CHILE (Types lost).
e. EDWARDS 1931A: 312 - as CHIRONOMUS. SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PHILIPPINARUM
b. GLYPTOTENDIPES - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 404.
c. KIEFFER 1921M: 586 - as PHYTOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (PHYTOCHIRONOMUS) by JOHANNSEN 1932B: 530.
d. ASIA - Luzon, PHILIPPINES.
e.

a. # PHOTOPHILUS
b.
c. WEYENBERGH 1886A: 130 - as BURMEISTERIA (Type of genus), on basis of adult male.    Placed in CHIRONOMUS by LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 241.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Cordoba, ARGENTINA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 32 - as BURMEISTERIA.

a. $ PHYTOPHILUS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. CORREIA & TRIVINHO-STRIXINO 2007: 61 - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of larva, pupa, and adult.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Dourada Reservoir, Brotas, São Paulo, BRAZIL.
e.

a. # PICA
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
c. PHILIPPI 1865A: 600 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. NEOTROPICS - CHILE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PICIPES
b. METRIOCNEMUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 31 (as syn. M.FUSCIPES). SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 161.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 52 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male?
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen); GREENLAND; CHILE (according to LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A).
e. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 257 - as CHIRONOMUS. GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 199 - as METRIOCNEMUS.

a. *1 PICTIPENNIS
b. SYN: TANYPUS PUNCTIPENNIS MEIGEN - EDWARDS 1931A: 239. Questionable synonymy according to SPIES & REISS 1996: 94
c. PHILIPPI 1865A: 599 - as CHIRONOMUS..
d. NEOTROPICS - CHILE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. *2PICTIPENNIS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES SEPTEMMACULATUS - EPLER 1988: 42.
c. KIEFFER 1913: 23 - as DICROTENDIPES.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1957:
d. AFRICA
e. EPLER 1988: 6 - synonymy.

a. * PICTIPES
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM PEDESTRE - CRANSTON 1976A
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3569 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Jemtlandia, Skalstugan, SWEDEN; SCANDINAVIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. #1 PICTIVENTRIS
b. Nomen Dubium - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 (as PIETRIVENTRIS).
c. KIEFFER 1910B: 229 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS ), on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Bettiah Champaran, Bihar, INDIA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 414 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.

a. $2 PICTIVENTRIS
b. SYN.: FORMOSIPENNIS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187.
c. KIEFFER 1923A: 328 - as CALOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FREEMAN 1957A: 345 as syn. FORMOSIPENNIS.
d. AFRICA - Vryburg, ORANGE FREE STATE.
e.

a. *1 PICTULUS
b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 19.
c. MEIGEN 1830 A: 244 - as CHIRONOMUS, and new name for STICTICUS MEIGEN 1818A, not FABRICIUS 1781.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 56;TOWNES 1945A: 77 (designation as type genus); ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 314 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.  LENZ 1941A: 40 - notes larva does not have 6 antennal segments.

a. *2 PICTULUS
b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128.
c. HOFFMANNSEGG - Incorrect author designation for PICTULUS MIEGEN?
d.
e.

a. *1 PICTUS
b. TANYTARSUS - JOHANNSEN 1932B: 544.
c. DOLESCHALL 1857A: 386 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. S.E. ASIA - Java, INDONESIA; SUMATRA (in hot springs).
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 415 - as CALOPSECTRA.

a. *2 PICTUS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES CORDATUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 356 (as C. (DICROTENDIPES)).FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (generic position).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1934L: 199 - as PARATENDIPES.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (PARATENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1954C: 443.
d. AFRICA - Kisantu, ZAIRE.
e.

a. $ PIGER
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - CRANSTON 1976A: 145. FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 429.
c. STRENZKE (In KEYL & STRENZKE 1956A: 727) - as subspecies of THUMMI.
d. EUROPE - Dangast, Friesland, GERMANY.
e. STRENZKE 1959B: 29 - redescription of adult male and female. KEYL 1957A: 748, 1962B: 482 - cytology.  GREBENYUK 1993: 147.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 263 - attribute to STRENZKE 1959.

