| Names used in the genus Chironomusa. *1 ABBREVIATUSA
 b. SYN: MICROTENDIPES CHLORIS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 52.
 c. KIEFFER 1913B: 38 - as TENDIPES.
 d. EUROPE- Westphalia, GERMANY.
 e. KIEFFER 1915B: 70 (as type of genus MICROTENDIPES).  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 24 - as MICROTENDIPES.  EDWARDS 1929A: 397 - as ?syn. C. (MICROTENDIPES) CHLORIS.  LENZ 1941A: 44; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 289 - as syn. M. CHLORIS.  ASHE 1983: 35 - generic position.
 a. *2 ABBREVIATUS<>a. $1 ABDOMINALISb. SYN: CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS FULVUS - TOWNES 1945A: 98.
 c. MALLOCH 1915A: 451 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. NEARCTIC - Havana, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. (Type - in Illinois Natural History Survey Collection).
 e. FRISON 1927A: 167 - designation of Lectotype.  WEBB 1980A: 84.
 b. SYN: TENTANS - KIEFFER 1906C: 22 (as CHIRONOMUS).  PINDER & REISS 1983: 304 (generic position).
 c. MEIGEN 1818A: 32 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. PALAEARCTIC - AUSTRIA.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 21; SHILOVA 1957A: 228 - as syn. T. (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 257 - as syn.TENTANS.
 
 a. *2 ABDOMINALIS
 b. PENTAPEDILUM (PHAENOPSECTRA) - EDWARDS 1929: 375.
 c. STAEGER - as CHIRONOMUS
 d. PALEARCTIC
 e.
 
 a. * ABERRANS
 b. MICROTENDIPES, variety of PEDELLUS - TOWNES 1945A: 26.
 c. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 221 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY (Types).
 e. JOHANNSEN 1938B: 210 - as CHIRONOMUS (MICROTENDIPES).  LENZ 1941A: 44 - as MICROTENDIPES.
 
 a. $ ABERRATUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS  (S.S.)
 c. KEYL 1961A: 4 - on basis of cytology.  Attributes to STRENZKE
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
 e. WÜLKER 1973A: 362 - description of morphology.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 258 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ABIETARIUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS - KEILBACH 1982: 353.
 c. MEUNIER 1904A: 193 (1904B: 214)  - on basis of female.
 d. EUROPE - Baltic amber (Eocene/Oligocene fossil species).
 e. MEUNIER 1912B: 169; SPAHR 1985: 22; EVENHUIS 1994: 1 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. # ABJECTUS
 b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
 c. KIEFFER 1917B: 354 - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of adult female.
 d. NEOTROPICAL - PARAGUAY.
 e.
 
 a. * ABORTIVA  (ABORTIVUS)
 b. PARACHIRONOMUS - SÆTHER 1971A: 350.
 c. MALLOCH 1915A: 465 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. NEARCTIC - Urbana, ILLINOIS (Type - in Illinois Natural History Survey Collection).
 e. FRISON 1927A: 164 - designation of Lectotype.  JOHANNSEN 1973B: 39 - as var. C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) PARILIS.  TOWNES 1945A: 156 - as HARNISCHIA  (HARNISCHIA).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 166 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  WEBB 1980A: 84 (List of types).
 
 a. * ABRANCHIUS
 b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 32; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371.
 c. KIEFFER 1913B: 41.
 d. EUROPE - Westphalia, GERMANY.
 e. JOHANNSEN 1937B: 20 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM).  LENZ 1941A: 20 - as POLYPEDILUM, but notes adult is ENDOCHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280 - as nomina dubium in ENDOCHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ABRUPTUS
 b. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - OLIVER 1981A: (generic position).
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 138 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES (DEMEIJERA). Transferred to C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 169.
 d. NEARCTIC - Canajoharie, NEW YORK (Type).
 e.
 
 a. $ ABSCONDITUS
 b. SYN: ANNULARIUS MEIGEN - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 23.
 c. KIEFFER 1926: 97 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE -  northern GERMANY.
 e. THIENEMANN 1954A: 595; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 258 - as syn. ANNULARIUS MG.
 
 a. * ABSTRUSUS
 b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES PALLENS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 42 (as syn. OBSURIPES). GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 15 (syn. with PALLENS).
 c. KIEFFER (In THIENEMANN & KIEFFER 1916A): 529 - as CHIRONOMUS (GLYPTOTENDIPES).
 d. EUROPE - Jonkoping, SWEDEN.
 e. EDWARDS 1929A: 392 - as ?syn. C. (GLYPTOTENDIPES) GLAUCUS.  HOFFRICHTER 1977A: 16 - synonymy.
 
 a. $ ACERBIPHILUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 311.
 c. TOKUNAGA 1939A: 336 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Lake Katanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Honshu, JAPAN; U.S.A., GERMANY.
 e. SASA 1978A: 10; YAMAMOTO 1986: 325- redescription, including immatures.
 
 a. $ ACERBUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. HIRVENOJA 1962B: 86 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Lake Posolampi, FINNISH LAPPLAND, CANADA.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 258 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ACIDOPHILUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.). May be syn of C. MEIGENI KIEFFER (See LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102)
 c. KEYL 1960A: 191 - from LARVA & CYTOLOGY.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Tonteich bei Reinbek (nr. Hamburg), GERMANY (Type at Zoologisches Staatssammlung, München); RUSSIA; Alaska, U.S.A.
 e. THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 8 - notes on adult (as C. MEIGENI KIEFFER).  KEYL 1962B: 471 - description of arms A, E & F.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 258 - as CHIRONOMUS.  KIKNADZE et al. 1996 and 2004 - cytology as Species Ya4; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 42 - cytology.
 
 a. *1 ACULEATUS
 b. PARACHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194.
 c. KIEFFER 1921F: 38 - as NILOMYIA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS  (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 393.
 d. AFRICA - SUDAN, EGYPT.
 e.
 
 a. *2 ACULEATUS
 b. ?SYN: CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS NILIGENUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 386 (See below).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189 (generic position).
 c. KIEFFER 1923C: 157 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 386.
 d. AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN.
 e.
 
 a. $ ACUMINATUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. FREEMAN 1957A: 344 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
 d. AFRICA - Onitsha, NIGERIA.
 e.
 
 a. * ACUTISTILUS
 b. CONOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN 1961A: 701 (as type of genus); FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 188.
 c. FREEMAN 1955E: 288 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 352.
 d. SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA - Elizabethville, ZAIRE.
 e. ASHE 1983: 18 - generic position.
 
 a. $ ACUTIVENTRIS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.).
 c. WUELKER, RYSER & SCHOLL 1983A: 726 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of morphology, cytology and isozymes; with two subspecies: ACUTIVENTRIS and BAVARICUS.
 d. EUROPE - Wohlensee, SWITZERLAND (19-ii-1981).
 e. ROSIN & FISCHER 1972A: 131; RYSER, GEIGER & SCHOLL 1978A: 73; GEIGER, RYSER & SCHOLL 1978A: 92; RYSER, GEIGER, SCHOLL & WUELKER 1980A: 21 - all as C. spec 2.  POLUKONOVA 1996: 102 - ssp. ACUTIVENTRIS as syn. HETERODENTATUS.  SHOBANOV, SHILOVA & BELYANINA 1996: 51 - as distinct from HETERODENTATUS.  ISTOMINA, KIKNADZE & SIIRIN 1999: 1023; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 46; - cytology of Russian populations.
 
