Names used in the genus Chironomus
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a. # RADIALIS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 421.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 147 - as var. CHIRONOMUS LAMPROTHORAX, on basis of adult female.
d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.

a. $ RAMOSUS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. CHAUDHURI, DAS & SUBLETTE 1992: 35 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life history stages.
d. INDIA - Satgachhia, WEST BENGAL.
e. NATH & GODBOLE 1994: 42 - cytogenetics.

a. $ RECTILOBUS
b. ?SYN: DORSALIS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 260.
c. KIEFFER 1921K: 786 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. MIDDLE EUROPE - Arnstadt, Thueringen, GERMANY.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160 - larva; GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 63; ANDERSEN 1949A: 42 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 23 - as ?syn. TENDIPES ALPESTRIS.

a. * REDEKEI
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
c. KRUSEMAN 1933A: 187 - as Tendipes (Cryptochironomus).
d. EUROPE - Reeuwijksche & Sluipwijksche Plassen, Gouda; Nieuwersluis, NETHERLANDS.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 40 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. # REDENUS
b. INVALID NAME.
c. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS - misspelling of REDEUNS WALKER.
d. NEARCTIC - AMERIQUE DU NORDE.
e.

a. $ REDEUNS
b. ?SYN: DECORUS
c. WALKER 1856A: 422 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. NEARCTIC - UNITED STATES (Remains of type in Natural History Museum, London).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as C. REDENUS.  TOWNES 1945A: 174 - as possible syn. T. DECORUS or T. RIPARIUS; TOWNES 1959A: 136 - as syn. T. ATTENUATUS.  SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * REDUCTUS
b. SYN: PARACLADOPELMA GRAMINICOLOR - FREEMAN 1957A: 402 (as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195 (gen. posn.).
c. FREEMAN 1954B: 177 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AFRICA - Piquetberg, Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA.
e.

a. *1 REGALIS
b. DICROTENDIPES - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 465 - as CHIRONOMUS (CARTERIA).
d. AFRICA - Between Coquilhatville & Bumba, ZAIRE.
e. FREEMAN 1957A: 373 - as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES).

a. *2 REGALIS
b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES PENCILLATUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 374 (as C. (DICROTENDIPES)).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (gen. posn.).
c. FREEMAN 1955D: 371 - as CARTERIA.  Misdetermination of REGALIS GOETGHEBUER 1936F.
d. AFRICA - Betty's Bay, Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA.
e.

a. $ REGINAE
b. SYN: IMICOLA - FREEMAN 1957A: 346.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 476 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
d. AFRICA - Between Coquilhatville & Bumba, ZAIRE.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188 - as syn. IMICOLA.

a. * REIDI
b. PARACLADOPELMA - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 399 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
d. AFRICA - SUDAN, CHAD & ZAIRE.
e.

a. $ REISSI
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. CORREIA, TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & MICHAILOVA 2005: 30 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life stages and polytene chromosomes.
d. SOUTH AMERICA - Fazzari Stream, Uinversidade Federal de Saõ Carlos, SP, BRAZIL.
e.

a. $ REMPELII
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.). Possibly SYN: ANTHRACINUS but may be a separate sibling species.
c. THIENEMANN 1941A: 234 - Based on description of REMPEL 1936.
d. NEARCTIC - Prince Albert Natl. Park, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.
e. REMPEL 1936A: 209 - Description all stages under name HYPERBOREUS. TOWNES 1945A: 130 - as syn. T. ANTHRACINUS.  THIENEMANN 1954A: 286; REMPEL, NAYLOR, ROTHFELS & OTTONEN 1962A: 92 (Cytology) - as CHIRONOMUS.  KIKNADZE, WUELKER, ISTOMINA, & ANDREEVA 2005: 14 - as syn. C. ANTHRACINUS, on basis of circumstantial cytological conclusions.

a. $ RESERVATUS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. SHOBANOV 1997: 925 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male, pupa, larva and polytene chromosomes.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Darvin reserve, RUSSIA.
e.

a. $ RESTRICTUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 9 (as THUMMI). CREDLAND 1973B: 209 (syn. with RIPARIUS).
c. KIEFFER 1922G: 75 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Westphalia, GERMANY.
LENZ 1921A: 160 (as larva); ANDERSEN 1949A: 42 - as CHIRONOMUS. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 30 - as TENDIPES, uncertain species.  THIENEMANN 1954A: 30 - as syn. THUMMI.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. # RHACUSENSIS
b. Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 249.
c. STROBL 1900A: 665 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Dubrovnik, YUGOSLAVIA; AUSTRIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * RHODESIAE
b. Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199.
c. KIEFFER 1924B: 260 - as PSECTROCLADIUS.  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 406, as unrecognised species.
d. AFRICA - Salisbury, RHODESIA.
e.