a. $ PILICORNIS
b. CHIRONOMUS.
c. FABRICIUS 1787A: 324 - as TIPULA.
d. HOLARCTIC - Kiel, GERMANY.
e. FABRICIUS 1794A: 243 - as TIPULA. KIEFFER 1906C: 21; GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 59; EDWARDS 1929A: 383. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 165 - as CHIRONOMUS. GOETGHEBUER 1937:54(13c): 27;TOWNES 1945A:128; SHILOVA 1958C:(379) - as TENDIPES.  PINDER 1978A.  RODOVA 1974B: 44; 1978.  WUELKER 1996: 210 - redescription including immatures and karyotype.  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 328 - cytology.

a. $ PILIPES
b. SYN: PRASINUS - van der WULP 1877; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264. Syn. not confirmed - SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 37.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 26 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - AUSTRIA (Types lost?).
e. SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 37 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PILITARSIS
b. CRICOTOPUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 24; HIRVENOJA 1973A: 268 (as subgenus ISOCLADIUS).
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3565 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Åreskutan, Jämtland,SWEDEN.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 178 - as CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS.

a. $ PILOSIDENS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
c. KIEFFER 1921C: 185 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. NEOTROPICAL - PARAGUAY.
e.

a. * PILOSIMANUS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES SEPTEMMACULATUS - EPLER 1988: 6.
c. KIEFFER 1914B: 262 - as DICROTENDIPES.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1957A: 360.
d. AFRICA; AUSTRALIA - Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA.
e. FREEMAN 1954A: 19; 1955D: 372; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 - as DICROTENDIPES.  FREEMAN 1961A: 694 - as C. (DICTOTENDIPES).

a. # PLANICOLLIS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 421
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 151 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. ASIA - Sylhet, ASSAM, E. PAKISTAN.
e.

a. # PLASENSIS
b. Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 247.
c. STROBL 1900A: 665 - as var. CHIRONOMUS MINUTUS ZETTERSTEDT.
d. EUROPE - Plasa bei Jablanica, YUGOSLAVIA.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 247 - doubt that it is syn. of MINUTUS ZETTERSTEDT.

a. # PLATENSIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
c. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 255 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PLATYCNEMUS
b. AEDOKRITUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 68.
c. EDWARDS 1931A: 322- as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male & female.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Posadas, MISSIONES TERRITORY, ARGENTINA.
e. EDWARDS 1931A: 324 - as ' NOT CHIRONOMUS'.

a. * PLEBEIUS
b. PARATENDIPES - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 30.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 40 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - AUSTRIA; SCANDINAVIA, ENGLAND, FRANCE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 24 - as CRICOTOPUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 67; LENZ 1941A: 48; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 434; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 298 - as PARATENDIPES.  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 147 (Review of types) - as var. M. ALBIMANUS.

a. *PLEBEJUS
b. Incorrect spelling of PLEBIUS
c. KIEFFER 1906C: 24 - misspelling and transferred to CRICOTOPUS
d. EUROPE
e.

a. $ PLOENENSIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268.
c. KIEFFER 1922a: 356 - as KRIBIOBIUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - Grand Lake, Ploen, Sleswig-Holstein, GERMANY.
e.

a. $ PLUMATISETIGERUS
b. SYN: CIRCUMDATUS - MARTIN & SAXENA 2009: 14.
c. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 560 - on basis of adult male and female.
d. MICRONESIA - Koror Island, PALAU; AUSTRALIA, PNG, INDIA, THAILAND.
e. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.  KUVANGKADILOK 1985: 37 - cytology; SAXENA 1995: 44 - cytology of arms A, E & F.

a. # PLUMICORNIS
b.
c. FABRICIUS 17xx: - as TIPULA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FABRICIUS 1805A: 42.
d. EUROPE
e. MEIGEN (as CERATOPOGON); (as syn. CORETHRA LATERALIS).