 a. *1 ACUTUS  (ACUTUM)
 b. POLYPEDILUM - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 58.
 c. KIEFFER 1915B: 82 - as POLYPEDILUM.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM) by EDWARDS 1929A: 404.
 d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
 e. LENZ 1941A: 19; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 434 - as POLYPEDILUM.
 
 a. *2 ACUTUS (ACUTA)
 b. PARACHIRONOMUS - HARE & CARTER 1985: 24.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 470 - as CHIRONOMUS (HARNISCHIA).
 d. AFRICA - Vitshumbi, ZAIRE; JAPAN.
 e. FREEMAN 1955B: 17 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  FREEMAN 1957A: 397 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  SAETHER 1977B: 89 - as ?HARNISCHIA.  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 199 - as unplaced CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS GR.  SASA & HASEGAWA 1983: 323 - as HARNISCHIA.
 a. $3 ACUTUSb. CHIRONOMUS.  JUNIOR HOMONYM of ACUTUS GOETGHEBUER 1936.
 c. DAS, MADJUMDAR, MAZUMDAR & HAZRA 2015: 101 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life stages.
 d. ASIA - Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, INDIA.
 e. Martin (in preparation) - suggested new name C. aguzza.
 a. * ADJUNCTUSb. SYN: METRIOCNEMUS FUSCIPES MEIGEN - EDWARDS 1929A: 311.
 c. WALKER 1856B: 190 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 26 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 19; CRANSTON 1976A: 138 - as syn. M. FUSCIPES.
 
 a. $1 AEGYPTIUS
 b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 266.
 c. KIEFFER 1913E: 139 - as TENDIPES.
 d. AFRICA - Port Said, EGYPT.
 e. FREEMAN 1957A: 394.
 
 a. *2 AEGYPTIUS
 b. SYN: MICROCHIRONOMUS TENER - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 193.
 c. KIEFFER 1925F: 288 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to T. (CRYPTOCH. Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS) by GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c):43.
 d. AFRICA - Maadi, EGYPT.
 e. FREEMAN 1957A: 394 - as syn. C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) FORCIPATUS.  SAETHER 1977B: 101 - as syn. MICROCHIRONOMUS TENER.
 
 a. $ AEQUALIS
 b. Nomen nudum -  SPAHR 1985: 22.
 c. KEILBACH 1982: 351 - as CHIRONOMUS, attributes to LOEW 1850, who didn't publish name.  On basis of female.
 d. EUROPE - Harz, GERMANY. (Fossil species)
 e. EVENHUIS 1994 - as Nomen nudum.
 
 a. * AEQUATORIS
 b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES LEUCOLABIS  - FREEMAN 1957A: 367 (see below). FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 190 (generic position).
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1936F: 482 - as POLYPEDILUM.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES) by FREEMAN 1957A: 367.
 d. AFRICA - Equateur, Flandria, ZAIRE.
 e. EPLER 1988: 40 - as syn. DICTROTENDIPES LEUCOLABIS.
 
 a. * AESTIVUS
 b. SYN: EURYCNEMUS CRASSIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 186.
 c. CURTIS 1825: 90 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Brockenhurst Heath, Hampshire, ENGLAND.
 e. EDWARDS 1929: 309 - as EURYCNEMUS.
 
 a. *1 AETHIOPS
 b. DICROTENDIPES - OLIVER 1981A: 442 (generic position).
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 107 - as TENDIPES  (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. NEARCTIC - Las Vegas Hot Springs, NEW MEXICO.
 e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS  (DICROTENDIPES).  EPLER 1987: 30; 1988: 60; SPIES & REISS 1996: 70 - as DICROTENDIPES.
 
 a. *2 AETHIOPS
 b. SYN: DICROTENDIPES INCURVUS - EPLER 1987: 47.
 c. BECK & BECK 1959A: 94 - as CHIRONOMUS (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS), misdetermination of AETHIOPS (TOWNES).
 d. NEARCTIC - FLORIDA.
 e.
 
 a. # AEURUGINOSUS
 b. Nomen Nudem in CHIRONOMIDAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 355.
 c. EVERSMANN 1834: 420- as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - River Volga, RUSSIA.
 e.
 
 a. #1 AFFINIS
 b. Nomen Dubium in CHIRONOMINI - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 317.
 c. WIEDEMANN 1817A: 66 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Kiel, GERMANY, SCANDINAVIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 15 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929: 410 - as TANYTARSUS.
 
 a. *2 AFFINIS
 b. SYN: PARATANYTARSUS TENUIS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 139 (as TANYTARSUS). BRUNDIN 1947A: 77 (generic posn.).
 c. WALKER 1856B: 162 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 29 - as TANYTARSUS. EDWARDS 1929A: 410 - as syn. TANYTARSUS Gp.A TENUIS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 378; CRANSTON 1976A: 138; REISS & SAEWEDAL 1981: 95; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 334 - as syn. PARATANYTARSUS TENUIS.
 
 a. *3 AFFINIS
 b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 525 - as CHIRONOMUS (STICTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. SOUTH EAST ASIA - Bali, INDONESIA.
 e. ALFRED & GEORGE 1990: 183 - Cytology, as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ AFRICANUS
 b. ?SYN:  -
 c. KIEFFER 1908B: 162.
 d. AFRICA - NAMIBIA
 e. FREEMAN 1957A: 339 - TRANSVAALENSIS as possible synonym.
 
 a. $ AGILIS
 b. CHIRONOMUS - in PLUMOSUS-group.
 c. SHOBANOV & DJOMIN 1988: 1489 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. PALAEARCTIC - U.S.S.R.
 e. KIKNADZE, SIIRIN, FILIPPOVA, GUNDERINA & KALACHIKOV 1991: 90 - cytology and larval morphology; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 53 - cytology.
 
 a. $ AGILIS  2
 b. CHIRONOMUS  - related to AGILIS
 c. KIKNADZE, SIIRIN, FILIPPOVA, GUNDERINA & KALACHIKOV 1991: 92 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of cytology and larval morphology.
 d. PALAEARCTIC - RUSSIA.
 e. KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 60 - cytology.
 
 a. * AGRAYLOIDES
 b. LAUTERBORNIELLA - KIEFFER 1921A: 28.
 c. KIEFFER 1911B: 45 - as TENDIPES.
 d. HOLARCTIC - GERMANY; U.S.A.
 e. EDWARDS 1929A: 405; MILLER 1941A: 51 - as CH. (LAUTERBORNIELLA).  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 17; 1937-54(13c): 68; LENZ 1941A: 52; TOWNES 1945A: 20; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 372; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 287 - as LAUTERBORNIELLA.
 
 a. * AKIMOTOPRIMUS
 b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES BIWASECUNDUS - YAMAMOTO 1996: 465.
 c. SASA 1993: - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. JAPAN - Akimoto?
 e.
 