a. * RHODESIANUS (RHODESIANUM)
b. PARACLADOPELMA - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195.
c. KIEFFER 1923A: 387 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 400.
d. AFRICA - Salisbury, RHODESIA.
e.

a. $ RHYPAROBIUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN 1954A: 30 (as THUMMI).  CREDLAND 1973B: 209 (syn. with RIPARIUS).
c. KIEFFER 1911B: 33 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. LENZ 1921A: 160 (larva); GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 64; ANDERSEN 1949A: 42; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 370 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 28; LENZ 1954-62(13c): 154 - as TENDIPES.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 406 - as ?syn. THUMMI.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264 - as ?syn RIPARIUS.

a. $ RIIHIMAKIENSIS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. WUELKER 1973A: 370 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult, larva and cytology.
d. EUROPE - Riihimäki, FINLAND.
e. LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 103; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264.

a. $ RINCON
b. CHIRONOMUS (s.s.) - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
c. SUBLETTE & SASA 1994: 33 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of holotype male.
d. NEOTROPICAL - Rincon, GUATEMALA.
e.

a. $1 RIPARIUS
b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
c. MEIGEN 1804A: 13 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - EUROPE (Type locality not given); NORTH AFRICA; U.S.A.
e. KIEFFER 1911B: 36; GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 163 (immatures); TOWNES 1945A: 124; JOHANNSEN & TOWNES 1952A: 81; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 26 (as ssp. DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS) - as TENDIPES.  CREDLAND 1973B: 209; PINDER 1978A: 115 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $2 RIPARIUS
b. SYN: RIPARIUS MG. - THIENEMANN 1954A: 30 (as syn. THUMMI).  CREDLAND 1973B: 209 (syn. with RIPARIUS).
c. KRUSEMAN
d. EUROPE
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 28 - as syn. TENDIPES GRISESCENS.

a. $3 RIPARIUS
b. NEW NAME: FUSCICEPS - YAMAMOTO 1990: 167.
c. MARTIN & SUBLETTE 1972: 6 - as correction of THUMINI TOKUNAGA.
d. ASIA - hotspring, Zigoku-Onsen, JAPAN.
e. SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977: 304.

a. *1 RIPICOLA
b. Nomen dubium in METRIOCNEMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 200.
c. HOLMGREN 1883A: 180 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Ryska Sommarstation, Nowaja Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 72 - as ORTHOCLADIUS (CHASMATOCLADIUS).  KIEFFER 1906C: 32; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 420; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 360 - as METRIOCNEMUS.

a. *2 RIPICOLA
b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES GLAUCUS - CONTRERAS-LICHTENBERG 1998:
c. KIEFFER 1913G: 279 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 170 - Description immatures as TENDIPES.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 283 - as syn. G. PALLENS.

a. # RIVULARIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. MEIGEN 1838A: 10 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Stolberg, GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * ROGERSI
b. AXARUS - ROBACK 1963A: 242 (as X. (ANCEUS)); 1980: 32 (subgen. change).
c. BECK & BECK 1958A: 27 - as XENOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (XENOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 171.
d. NEARCTIC - Winter Park, FLORIDA, U.S.A.
e.

a. * ROSENSCHOLDI
b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 19.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 811 - as CHIRONOMUS ROSENSCHÖLDI.
d. EUROPE - Lappland, SWEDEN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 401 - as C. (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 56; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 376; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 435 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 118 (List of types).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 314 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS ROSENSCHOELDI.

a. $ ROSTRATIFORCEPS
b. SYN: LINEARIS - FREEMAN 1957A: 343.
c. KIEFFER 1923A: 383 - as CHIRONOMUS (CALOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult.
d. AFRICA - Lydenburg, TRANSVAAL.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188 - as syn. LINEARIS.

a. *1 ROSTRATUS
b. KIEFFERULUS - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28.
c. KIEFFER 1911F: 164 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. INDIA - Sylhet, ASSAM (Kamrup).
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 414 - as unplaced CHIRONOMINI.  REE & KIM 1981: 143 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 - as KIEFFERULUS.

a. *2 ROSTRATUS
b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
c. KIEFFER 1921B: 67 - as CRYTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CH. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 84.
d. EUROPE - Silesia, POLAND; ENGLAND.
e. EDWARD 1929A: 390 - as C. (Ser. 4 HARNISCHIA).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 41 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).