a. $ PLUMOSUS (PLUMOSA)
b. Designated CHIRONOMUS by LATREILLE 1809A:
c. LINNAEUS 1745: 1758A: 587 - as TIPULA, on basis of 1 adult male and two adult females.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given (Öland and nr. Kämpinge, SWEDEN ), larvae mostly in the sea (Specimens in collection of The Linnean Society of London, only one female labelled with name, but male, at least, is actually CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS)-group - see SPIES 2011, below).
e. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 236; MALLOCH 1915A: 447 - Descr incl immatures.  BURRILL 1913A: 124 - Bibliography.  COQUILLETT 1910A: 612; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 27; TOWNES 1945A: 132; SHILOVA 1958C:(380) - as TENDIPES.   EDWARDS 1929A: 384; KRUSEMAN 1933; THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A.  ESAKI 1932A: 164; 1950: 1564; KEYL & KEYL 1959A: 52, KIKNADZE 1987:114 - cytology; KEYL 1962B: 487 - cytology of arms A, E & F.  HASHIMOTO 1977B: 83 (as PLUMOUSUS); SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 312; SASA 1978A: 18; SOKOLOVA 1983: 1 (Comprehensive review). MICHAILOVA & FISCHER 1984: 211; 1986B: 209 - morphology & cytology.  HIRVENOJA 2006: 374 - notes difficulty of associating presently defined species with the original material of LINNAEUS; SPIES 2011: 31 - re-examination of types indicates that they are a species of the subgenus CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS not the species currently assigned this name.  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 332 - cytology.

a. $ PLUMOSUS form A
b. CHIRONOMUS.  May be same species as C. PLUMOSUS form B (see below), not related to PLUMOSUS LINN.
c. TRIPATHI, SHARMA & KHANNA 2002: 137 - on basis of polytene chromosomes.
d. ASIA -Farooq Naga, Jammu & Kashmir, INDIA.
e.

a. $ PLUMOSUS form B
b. CHIRONOMUS, probably C. INCERTIPENIS, not related to PLUMOSUS LINN.
c. SHARNMA, TRIPATHI & KHANNA 2004: 595 - as member of C. PLUMOSUS group, on basis of polytene chromosomes.
d. ASIA - Farooq Naga, Jammu & Kashmir, INDIA.
e.

a. * POECILOPTERUS
b. STENOCHIRONOMUS - TOWNES 1945A: 87; 1952A: 65.
c. MITCHELL 1908A: 10 - on basis of adult and egg mass.
d. NEARCTIC - Cabin John, MARYLAND, U.S.A.(type in U.S. National Museum)
e. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 28 - as C. (STENOCHIRONOMUS).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 177.  BORKENT 1984: 88 - as STENOCHIRONOMUS.

a. $1 POLARIS
b. SYN: PILICORNIS - TOWNES 1959A: 136; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 406. Synonymy uncertain, due to several similar species.
c. KIRBY 1821A: CCXVIII - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. ARCTIC AMERICA - Melville Island, N.W.T., CANADA.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 27 - as TENDIPES; 135 - as ?syn. HYBERBOREUS.  TOWNES 1945A: 173 - as Nomen dubium.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 370; CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 328 - as syn: PILICORNIS.

a. #2 POLARIS
b. Given 'New Name' PSILOPTERUS by EDWARDS 1935A; 539 (but see LINDERBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 108). Nomen dubium in SERGENTIA - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 312.
c. HOLMGREN 1869A: 46 - as CHIRONOMUS.  Misidentification of POLARIS KIRBY 1821A.
d. ARCTIC - BEAR ISLAND, NORWAY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1922A: 199 - as syn. LAUTERBORNIA CORACINA.  LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 108 - as ?PHAENOPSECTRA (SERGENTIA) and noting no such species actually exists, so that PSILOPTERUS was not a 'new name' but a 'new species'.

a. $3 POLARIS
b. ?SYN: LUGUBRIS - EDWARDS 1922A: 199.
c. BOHEMAN 1865A: 574 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ARCTIC - Whales Point in Storfjorden & Treurenberg Bay; Bel Sund, SPITZBERGEN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 18 - as syn. HYPERBOREUS STAEG.

a. * POLIUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 403.
c. KIEFFER 1911G: 339 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Kasauli, nr. Simla, INDIA.
e.

a. $ POLONICUS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. MICHAILOVA, KOWNACKI & LANGTON 2013: 565 - on basis of adult, pupa, larva and cytology.
d. PALEARCTIC - Boleslaw, nr. Kraków, POLAND.
e.