 a. * AKIZUKII
 b. STICTOCHIRONOMUS - SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 314.
 c. TOKUNAGA 1940B: 299 - as CHIRONOMUS (STICTOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult male and female.
 d. PALAEARCTIC - Tayohara, Karahuto, JAPAN; RUSSIA.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 314 - as STICTOCHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ALATUS
 b. PARACHIRONOMUS - BECK & BECK 1969B: 293.
 c. BECK 1962A: 91 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. NEARCTIC - Lake Worth, FLORIDA.
 e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 166 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 
 a. $ AL1
 b. CHIRONOMUS  - related to riihimakiensis groupc. KIKNADZE, SIIRIN, & WüLKER 1993: 163-171d. PALAEARCTIC - RUSSIA.
 e. KIKNADZE, SIIRIN, & WüLKER 1994: 115; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 53 - cytology.
 
 a. * ALBICEPS
 b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM NUBIFER - SASA & SUBLETTE 1980A: 93.
 c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 515 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM), on basis of adult male and female.
 d. TROPICAL - Bali & Lake Pasir, Sarangan, JAVA (INDONESIA); MICRONESIA.
 e. LENZ 1937B: 10; 1941A: 19; TOKUNAGA 1964A: 583; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 407 - as POLYPEDILUM.
 
 a. # ALBICINCTUS
 b. Nomen Dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
 c. GIMMERTHAL 1845: 301 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Riga, LATVIA.
 e.
 
 a. * ALBICORNIS (ALBICORNE)
 b. POLYPEDILUM - EDWARDS 1929A: 403 - as C. (POLYPEDILUM). GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 58 (generic position).
 c. MEIGEN 1838A: 6 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 26 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 434; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 303 - as POLYPEDILUM.  FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 148 - as TANYTARSINI.
 
 a. *1 ALBIDUS
 b. TANYTARSINI - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 149.
 c. WIEDEMANN in MEIGEN 1818A: 51 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE- Kiel, GERMANY.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 15 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 351 - as Nomen dubium in TANYTARSINI.
 
 a. $2 ALBIDUS
 b. Junior homonym - requires new name.
 c. KONSTANTINOV 1956B: 160 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life stages.
 d. EUROPE - North Kaspia, U.S.S.R.
 e. SHILOVA 1958C: (369) - as TENDIPES.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 266 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.  BELYANINA, POLUKONOVA & ZINCHENKO 2005: as CHIRONOMUS on basis of cytology.
 
 a. #1 ALBIFORCEPS
 b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1910B: 231 - as CHIRONOMUS  (PROCHIRONOMUS), on basis of male.
 d. ASIA - Calcutta.  Port Canning, Lower Bengal; Katihar, Purneah District.,INDIA; SRI LANKA.
 e. KIEFFER 1911F: 143 - description of female and distinctness from ATRIPES.  EDWARDS 1932C: 182 - as Uncertain Subgenus.  CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.
 
 a. *2 ALBIFORCEPS
 b. ?SYN: PARACLADOPELMA CAMPTOLABIS  - EDWARDS 1929A: 387(see below). FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374 (gen.pos.).
 c. KIEFFER 1921B: 64 - as CLADOPELMA  & variety VIRIDIS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS Gp.D CLADOPELMA  by EDWARDS 1929A: 387.
 d. EUROPE - Silesia, POLAND.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 297 - as Nomen dubium, probably in PARACLADOPELMA, but questionable syn. VIRIDIS.
 
 a. *3 ALBIFORCEPS
 b. SYN: PARACLADOPELMA GRAMINICOLOR - FREEMAN 1957A: 402 (as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)). FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195 (gen.pos.)
 c. KIEFFER 1923C: 160 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACLADOPELMA) by GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 35.
 d. AFRICA - Shambe, EGYPT.
 e. KIEFFER 1925F: 280 - as CLADOPELMA.
 
 a. $ ALBIMACULATUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS
 c. SHOBANOV, WUELKER & KIKNADZE 2002: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS,on basis of pharate males, pupae, larvae and karyotype.
 d. ARCTIC - Ust'-Lena reserve, Danube Island, RUSSIA.
 e. KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 67 - cytology.
 
 a. * ALBIMANUSb. PARATENDIPES - KIEFFER 1911B: 41 (as type of genus).
 c. MEIGEN 1818A: 40 - as new name for ANNULARIUS MEIGEN 1804A.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given.  Type in Museum D'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 28; 1937-54(13c): 66; LENZ 1941A: 45; TOWNES 1945A: 29; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 434 - as PARATENDIPES.  TOWNES 1945A: 29 - as type species of SYNPARATENDIPES (& syn. with PARATENDIPES).
 a. *1 ALBIPENNISa. * ALCYONELLAEb. ENDOCHIRONOMUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 279.
 c. MEIGEN 1830A: 248 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.  Type in Museum D'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 26 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 394 - as C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 371 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128 (as ENDOCHIRONOMUS); THIENEMANN 1954A: 79  - as syn. ENDOCHIRONOMUS TENDENS.
 
 a. *2 ALBIPENNIS
 b. SYN: PARACHIRONOMUS VITIOSUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A:80 (as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)). FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 374 (gen.posn.).
 c. VAN DER WULP Misidentification of ALBIPENNIS Meigen?
 d. EUROPE -
 e.
 
 a. *3 ALBIPENNIS
 b. SYN: ENDOCHIRONOMUS NIGRICANS - TOWNES 1945A: 64 (as TANYTARSUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS). THIENEMANN 1954A: 98 (gen.posn.)
 c. JOHNSON 1900A: 627 - NOMEN NUDUM.  Given new name JOHNSONI - KIEFFER 1906C: 19.
 d. NEARCTIC
 e.
 
 a.* ALBIPES
 b. TANYTARSINI - FITTKAU & REISS 1976A: 149.
 c. MEIGEN 1830A: 256 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 351 - as Nomen dubium in TANYTARSINI.
 
 a. # ALBISCAPULA
 b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1918C: 109 - as CHIRONOMUS,  on basis of adult male.
 d. ASIA - Bombay, INDIA.
 e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen Dubium.
 
 a. $1 ALBISTRIA
 b. SYN: RIPARIUS - TOWNES 1959A: 135 (as TENDIPES).
 c. WALKER 1848A: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. NEARCTIC - St. Martins Falls, Albany R., Hudsons Bay, ONTARIO (Type in Natural History Museum, London).
 e. JOHANNSEN 1926A: 275; TOWNES 1945A: 171 - both as NOMEN DUBIUM.
 
 a. *2 ALBISTRIA
 b. HYPORHYGMA QUADRIPUNCTATUS - TOWNES 1945A: 68. (REISS 1982B: 289 - HYPORHYGMA as new genus).
 c. NEEDHAM 1908B: 225 -  as CHIRONOMUS, misdetermination of ALBISTRIA WALKER.
 d. NEARCTIC
 e. JOHANNSEN 1908A: 281 - as misdetermination of ALBISTRIA WALKER.
 