a. $ ROSTRIFER
b. SYN: SEYDELI - FREEMAN 1957A: 347; FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
c. FREEMAN 1955C: 97 - as CHIRONOMUS (EINFELDIA), on basis of adult males and females.
d. AFRICA - Mabwe, Lac Upemba, ZAIRE.
e. FREEMAN 1955B: 15.

a. * ROUSSEAUI
b. SYN: XENOCHIRONOMUS XENOLABIS- EDWARDS 1929A: 385 (as C. Ser.3 XENOCHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 376 (gen.posn).c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 148 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. EUROPE - Heusden, BELGIUM; ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 63 (as CHIRONOMUS); 1937-54(13c): 32 - as syn. T. (XENOCHIRONOMUS) XENOLABIS. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 316 - as syn. X. XENOLABIS.

a. * RUBICUNDUS
b. ORTHOCLADIUS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 53.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 35.
d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
e. EDWARD 1929A: 345 - as SPANIOTOMA (ORTHOCLADIUS).  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 - review of type, as ORTHOCLADIINAE.

a. * RUDEBECKI
b. SYN: PARACLADOPELMA RHODESIANUM - FREEMAN 1957A: 400 (see below).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195 (generic position).
c. FREEMAN 1955D: 373 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 400.
d.AFRICA - Lobatsi, BOTSWANA.
e.

a. $ RUDIS
b. SYN: PILICORNIS FAB. - KIEFFER 1906C: 20 (as syn. NIVEIPENNIS FAB.).  EDWARDS 1929A: 383 (syn. with PILICORNIS).
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 809 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - 'flumen Tornese ad Wittangi, in Lapponiae Umensis, ad Ankarsund juxta lacum Stor-Uman in paroecia Stensele, SWEDEN.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 263 - as syn. PILICORNIS.

a. # RUFESCENS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 414.
c. KIEFFER 1911G: 341 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
d. INDIA - Chandan Chowki, UTTAR PRADESH.
e.

a. # RUFICOLLIS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 354.
c. MACQUART 1834A: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Bordeaux, FRANCE.
e.

a. *1 RUFIPES
b. DEMEIJEREA - KRUSEMAN 1933A: 154 (Type of genus).
c. LINNAEUS 1761A: 439 - as TIPULA. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FABRICIUS 1805A: 41.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. MEIGEN 1800A(?) - as CERATOPOGON.  KIEFFER 1906C: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 40 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES. EDWARD 1929A: 394 - as C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS).  TOWNES 1945A: 136 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES (DEMEIJEREA).  PINDER & REISS 1983: 310; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 273 - as DEMEIJEREA.

a. *2 RUFIPES
b. DEMEIJEREA RUFIPES LINNAEUS
c. FABRICIUS. Incorrect author designation by GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 124.
d. EUROPE.
e.

a. * RUFIVENTRIS
b. PARATRICHOCLADIUS - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 88 (Type of genus).
c. MEIGEN 1830A: 249 - as CHIRONOMUS (SENSU EDWARDS 1929A).
d. MIDDLE EUROPE - Type locality not given; GERMANY.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 329 - as SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOCLADIUS).  BRUNDIN 1956A: 106 (as type of genus); FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 368 - as SYNCRICOTOPUS.  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 149 (Review of type); ASHE 1983: 41 (generic position) - as PARATRICHOCLADIUS.

a. * RUFOLINEATUS
b. ?SYN: DICROTENDIPES NOTATUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 276.
c. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 51 - as var. C. (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS) NOTATUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 20 - as var. T. (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS) NOTATUS.

a. # RUFOVITTATUS
b. >Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990; 354.
c. STAEGER 1839A: 570 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (DENMARK).
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 22 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * RUGOSUM
b. KIEFFERULUS - CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421.
c. FREEMAN 1957A: 378 - as CHIRONOMUS (NILODORUM) and new name for ALBITARSE KIEFFER.
d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN.
e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194 - as NILODORUM.

a. # RUPICOLA
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 318.
c. KIEFFER 1915D: 111 - as TENDIPES.
d. EUROPE - Faroes, Midvaag; Bösdalafos.
e.

a. $ RUSTICUS
b. SUBSP. CINGULATUS GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 25.
c. MEIGEN 1838A: 3 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - Bayern, GERMANY; U.S.S.R.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 22; LINEVICH & ERBAEVA 1971A: 127; ERBAEVA 2003: 4 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 268 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. * RYDALENSIS (RYDALENSE)
b. MICROTENDIPES - CRANSTON 1976A: 144; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 433.
c. EDWARDS 1929A: 404 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM).
d. EUROPE - Rydal, Westmorland, ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 63; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375 - as POLYPEDIUM.

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