a. # POLYSTICTUS
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 414.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 137 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Between Bolpore & Rampore Haut, Bengal, INDIA (in railway carriage).
e.

a. * POLYTOMUS
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES PALLENS - FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 406.
c. KIEFFER 1909A: 55 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. KRAATZ 1911A - Description immatures. KIEFFER 1911B: 37; GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 164 - as TENDIPES.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 53 - as CHIRONOMUS, insufficently described species.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 17 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES, insuff. described species.  THIENMANN 1954A: 82 - as ?syn. G. PALLENS.  FITTKAU & REISS 1967A: 372 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990; 283; CONTRERAS-LICHTENBERG 2000 - as syn. G. PALLENS.

a. * PONAPENSIS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS GP.
c. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 576 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. MICRONESIA - Nr.Colonia, PONAPE.
e.

a. * PONDEROSUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - SÆTHER 1977B: 87.
c. SUBLETTE 1964B: 129 as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. NORTH AMERICA - Cane River Lake, LOUISIANA, U.S.A. (Type in Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia).
e.

a. * POTAMOGETI
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - SAETHER 1971A: 350.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 159 - as HARNISCHIA (HARNISCHIA). Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168.
d. NEARCTIC - Mayville, N.Y., U.S.A.
e.

a.$ PRAEAPICALIS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 562 - on basis of adult male and female.
d. MICRONESIA - Ngarsung, Airai, Babelthaup I., PALAU.
e. SASA & HASAGAWA 1983: 317 - detail of leg coloration.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PRAECOX
b. Syn: MICROPSECTRA JUNCI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 325 or Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 248.
c. WIEDEMANN (in MEIGEN 1818A: 49) - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Kiel, GERMANY.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 129 - as syn. DIAMESA WALTLII.  SAEWEDAL 1976A: - as syn. MICROPSECTRA JUNCI.

a. * PRASINATUS
b. PSEUDOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 27.
c. STAEGER 1839A: 568 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (DENMARK).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 8; LENZ 1941A: 59; TOWNES 1945A: 14; SAETHER 1977B: 61; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 320 - as PSEUDOCHIRONOMUS.

a. $1 PRASINELLUS
b. SYN: JAVANUS - YAMAMOTO 1996A: 56, but likely to be C. VITELLINUS
c. KIEFFER 1912B: 37 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Tainan, FORMOSA.
e. KIEFFER 1916B: 113 - as TENDIPES.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 402 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $2 PRASINELLUS
b. SYN: JAVANUS - YAMAMOTO 1996: 56.
c. TOKUNAGA 1940: 292 - misidentification of PRASINELLUS KIEFFER.
d. ASIA - PHILIPPINES.
e.

a. $1 PRASINUS
b. Member of the C. PLUMOSUS sibling species group - SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 37.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ?HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given (EUROPE); ?NORTH AMERICA
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 62. EDWARDS 1929A: 384 (as CHIRONOMUS); GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 27 (as TENDIPES) - as var. of PLUMOSUS. LENZ 1954-62(13c): 154 - as TENDIPES. PINDER 1978A: 112 - as separate species (but see 4 below).

a. #2 PRASINUS
b.
c. KIEFFER
d.
e. LENZ 1921A: 161 - larva, as ?

a. $3 PRASINUS
b. SYN: JAVANUS - YAMAMOTO 1996: 56.
c. TOKUNAGA 1940B; 292 - as CHIRONOMUS. Misdetermination of PRASINUS MEIGEN.
d. ASIA - JAPAN.
e.

a. $4 PRASINUS
b. Not syn. CINGULATUS. Requires new name, perhaps HORNI KIEFFER. - SPIES & SÆTHER 2004: 37.
c. PINDER 1978A: 112 - as misidentification of PRASINUS MEIGEN.
d. EUROPE
e.

a. # PRASIOGASTER
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 165 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Sylhet, Assam, BANGLADESH
e.

a. # PRETIOSUS
b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B
c. KIEFFER 1912A - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male and female.
d. ASIA - Peradeniya, SRI LANKA.
e.