 a. #1 ALBITARSIS
 b. Nomen dubium, probably in MICROTENDIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 291.
 c. LUNDSTROEM 1910A: 14 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - N. Lojo; Särkilampi, Nylandia, FINLAND.
 e. LUNDSTROEM and FREY 1913A: 14 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. #2 ALBITARSE
 b. NEW NAME: KIEFFERULUS RUFOSUM  - FREEMAN 1957A: 378 - as C. (NILODORUM).  CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1989: 420 (generic position).
 KIEFFER 1922I: 46 - as NILODORUM.  Transfered to CHIRONOMUS (NILODORUM) by FREEMAN 1957A: 378, so name preoccupied by LUNDSTROEM 1913.
 AFRICA - Shambe, SUDAN (Type lost?).
 FREEMAN 1956B : 94 - as NILODORUM.  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194 - as NILODORUM RUFOSUM.
 
 a. * ALBITIBIA
 b. CRICOTOPUS  - FREEMAN 1956A: 306.
 c. WALKER 1848A: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EAST AFRICA - SIERRA LEONE; SAUDI ARABIA.
 e. FREEMAN 1961A: 647 - Misidentification, as Australian material not ALBITIBIA.  HIRVENOJA 1973A: 337; CRANSTON & JUDD 1989:246 - as CRICOTOPUS.
 
 a. # ALBOCINCTUS
 b. Nomen dubium in ORTHOCLADIINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 239.
 c. STROBL 1880A: 54.
 d. EUROPE - Fröschelau, Seitenstetten, AUSTRIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ALBOFASCIATUS
 b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 77 (as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 370 (generic posn.).
 c. STAEGER 1839A: 566 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (DENMARK); SCANDINAVIA
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 388 - as C. Gp.E CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 37 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 
 a. * ALBOLINEATUS
 b. METRIOCNEMUS - COQUILLETT 1910A: 569 (designation as type of genus).
 c. MEIGEN 1818A: 39.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 31; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 160; 1973B: 399; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 198 - as METRIOCNEMUS.  ASHE 1983: 34 - generic position.
 
 a. $ ALBOMARGINATUS
 b. SYN: CALLICHIRUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 341.
 c. KIEFFER 1924B: 260.
 d. AFRICA - "Cape", S. AFRICA.
 e.
 
 a. * ALBOVIRIDIS
 b. GILLOTIA - SAETHER 1977B: 134.
 c. MALLOCH 1915A: 482.
 d. NEARCTIC - Urbana, ILLINOIS. (Type - in Illinois Natural History Survey Collection)
 e. TOWNES 1945A: 165 - as HARNISCHIA (HARNISCHIA). SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965B: 166 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  WEBB 1980A: 84 - Types.
 
 a. $ ALCHICHICA
 b. CHIRONOMUS
 c. ACOSTA, PRAT, RIBERA, MICHAILOVA, del CARMEN HERNANDEZ, & ALCOCER 2017: 56 - as CHIRONOMUS on the basis of all life stages, cytology and mtCOI sequence.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - LAKE ALCHICHICA, MEXICO. (Centre de Recursos de Biodiversitat Animal (CRBA) of the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)
 e. Noted as cytologically close to C. RIIHIMAKIENSIS but BARCODE data shows it as a member of the C. DECORUS-gp close to C. 'PROULXI' & C 'BUTLERI'.
 b. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES GRIPEKOVENI?
 c. KIEFFER (?)1913 - as var. GRIPEKOVENI.
 d. EUROPE - GERMANY?
 e. GRIPEKOVEN 1913A: 172 - as TENDIPES, refers to larva & pupa.  LENZ 1921A: 161 - as ALCYONELLA & member of GLYPTOTENDIPES GRIPEKONENI subgroup.
 
 a. $ 'ALGONQUIAN'b. CHIRONOMUS
 c. MARTIN 2014: - as Manucript name, based on larva and cytology.
 d. NEARCTIC - Bat Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Nipissing Co., Ontario, CANADA
 e. MARTIN (various years): - as species 4z.
 a. * ALISMATISb. SYN: ENDOCHIRONOMUS TENDENS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 11.
 c. KIEFFER 1915: 77 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
 e. KIEFFER 1918B: 69 - as C. (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) (type of subgenus).  TOWNES 1945A: 64 - as syn. TANYTARSUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) TENDENS.  THIENEMANN 1954A: 101 - as valid species (GOETGHEBUER'S syn. misdeterm?).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 404; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 280 - as syn. TENDENS.  ASHE 1983: 22 - generic position.
 
 a. * ALLIGATUS
 b. SYN: METRIOCNEMUS FUSCIPES - EDWARDS 1929A: 311.
 c. WALKER 1856B: 190 - as CHIRONOMUS..
 d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 26 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 19; CRANSTON 1976A: 138; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 198 - as syn. M. FUSCIPES.
 
 a. $ ALLIONII
 b. Syn: NUDITARSIS?
 c. PETROVA, MICHAILOVA, & BOVERO 1997: - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of larva, pupa, adult and polytene chromosomes.  The description was not included in the published Proceedings of the meeting.
 d. PALEARCTIC - Botanical Gardens, Turin, ITALY.
 e. PETROVA, MICHAILOVA, & BOVERO 2000: 201 -  specimens from the same locality were published as C. NUDITARSIS.
 
 a. * ALLOLABIS
 b. SYN: PARACLADOPELMA CAMPTOLABIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 387 (as C. Gp.D CLADOPELMA).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 296 (generic position)
 c. KIEFFER (In THIENEMANN & KIEFFER 1916A): 527 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. PALEARCTIC - Vättern, Jönköping, SWEDEN (AUG 1911).
 e. KIEFFER 1918A: 50 - as C. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 370 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 405 as syn. PARACHIRONOMUS VITIOSUS.
 
 
 a. # ALLOTHRIXb. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. KIEFFER 1912A: 15 - as TENDIPES.
 d. ASIA - Peradeniya, Ceylon (SRI LANKA).
 e.
 a. $ ALLUAUDIb. CHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 337.
 c. KIEFFER 1913F: 19.
 d. AFRICA - Naivasha, KENYA.
 e. FREEMAN 1957A; HARRISON 1996: 44 - Redescription.
 a. $ ALMELANDERIa. $1 ALPESTRISb.
 c. ARNAUD 1966A: 162 - as new name for SEPULTUS MELANDER.
 d. NEARCTIC - Florissant, COLORADO (Miocene Fossil).
 e.
 b. SYN: A senior synonym of C. DORSALIS sensu STRENZKE - WUELKER & KLOETZLI 1973A: 476.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1934B: 93 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - nr. Garmish-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, GERMANY.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 23 - as TENDIPES.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 369 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 260 - as syn. DORSALIS.
 
 a. $2 ALPESTRIS
 b. SYN: LACUNARIUS WUELKER - WUELKER & KLOETZLI 1973A: 475.
 c. THIENEMANN 1936A (Misdetermination of ALPESTRIS GOETGHEBUER?)
 d. EUROPE
 e.
 
 a. * ALPHAEUS
 b. PARACLADOPELMA - JACKSON 1977A: 1341.
 c. SUBLETTE 1960A: 222  - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. NEARCTIC - Kings River Canyon, CALIFORNIA.
 e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 166 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 
 a. * ALPICOLA
 b. PARACLADIUS  - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 101.
 c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3500 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Jämtland, Åreskutan, SWEDEN; N.W.T., CANADA; ASIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 26 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 157 - as CRICOTOPUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 118,120 (List of types).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 208 - as PARACLADIUS.
 