a. *1 PRIMITIVUS
b. SYN: MICROCHIRONOMUS TENER - SAETHER 1977B: 101.
c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 531 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. SOUTH EAST ASIA - Buitenzorg, JAVA, INDONESIA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 405 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.

a. $2 PRIMITIVUS
b. CHIRONOMUS, name preoccupied by JOHANNSEN 1932B - EVENHAUS 1994.
c. MANI 1945: 62 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. ASIA - INDIA (Miocene fossil species).
e.

a. $ PRIOR
b. CHIRONOMUS.
c. BUTLER 1982B: 222 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of larva, pupa and adult.
d. NEARCTIC - Pond J, Barrow, ALASKA, U.S.A.
e.

a. *PRITIENSIS
b. POLYPEDILUM - on basis of published BARCODE sequence.
c. SINGH & RAWAL 2016a - as EINFELDIA - on basis of an adult male.
d. ASIA - INDIA
e. SINGH & RAWAL 2016b - Phylogeny based on BARCODE sequence.

a. # PRODUCTUS
b. Doubtful Species in TANYTARSUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 348.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 811 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Umensi ad Lycksele, LAPPLAND (SWEDEN)
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PROLIXITARSIS (PROLIXITARSE)
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM PULLUM - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375.
c. LUNDSTROEM 1916A: 8 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Lapponica Fennica, Lkem., Muonio, FINLAND.
e. ZOOLOGICAL RECORD 1916A - as PROLICITARSIS. EDWARDS 1929A: 403 - as C. (POLYPEDIUM).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 63; LENZ 1941A:18; - as POLYPEDIUM.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 406 - as syn. P. PULLUM.

a. * PROTEXTUS
b. TRIBELOS - OLIVER 1981A: 443 (generic position). Generic position doubtful - PINDER & REISS 1983: 346.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 69 - as TANYTARSUS (TRIBELOS).  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (TRIBELOS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170.
d. NEARCTIC - Otsego Lake, N.Y., U.S.A. (Type).
e.

a. *1 PROXIMUS
b. ORTHOCLADIINAE - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 250.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen), GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 248 - as Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE.

a. $2 PROXIMUS
b. NEW NAME - BONAERENSIS - LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 251.
c. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1881A: 88 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Rio Negro, ARGENTINA.
e.KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as syn. BONERENSIS.

a. * PRUINESCENS
b. AEDOKRITUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 68.
c. EDWARDS 1931A: 324 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - near Monte Caseros, Corrientes, ARGENTINA
e. EDWARDS 1931A: 324 - as 'NOT CHIRONOMUS'.

a. #1 PRUINOSUS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 134 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. INDIA - Barrackpore, LOWER BENGAL.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.

a. *2 PRUINOSUS (PRUINOSA)
b. KIEFFERULUS - EKREM & STUR 2016.
c. FREEMAN 1961B: 246 - as CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult male.
d. AFRICA - Montagne d'Ambre 1000m., MADAGASCAR NORD. (Types in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 191; EKREM 2000: 16 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.

a. # PRUSSICUS
b. Nomen Dubium - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29
c. KIEFFER 1910B: 229 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS), on basis of male.
d. ASIA - Simla, INDIA.
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 414 - as Uncertain CHIRONOMINI.

a. * PSEUDOFASCIATUS (PSEUDOFASCIATA)
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE.
c. GERRY 1932A: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. NEOTROPICAL - Moneague, JAMAICA (February).
e. REISS 1982A. REISS (pers. comm.) - ZAVRELIELLA.

a. # PSEUDOHIRTICOLLIS
b.
c. STROBL 1880A: 54.
d. EUROPE - AUSTRIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. *1 PSEUDOLABIS
b. Nomen dubium in PARACLADOPELMA - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 297.
c. KIEFFER 1915D: 111 - as TENDIPES.
d. FAEROES
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 36 - as T. (CRYPTOCH. Gp. PARACLADOPELMA).  FREEMAN 1957A: 389 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374 - as PARACLADOPELMA.

a. *2 PSEUDOLABIS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189.  NEW NAME: LINDNERI - FREEMAN 1954C: 443.
c. KIEFFER 1922I: 53 - as CLADOPELMA.  Tranferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN?
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
e.