 a. * ALSINENSIS
 b. DICROTENDIPES - PAGGI 1978: 235.
 c. PAGGI 1975A: 149 - as CHIRONOMUS (DICROTENDIPES), on basis of adult male, pupa and larva.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - Laguna Alsina, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
 e. EPLER 1988: 60; SPIES & REISS 1996: 70 - as DICROTENDIPES.
 
 a. $ ALTERNANS
 b. Nomen dubium - MARTIN 1966B: 20 (could be one of several very similar species recognized from the cytology of the polytene chromosomes).
 c. WALKER 1856A: 423 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES (Type in Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.)
 e. SKUSE 1889A: 251 - Repeat description - notes insufficient to identify to genus.  KIEFFER 1906C: 26; 1917A: 228 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  FREEMAN 1961A: 685 - Redescription.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: - as Nomen dubium.  BUGLEDICH, CRANSTON & MARTIN 1999: 129 - as unplaced CHIRONOMINI; MARTIN (http://www.chironomidae.net/Martin/AustChironfiles/alttype.htm) - redescription of type.
 a. ALTERNUSb. CHIRONOMUS.
 c. DAS, MADJUMDAR, MAZUMDAR & HAZRA 2015: 107 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of all life stages.
 d. Asia - Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh, INDIA.
 e.
 a. * ALTIPESb. SYN: PHAENOPSECTRA FLAVIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 299.
 c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3588 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - nr. Lake Wettern, Ostrogothia; Mulfjellet Jemtland, SWEDEN.
 e. SAEWEDAL 1974A: 121 (List of types).
 
 a. * AMACHAERUS
 b. CLADOPELMA - SÆTHER 1971A: 350 (as CRYPTOCLADOPELMA), 1977B: 84 (synonomy of CRYPTOCLADOPELMA with CLADOPELMA).
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 168 - as HARNISCHIA (HARNISCHIA). Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167.
 d. NEARCTIC - Hudson River, Germantown, N.Y.
 e. DENDY & SUBLETTE 1959A: 516 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 
 a. * AMASIA
 b. SYN: CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS) ORNATUS (MEIGEN) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 259 (designation of LECTOTYPE).
 c. MEIGEN 1830A: 251 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. MIDDLE EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen).
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16.  EDWARDS 1929A: 319 - as doubtful syn. CRICOTOPUS SYLVESTRIS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 178 - as syn. CRICOTOPUS ORNATUS.
 
 a. # AMBIGUUS
 b. Possible senr. syn. GRACEUS AMBIGUUS GOETGHEBUER 1928A - KRUSEMAN 1933A: 129.
 c. VAN DER WULP 1858A: 6 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?The Netherlands).
 e. EDWARDS 1929A: 378 - notes similarity to GRACEUS AMBIGUUS GOETGHEBUER.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353 - Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE.
 a. $ AMISSUMb. CHIRONOMUS  (S.S.) - by original description.
 c. CORREIA, TRIVINHO-STRIXONO & MICHAILOVA 2013: 134 as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male, pupae, larva and polytene chromosomes.
 d.South America - Lagoa do Oleo, Luiz Antonio & São Carlos, São Paulo, BRAZIL.
 e.
 a. * AMMONa. $3 ANNULARIUSb. SYN: POTTHASTIA GAEDII - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 149.
 c. HALIDAY in WALKER 1856B: 194 as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Cork; Co. Down; Kerry, IRELAND.
 e.
 
 a. * AMOENUS
 b. ?SYN: CRICOTOPUS SYLVESTRIS (FABRICIUS) - EDWARDS 1929A: 319; HIRVENOJA 1973A: 277 (as subgenus ISOCLADIUS).
 c. MEIGEN 1838A: 10 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen); GERMANY.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * AMPHITRITE
 b. CHERNOVSKIIA  - SAETHER 1977B: 111; PINDER & REISS 1983: 304.
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 151 - as HARNISCHIA (CLADOPELMA).  Transferred to C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167.
 d. NEARCTIC - Chamberlain, SOUTH DAKOTA.
 e.
 
 a. $ ANALIS
 b. CHIRONOMUS  (S.S.) - by original description.
 c. FREEMAN 1959A: 425- as CHIRONOMUS,on basis of adult male.
 d. NEW ZEALAND - Blackball, NELSON.
 e. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ANCHIALICUS  (misspelt ENCHIALICUS  in original description)
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - by original description.
 c. MICHAILOVA 1974A: 349 - as CHIRONOMUS on basis of larva and cytology.
 d. EUROPE - Pomorie, Black Sea Coast, BULGARIA.
 e. MICHAILOVA 1973A: 356 - Cytology.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 258 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ANCHORA
 b. Nomen nudum - SPAHR 1985: 22.
 c. KEILBACH 1982: 352. Attributes to LOEW 1850, who didn't publish name.  On basis of male.
 d. EUROPE - Fossil species.
 e. EVENHUIS 1994 - as Nomen nudum.
 
 a. * ANCUDENSIS
 b. Unplaced species in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
 c. EDWARDS 1931A: 313 - as CHIRONOMUS (STENOCHIRONOMUS) (on basis of female).
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - Ancud, CHILE.
 e. BORKENT 1984: 131 - redescription of type and not STENOCHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. # ANDROGYNE
 b. Uncertain SPECIES - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 29.
 c. KIEFFER 1918A: 43 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Lazarettschiffzug, POLAND.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 266 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. # ANGORENSIS
 b.
 c. KIEFFER 1918B: 113 - as CHIRONOMUS,  on basis of adult female.
 d. ASIA MINOR - Angora.
 e.
 
 a. * ANGULARIS
 b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS, insufficiently known species - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 41 (as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)).
 c. KIEFFER 1922G: 85 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (as above)?
 d. EUROPE - Grand See Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 271 - as Nomen dubium, probably in CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ANGUSTATUS
 b. SYN: DORSALIS sensu EDWARD - LENZ 1954-62(13c): 159 (as TENDIPES).
 c. KIEFFER (In THIENEMANN & KIEFFER 1916A): 507 - as variety of CHIRONOMUS SORDIDATUS.
 d. EUROPE - Paalsjo-strand-kalla & Paalsjo Back, SWEDEN; GERMANY.
 e. LENZ 1921A: 159 - larva. ANDERSEN 1949A: 42 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ANGUSTIFORCEPS
 b. SYN: CINGULATUS - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 24.
 c. KIEFFER (in THIENEMANN & KIEFFER 1916A): 505 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Haelsingborg, Drottninggatan (Aug 1912), SWEDEN.
 e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 259 - as syn. CINGULATUS.
 
 a. * ANGUSTUS (ANGUSTUM)
 b. ?CYPHOMELLA - SAETHER 1977B: 89.  PARACLADOPELMA - CRANSTON & MARTIN 19.
 c. FREEMAN 1961A: 699 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. AUSTRALIA - Oxford Falls, New South Wales.
 e.
 
 a. # ANNANDALEI
 b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. KIEFFER 1910B: 230 - as CHIRONOMUS  (PROCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult female.
 d. ASIA - Calcutta, INDIA.
 e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.
 
 a. $1 ANNULARIS (ANNULARIA)
 b. SYN: PLUMOSUS - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 166.  Commonly called ANNULARIUS - see $1 ANNULARIUS
 c. DE GEER 1776: 376 - as TIPULA.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
 e. MEIGEN 1804A: - misspelt as ANNULATUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 264 - as syn. PLUMOSUS.
 
 a. *2 ANNULARIS
 b. PARATENDIPES - KIEFFER 1911B: 41. NEW NAME: ALBIMANUS  - MEIGEN 1818A: 40.
 c. MEIGEN 1804A: 17 - as CHIRONOMUS.  Name preoccupied by DE GEER 1776A.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Type locality not given; FRANCE.
 e. PANZER 1813A: 19.  TOWNES 1945A: 29 - as TENDIPES.
 
 a. $3 ANNULARIS
 b. SYN: RIPARIUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 22; GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 66.
 c. MACQUART
 d. EUROPE -
 e. THIENEMANN 1954A: 595 - as syn. DORSALIS.
 
 a. $1 ANNULARIUS
 b. SYN: PLUMOSUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 384.
 c. DE GEER 1776A: 376 - as TIPULA ANNULARIS.  Spelling accidentally changed by MEIGEN 1818A, incorrect spelling now general.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given
 e. THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 14; PINDER 1978A: 112; RODOVA 1978.  LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102.
 
 a. $2 ANNULARIUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.). Misidentification of ANNULARIS DE GEER.
 c. MEIGEN 1818A: 21 - misspelling of ANNULARIS DE GEER.
 d.EUROPE
 e. KIEFFER 1911B: 30; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 23 - as TENDIPES. THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 14 - larva.  STRENZKE 1959B: 15 - Redescription (Probably a different species and contains more than one species (SPIES & SÆTHER 2004)).  LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102.  RAPOSEIRO, HUGHES & COSTA (2009)(probably sensu STRENZKE 1959B) - on AZORES.
 b. CHIRONOMUS, SPECIES UNCERTAIN.  ?SYN CINGULATUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 384.
 c. GOETGHEBUER - as misdetermination of ANNULARIS DE GEER?
 d.
 e.
 
 a. $4 ANNULARIUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) But may require a new name - see LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102.
 c. STRENZKE 1959B: 15 - as redescription of ANNULARIUS MEIGEN.
 d. HOLARCTIC - GERMANY; RUSSIA, CANADA, U.S.A.
 e. KEYL & KEYL 1959A: 51 - cytology.  KEYL 1962B: 492 - cytology of arms A, E & F.  PINDER 1978A: 112.  KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 75 - cytology.
 a. *5 ANNULARIUSb. SYN: GLYPTOTENDIPES GLAUCUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 392.
 c. VERR.COLL. (=VERRALL 1901?) as misdetermination of ANNULARUS DE GEER.
 d.
 e.
 
 a. * ANNULATIPES
 b. POLYPEDILUM  - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 407.
 c. KIEFFER 1910B: 234 - as CHIRONOMUS  (PROCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult male and female.
 d. AFROTROPICAL - Puri, Orissa, INDIA; AFRICA, PAKISTAN, ZAIRE, EGYPT.
 e. EDWARDS 1932C: 183 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM).  CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28 - as POLYPEDILUM.
 
 a. # ANNULATUS
 b. Nomen Dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
 c. MACQUART 1826A: 202 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - North FRANCE.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ANNULIMANUS
 b. Nomen dubium in GLYPTOTENDIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 284.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 175 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Laethem-Saint-Martin, BELGIUM.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 40 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.
 
 a. *1 ANNULIPES
 b. ?SYN: CRICOTOPUS (ISOCLADIUS) SYLVESTRIS (FABRICIUS) - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 277.
 c. MEIGEN 1818A: 42.
 d. EUROPE - Kiel, GERMANY.
 e. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 813 - as CHIRONOMUS.  KIEFFER 1906C: 23 - as CRICOTOPUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 118 (List of types, labelled syn. CRICOTOPUS OBNIXUS WALKER).
 a. *2 ANNULIPESb. SYN: ZAVRELIELLA VARIPENNIS - HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 26 (as LAUTERBORNIELLA).  REISS 1990: 91 (generic position)
 c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 513 - as CHIRONOMUS (ZAVRELIELLA), on basis of larva, pupa and adult.
 d. S.E.ASIA - Ranau & Singkarak, SUMATRA; THAILAND.
 e. LENZ 1941A: 55 - as ZAVRELIELLA.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 405 - as LAUTERBORNIELLA.
 
 a. # ANOMALIPES
 b. NOMEN DUBIUM - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. KIEFFER 1913E: 134 -  as TENDIPES.
 d. INDIA - Bhogaon, Birnea District (BIHAR).
 e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomina Dubium.
 
 a. $1 ANOMALUS
 b. SYN: RIPARIUS - THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 9 (as syn. THUMMI). CREDLAND 1973A: 209 (syn. with RIPARIUS).
 c. KIEFFER - as variety of THUMMI.
 d. EUROPE
 e. THIENEMANN & KIEFFER 1916A: 509.
 
 a. #2 ANOMALUS
 b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1921M: 590 - as CHIRONOMUS and variety of CIRCUMDATUS, on basis of adult male and female.
 d. ASIA - Daitotei & Taihoku, FORMOSA.
 e.
 
 a. *3 ANOMALUS
 b. Nomen dubium in GLYPTOTENDIPES - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 284.
 c. KEIFFER 1924A: 27 - as PHYTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to C. (PHYTOCHIRONOMUS) by GOETGHEBUER 1928A; 72.
 d. EUROPE - Lac d'Ucklei, Holstein, GERMANY.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 16; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 372 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES.
 
 a. $1 ANONYMUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. WILLISTON 1896A: 274. - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. NEOTROPICAL - St.Vincent, WEST INDIES; Southern U.S.A.
 e. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 235 - Redescription including immatures.  LENZ 1954-62(13c): 154 - immatures as TENDIPES.  SUBLETTE 1966A: 27 & 1967B: 549 - Redescription of types; WUELKER, SUBLETTE, MORATH & MARTIN 1989 - redescription incl. cytology.  SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $2 ANONYMUS
 b. SYN: CHIRONOMUS DECORUS - TOWNES 1945A: 120.
 c. DYAR 1902A: 57 - description of larva & pupa, as misdetermination of ANONYMUS WILLISTON.
 d. NEARCTIC.
 e.
 
 a. #3 ANONYMUS
 b. Nomen nudum?
 c. KIEFFER
 d.
 e. LENZ 1921A: 159.  ANDERSEN 1949A: 40 - unable to find description.
 
 a. $ ANTARCTICUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. WALKER (In CURTIS, HALIDAY & WALKER 1836A): 332 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA -  Puerto Hambre, PATAGONIA.
 e. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 254 - Redescription.  KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1931A: 311 - Redescription.  SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. # ANTENNALIS
 b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 74.
 c. KIEFFER 1917B: 355 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
 d. NEOTROPICAL - PARAGUAY.
 e.
 