a. $ PSEUDOMENDAX
b. SUBGENUS LOBOCHIRONOMUS, as new name for MENDAX sensu RYSER, WUELKER & SCHOLL 1985.
c. WUELKER 1998: 313 - as CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS).
d. EUROPE - Abisko, SWEDEN.  It may also occur in NORTH AMERICA.
e.

a. * PSEUDOPEDELLUS
b. SYN: MICROTENDIPES CONFINIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 399 (as CH. (MICROTENDIPES)).    GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 53 (generic postion).
c. GOETGHEBUER 1921B: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS (MICROTENDIPES).
d. EUROPE - Virton, BELGIUM; ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 24 - as MICROTENDIPES.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 289 - as syn. M. CONFINIS.

a. $ PSEUDOPPOSITUS
b. Nomen nudem - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268.
c. MARTIN 1966B: 58 - as on the basis of adult, larva and cytology, in an unpublished thesis.
d. AUSTRALIA - Asquith, NEW SOUTH WALES.
e. MARTIN 1969A: 273 - as PSEUDOPPOSITUS (creating nomen nudum). MARTIN & PORTER 1977A: 411; LENTZIOS & STOCKER 1979A: 238; LENTZIOS, STOCKER & MARTIN 1980A: 52; MARTIN & LEE 1984: 191 - all as CH. ALTERNANS b.

a. * PSEUDOSIMPLEX
b. SYN : HARNISCHIA CURTILAMELLATA - SAETHER 1971A: 349.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1923B: 116 - as CHIRONOMUS (HARNISCHIA).
d. EUROPE - Postel, BELGIUM, ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 87 - as CH. (HARNISCHIA); 1937-54(13c): 49 - as T. (HARNISCHIA).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 372 - as HARNISCHIA.

a. * PSEUDOTENER
b. CRYPTOTENDIPES - SÆTHER 1971A: 350.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1922A: 38 - as GROUP CHIRONOMUS, CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Virton, BELGIUM, ENGLAND, U.S.A.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 83; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 168 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS). TOWNES 1945A: 164 - as HARNISCHIA. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 46 - as T. (CRYPTOCH. Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 273 - as CRYTPOTENDIPES; SÆTHER 2010: 14 - description of pupa and larva.

a. $ PSEUDOTHUMMI
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - CRANSTON 1976A: 144.
c. STRENZKE 1959B: 27 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Knyphauser Waldes, Kr. Wittmund, GERMANY.
e. KEYL & KEYL 1959A, KEYL 1960A,1962B - cytology.  PINDER 1978A.  GREBENYUK 1993: 147 - Larva.  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 356 - cytology.

a. * PSEUDOVIRIDIS
b. PSEUDOCHIRONOMUS - TOWNES 1945A
c. MALLOCH 1915A:
d. NEARCTIC
e. FRISON 1927A - designation of Lectotype.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 177.  WEBB 1980A: 85.

a. $ PSEUDOVULPES
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268.
c. KRUSEMAN 1933A: 165 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - Anna Paulownapolder, Amstelmeer, Wieringermeerpolder, NETHERLANDS.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 27 - as TENDIPES.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 370 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PSILOCHIRUS
b. KIEFFERULUS - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 159 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
D. ASIA - Port Canning, INDIA.
E. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: - as uncertain Chironomini.  CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 - as KIEFFERULUS.

a. *1 PSILOPTERUS
b. Probably PHAENOPSECTRA (SERGENTIA) - LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 108.
c. EDWARDS 1924D: 166 - as var. CHIRONOMUS CORACINUS.
d. ARCTIC - BEAR ISLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1935B:

a. *2 PSILOPTERA (PSILOPTERUS)
b. Nomen dubium in SERGENTIA - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 312.
c.EDWARDS 1935A; 539 - as CHIRONOMUS & new name for POLARIS HOLMGREN 1869A. (see e. below)
d. ARCTIC - Ršyevatnet, Oyangen, Laksvatnet, & Mosevatnet, Bear Island, NORWAY.
e. LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 108 point out that since technically there is no such species as POLARIS HOLMGREN, this is the description of a new species.

a. * PSITTACINUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 247 as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given; EUROPE.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 78 - as CH. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 40 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. * PUBERULUS
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - SPIES, FITTKAU & REISS 1994: 78.
c. EDWARDS 1931A: 321 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult male.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - San Isidro, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
e. SPIES & RIESS 1996: 71 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.

a. * PUBESCENS
b. SYN: PARACLADOPELMA GRAMINICOLOR - FREEMAN 1957A: 402 (see below). FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195 (generic position).
c. KIEFFER 1925F: 280 - as CLADOPELMA & var. ALBIFORCEPS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 402.
d. AFRICA - Cairo, EGYPT (Type lost?).
e.

a. * PUBICORNIS
b. TANYPUS - WIEDEMANN 1821A: 40.
c. FABRICIUS 1805A: 43.
d. SOUTH AMERICA
e. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 232; KIEFFER 1906C: 42 - as TANYPUS.

a. * PUBITARSIS
b. Nomen dubium in PSEUDODIAMESA (?SYN. PSEUDODIAMESA NIVOSA) - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 151.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 811.
d. HOLARCTIC - Tornensis, Wittangi, SWEDEN; GREENLAND, N.W.T., CANADA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 28 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 158 - as TRICHOCLADIUS.

a. * PULCHELLUS
b. SYN: CRICOTOPUS TRIANNULATUS - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 208.
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 251 - on basis of female.
d. MIDDLE EUROPE - GERMANY.
e.

a. $1 PULCHER
b. CHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 3334; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
c. WIEDEMANN 1830A: 615.
d. AFRICA - "Cape"; Malawi; Tchad; Burdwan, WEST BENGAL.
e. DEJOUX 1968B: 455 - Description incl. immatures. MCLACHLAN 1971A: 173 - Immatures. CHAUDHURI, DAS & SUBLETTE 1992: 34 - description of Indian adults.

a. *2 PULCHER
b. SYN DEMEIJEREA RUFIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 273.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 810 - as CHIRONOMUS
d. PALEARCTIC - Lapponia meridionali Umensi ad Lycksele; Lapponia boreali Torensi ad Karesuando, SWEDEN.
e.

a. *3 PULCHER
b. SYN : CLADOPELMA CURTIVALVA - FREEMAN 1961A: 700 (as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES)).  MARTIN 1982A: 138 (Generic position)
c. SKUSE 1889A: 240. Name preoccupied by WIEDEMANN 1830A
d. AUSTRALIA - Summer Hill, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21.

a. *1 PULCHRIPENNIS
b. STENOCHIRONOMUS - KIEFFER & THIENMANN 1919A: 44.
c. COQUILLETT 1902A: 94 - AS CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. NEARCTIC - Franconia, N.H., U.S.A.
KIEFFER 1917B: 342 - as CHIRONOMUS.  JOHANNSEN 1937B: 28 - as CH. (STENOCHIRONOMUS).  TOWNES 1945A: 84 (as type of genus); 1952A: 65; BORKENT 1984: 87 - as STENOCHIRONOMUS.

a. #2 PULCHRIPENNIS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 414.
c. KIEFFER 1921M: 587 - as KRIBIODOXA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (KRIBIODOXA) by JOHANNSEN 1932B: 27.
d. ASIA - Los Banos, Laguna, PHILIPPINES.
e.

a. *3 PULCHRIPENNIS
b. SYN: STENOCHIRONOMUS POECILOPTERUS - TOWNES 1945A: 878.
c. MALLOCH 1915A: 429 - Misdetermination of PULCHRIPENNIS COQUILLETT
d. NEARCTIC
e.

a. * PULCHRIPES
b. POLYPEDILUM - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 408.
c. DE MEIJERE 1924A: 4 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. SOUTH EAST ASIA - Sandaran Agung, SUMATRA.
e. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 527 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * PULLATUS (PULLATUM)
b. PARACLADOPELMA - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 401 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AFRICA - Khartoon, SUDAN.
e.

a. *1 PULLUS (PULLUM)
b. POLYPEDILUM - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 92.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 811 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Lapponia Umensi; Wilhelmina, SWEDEN; SCANDINAVIA
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 308 - as POLYPEDILUM.

a. *2 PULLUS
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM ALBICORNE - EDWARD 1929A: (as CH. POLYPEDIUM ALBICORNIS).
c. GOETGHEBUER
d.
e.

a. *1 PULSUS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES MODESTUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 275.
c. WALKER 1856B: 165 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 386 as CH. Gp. LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.  CRANSTON 1976A: 144 - as LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.

a. $2 PULSUS
b. EINFELDIA PALAEARCTICA ASHE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 278, as new name for C. DILATATUS GOETGHEBUER (see below)
c. GOETGHEBUER 1927: - as CHIRONOMUS.  Misidentification of PULSUS WALKER 1856B.
d. EUROPE - BELGIUM and GREAT BRITAIN.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 67 - new name DILATATUS (Junior syn. DILATATUS VAN DER WULP 1858).

a. *1 PUMILIO
b. LIMNOPHYES - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 160; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 539.
c. HOLMGREN 1869A: 41
d. EUROPE - Green Harbour, Advent Bay, & Smeerenberg, SPITZBERGEN.
e. JACOBSON 1898A.  KIEFFER 1906C: 24 - as CAMPTOCLADIUS.

a. #2 PUMILIO
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 162 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 406, as unecognised species.
d. AFRICA - Mongola, SUDAN.
e.

a. * PUNCTATIPENNIS
b. ?SYN: DICROTENDIPES SEPTEMMACULATUS - EPLER 1988: 42.
c. KIEFFER 1910B: 234 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS ), on basis of adult male and female.
d. ASIA - Rajmahal, BENGAL, INDIA; Puri, Orissa Coast; Katihar.
e. KIEFFER 1913: 138 - as TENDIPES.  EDWARDS 1932C: 181 - as CHIRONOMUS (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS ).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B; CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 27 (misspelt as PUNCTIPENNIS) - as DICROTENDIPES.

a. * PUNCTATUS (PUNCTATA)
b. NATARSIA - FITTKAU 1962A: 151 (attributes to FABRICUS 1805A: 43).
c. MEIGEN 1804A: 21.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given, (?Aachen).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 43 - as ABLABESMYIA.

a. * PUNCTIPES
b. PHAENOPSECTRA - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 82.
c. WIEDERMANN 1817A: 65 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - Kiel, GERMANY; IRELAND; JAPAN; CANADA, U.S.A.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30 - as TANYTARSUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 105 - as PENTAPEDILUM(PHAENOPSECTRA).  LENZ 1941A: 30; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 - as LENZIA.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 434 - as PHAENOPSECTRA.

a. * PUNCTULATUS (PUNCTULATA)
b. ABLABESMYIA - SPIES & REISS 1996: 80.
c. PHILIPPI 1865A: 599 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. NEOTROPICAL - CHILE; ARGENTINA.
e. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: - as TANYPUS.  KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1931A: 248 - as PENTANEURA.

a. $ PUNGENS
b. KIEFFERULUS - EPLER 1995.  EPLER 2001: 8.86 - as subgenus WIRTHIELLA.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 119 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult males.
d. NEARCTIC - Canoe Ck., 12 ml s. St. Cloud, Florida (type), & Little Falls, D.C.(paratype in USNM), U.S.A. (April).
e. JOHANNSEN & TOWNES 1952A: 79 - as TENDIPES.  EPLER 2001: 8.86 - as K. (WIRTHIELLA), with some information on larva and pupa.

a. * PUSILLUS (PUSILLA)
b. KLOOSIA - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 69.
c. LINNEAUS 1767A: 975 - as TIPULA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by MEIGEN?
d. PALAEARCTIC - Type locality not given.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 372; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 432; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 287 - as KLOOSIA.

a. * PUSIO
b. ORTHOCLADIINAE - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 256.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Type locality not given (?Aachen, GERMANY).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 380 - as TANYTARSUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 249 - as Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE.  MUNDY 1909A: 56pp. - larval morphology, ecology and behavior.

a. #1 PYGMAEUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 36 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Type locality not given.
e.

a. *2 PYGMAEUS
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199.
c. KIEFFER 1923C: 165 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 406, as unrecognised species.
d. AFRICA - Kribi, CAMEROUN.
e.

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