 a. $ ANTHRACINUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. ZETTERSTEDT 1860A: 6499 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Ringsjon Lake, southern SWEDEN.
 e. TOWNES 1945A: 130; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 23- as TENDIPES.  EDWARDS 1929A: 383; STRENZKE 1959B: 14; THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 15 (larva); KEYL 1962B: 491 (cytology); WUELKER 1973A: 359 (dist. from MELANOTUS) (not ANTHRACINUS  according to SHOBANOV 1996A); RODOVA 1978A: (female) - as CHIRONOMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 121 (Types not in ZETTERSTEDT collection).  SHOBANOV 1996A: 1505 - redescription of all stages and cytology.  PROULX, MARTIN, CAREW & HARE 2013: 424 - larval morphology, cytology and barcoding; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 91 - cytology.
 
 a. *1 ANTICUS
 b. MICROTENDIPES - TOWNES 1945A: 171; 1959A: 135.
 c. WALKER 1848A: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. NEARCTIC - GEORGIA (Type in Natural History Museum, London).
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 31 - as METRIOCNEMUS.
 
 a. *2 ANTICUS
 b. POLYPEDILUM - TOWNES 1945A: 46. NEW NAME: JOHANNSENI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 407.
 c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 521 - as CHIRONOMUS (POLYPEDILUM).  Name preoccupied by WALKER 1848A.
 d. S.E. ASIA - Buitenzorg, JAVA, INDONESIA.
 e. LENZ 1937B: 13 (as type of genus); 1941A: 21 - as PROPEDILUM.  ASHE 1983: 44 - generic position.
 
 a. $ ANTIPODENSIS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. SUBLETTE & WIRTH 1980A: 326 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adults and possible larva.
 d. NEW ZEALAND - Antipodes Island (SUB-ANTARCTIC).
 e. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ANTIQUUS
 b. TANYPODINAE, PELOPIINAE - STATZ 1944A: 123; (PROCLADIUS?) THIENEMANN
 c. von HEYDEN 1895A: 13 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of pupa.
 d. EUROPE - Rott, GERMANY (fossil species)
 e.
 
 a. $ ANTONIOI
 b. CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS)
 c. CORREIA & TRIVINHO-STRIXINO 2007: 57 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of larva, pupa and adult.
 d.	SOUTH AMERICA - Luiz Antônio, São Paulo, BRAZIL.
 e.
 
 a. * APFELBECKI
 b. POLYPEDILUM - EDWARDS 1929A: 402 - as CHIRONOMUS  (POLYDEDILUM).  THIENEMANN 1954A: 350 - generic position, attributes to EDWARDS.
 c. STROBL 1900A: 664 - asCHIRONOMUS.
 d. PALEARCTIC - Sarajevo, AUSTRIA (now YUGOSLAVIA).
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 59; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 434; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 303.
 
 a. $1 APICALIS
 b. SYN: CALLICHIRUS - doubtful syn by FREEMAN 1957A: 341.
 c. KIEFFER 1908B: 162.
 d. AFRICA - Rooibank, S.W.AFRICA (Type lost?).
 e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187 - as ?syn CALLICHIRUS
 
 a. *2 APICALIS
 b. PARACHIRONOMUS - HASHIMOTO, WONGSIRI, WONGSIRI, TIRAWAT, LEWVANICH & YASUMATSU 1981: 17.
 c. KIEFFER 1924C: 264.
 d. S.E.ASIA - JAVA, INDONESIA; THAILAND.
 e. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 529 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 403 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ APICATUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 401.  May be a member of the FLAVIPLUMUS-group.
 c. JOHANNSEN 1932B: 539 -  as CHIRONOMUS and var. COSTATUS, on basis of adult male and female.
 d. S.E. ASIA - Toba Dist., Samosir, SUMATRA; MALAYSIA.
 e. LENZ 1937B: 4 - Immatures.
 
 a. # APLOCHIRUS
 b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1911F: 157 - as CHIRONOMUS,  on basis of adult male and female.
 d. PALAEARCTIC - Sylhet, ASSAM, PAKISTAN; Port Said, EGYPT.
 e. KIEFFER 1918B: 71 - variant, as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. # APLONEURUS
 b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. KIEFFER 1911F: 158 - as CHIRONOMUS,  on basis of male and female.
 d. PALEARCTIC - Sylhet, ASSAM, PAKISTAN.
 e.
 
 a. $ APPLICATUS
 b. SYN: AUSTRALIS - FREEMAN 1961A: 684; MARTIN 1966B: 24.
 c. WALKER 1856A: 424 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA.
 e. SKUSE 1889A: 251 - Repeat of description.  KIEFFER 1906C: 27; 1917A: 228 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.
 
 a. * APPOSITUS (APPOSITA)
 b. MICROPSECTRA - SAEWEDAL 1976A: 128.
 c. WALKER 1856B: 191 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
 e. EDWARDS 1929A: 407 - as syn. TANYTARSUS (MICROPSECTRA) BRUNNIPES.  CRANSTON 1976A: 138; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 324 - as MICROPSECTRA.
 
 a. $ APRICUS
 b. ?SYN: CAFFRARIUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 339.
 c. KIEFFER 1908B: 162.
 d. AFRICA - Namaqualand, Steinkopf & Rooibank (Types lost?)
 e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 187 - as ?syn. CAFFRARIUS.
 
 a. $1 APRILINUS
 b. SENIOR SYN OF HALOPHILUS KIEFFER - LINDEBERG & WIEDERHOLM 1979A: 102.
 c. MEIGEN 1830A: 245 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1919A: 65 (immatures); ANDERSEN 1949A: 22 (larva); EDWARDS 1929A: 384; PINDER 1978A: 114; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 258 - as CHIRONOMUS.  KIEFFER 1911B: 20; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 24 - as TENDIPES.  THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 10 - as syn HALOPHILUS KIEFFER; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 102 - cytology.
 
 a. $2 APRILINUS
 b. SYN: TENTANS - EDWARDS 1929A: 382.  NEW NAME: ATROFASCIATUS - KIEFFER 1921H: 7.
 c. KIEFFER 1911B: 20 - as TENDIPES & misdetermination of APRILINUS MEIGEN.
 d. EUROPE
 e. KIEFFER 1918: 38 & 45 - Misdetermination of APRILINUS MEIGEN.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 50 - as syn. C. (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS var. ATROFASCIATUS.  SHILOVA 1957A: 228 - as syn. T. (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS.  ASHE 1983: 14 - generic position.
 
 a. # AQUAEDUCTI
 b.
 c. MATSUMURA 1917: 3.
 d. ?JAPAN.
 e. ZOOLOGICAL RECORD 1930: 323 - report of description.
 
 a. * AQUATICUS
 b. SYN: SMITTIA ATERRIMA - EDWARDS 1929A: 360.
 c. GOETGHEBUER
 d. EUROPE
 e.
 
 a. * AQUATILIS
 b. ?SYN: SMITTIA CONTINGENS - EDWARDS 1929A: 361; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 228.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 88.
 d. EUROPE - BELGIUM.
 e. FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 367 - SMITTIA.
 
 a. $ AQUISEXTANUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS - EVENHUIS 1994: 1.
 c. THEOBALD 1937A: 347 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - FRANCE (Oligocene fossil species)
 e. THIENEMANN 1954A: 15.
 
 a. * ARCTICUS (ARCTICA)
 b. DIAMESA - KIEFFER 1906C: 36; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 151.
 c. BOHEMAN 1865A: 574.
 d. EUROPE - Middle Hook in Bel Sund, SPITZBERGEN, NOWAJA ZEMLJA; CANADA; Alaska, U.S.A.
 e. JACOBSON 1898A: 204 - as syn. URSINUS HOLMGREN.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13d): 18 - as DIAMESA (PSILODIAMESA).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 356; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 411 - as DIAMESA.
 
 a. $1 ARCUATUS
 b. SYN: Unplaced CHIRONOMINI - BUGLEDICH, CRANSTON & MARTIN 1999: 130.
 c. KIEFFER 1917A: 219 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
 d. AUSTRALIA - Mt.Victoria, N.S.W. (Types lost).
 e. FREEMAN 1961A: 685 - syn. ALTERNANS.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: - as Nomen dubium.
 
 a. *2 ARCUATUS
 b. PARACHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373; LEHMANN 1970A: 135.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1919A: 66 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of immatures.  Attributes to GOETGHEBUER (In press).
 d. EUROPE - Destelbergen, BELGIUM.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 163  - as syn. GRACILIOR.  GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 83 - as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  EDWARDS 1929A: 389 - as syn. C. (Gp.E PARACHIRONOMUS) FALCATUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 43 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  REE & KIM 1981: 156 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ARCUSTYLUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS
 c. SIIRIN 2003: 993 - as CHIRONOMUS, on the basis of male adult, pupa, larva and karyotype.
 d. PALEARCTIC - junct. Bolshoi Yenisei and Malyi Yenisei Rivers, nr. Kyzyl, TUVA REPUBLIC.
 e. KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 109 - cytology.
 
 a. $ ARCUTA
 b. probably LOBOCHIRONOMUS - M. SPIES, pers. comm.
 c. MAJUMDAR & MAZUMDAR 2008 - as EINFELDIA, on basis of adult males, pupae and larvae
 d. INDIA - Darjeeling; and Ziro, Arunchal; West Bengal.Types to be lodged in the National Zoological Collection, Kolkata
 e. Described larvae do not appear to be consistent with CHIRONOMUS.  Holotype male a separate specimen, some paratypes reared from egg masses
 
 a. * ARGENTATUS
 b. SYN: CHAETOCLADIUS MELALEUCUS - EDWARDS 1929A:337 (as SPANIOTOMA (ORTHOCLADIUS Gp.A)). FITTKAU,SCHLEE & REISS 1967A:352(gen.pos)
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 84  - as DACTYLOCLADIUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by ?
 d. EUROPE - Virton, BELGIUM.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1923A: - as DACTYLOCLADIUS.
 
 a. * ARGENTEA (ARGENTEUS)
 b. CYPHOMELLA - SAETHER 1977B: 87.
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 164 - as HARNISCHIA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167.
 d. NEARCTIC - Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario, Riverton, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.
 e.
 
 a. # ARGENTINIAE
 b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 95 (as DEBILIS).
 c. KIEFFER 1917A: 221 - as new name for DEBILIS LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA.
 e.
 
 a. $ ARGENTINIENSIS
 b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
 c. KIEFFER 1917B: 353 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA.
 e. KIEFFER 1925A: 73.
 
 a. * ARGUS
 b. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS - BECK & BECK 1969B: 279.
 c. ROBACK 1957C: 106 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167.
 d. NEARCTIC - PENNSYLVANNIA, U.S.A.
 e.
 
 a. * ARIEL
 b. SYN: CRYPTOTENDIPES DARBYI - SÆTHER 2010: 12.
 c. SUBLETTE 1960A: 222 - as TENDIPES (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. NEARCTIC - Topaz Lake, Mono Co., CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
 e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).  SÆTHER 1977B: 98 - as CRYPTOTENDIPES.
 
 a. # ARMATIFRONS
 b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1913E: 137 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
 d. S.E. ASIA - Mandalay, BURMA.
 e.
 
 a. * ARMILLATUS
 b. SYN: CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS PSITTACINUS - GOETGHEBUER 1928A:78 (as C. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)). FITTKAU,SCHLEE & REISS 1967A:371(gen.pos)
 c. STAEGER 1839A: 566 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (DENMARK), SCANDINAVIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 388 - as syn. C. Gp.E CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS PSITTACINUS.
 
 a. * ARROGANS
 b. CHIRONOMOPSIS - HANDLIRSCH 1906 (1908A): 631 (Type of genus by Monotypy).
 c. GIEBEL 1856: 250 - as CHIRONOMUS. ( gives GIEBEL 1845).
 d. EUROPE - ENGLAND. (Lower Cretaceous fossil species)
 e. BRODIE 1845 (May describe the history of the location?).  ASHE 1983: 57 - as Type of genus CHIRONOMOPSIS by virtual monotypy (but erroneously lists Giebel as 1845)
 
 a. # ARTICULIFERUS
 b. Unplaced in Chironomidae - EKREM 2000: 19
 c. BLANCHARD 1852A: - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. South America - CHILE.
 e.
 
 a. * ARUNDINETTI
 b. SYN: CONCHAPELOPIA MELANOPS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 129.
 c. LINNAEUS 1761A: 434 - as TIPULA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS by FABRICIUS 1805A: 43.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Uppsala).
 e. MEIGEN - as CERATOPOGON.  KIEFFER 1906C: 41 - as TANYPUS.
 
 a. # ARTICULIFERUS
 b. Unplaced valid species in CHIRONOMIDAE - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
 c. BLANCHARD 1852A: 336 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adults.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - CHILE.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ARTIFER
 b. POLYPEDILUM - TOWNES 1945A: 53.
 c. CURRAN 1930A: 32 - on basis of adult male.
 d. NEARCTIC - Tuxedo Park, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
 e. SUBLETTE 1966A: 29 - Redescription
 
 a. * ARUNDINETI (ARUNDINETUM)
 b. POLYPEDILUM - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 92.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1921A: 139 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. EUROPE - Heusden, BELGIUM.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128 - as POLYPEDILUM ?syn. LEUCOPUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 403 - as C. (POLYPEDILUM).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 59; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 375; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 434; PINDER 1978A: 138; SASA 1985: 6 - as POLYPEDILUM.
 
 a. * ASSIMILIS
 b. SYN: STICTOCHIRONOMUS ROSENSCHOELDI - EDWARDS 1929A: 401 (as C. (STICTOCHIRONOMUS)). GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 56 (gen.pos.).
 c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 815 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - 'Wittangi Lapponiae Tornensis & Lycksele Lapponiae Umensis' SWEDEN; SCANDINAVIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 118,120 (List of types).
 
 a. # ASTENUS
 b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1916B: 109 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
 d. SOUTH EAST ASIA - Tainan, FORMOSA.
 e.
 
 a. *1 ATER (ATRUM)
 b. TRIBELOS - OLIVER 1981A: 443 (generic position).  Generic position doubtful - PINDER and REISS 1983 : 346.
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 68 - as TANYTARSUS (TRIBELOS).  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (TRIBELOS) by BECK 1961: 125.
 d. NEARCTIC - Mt. Vernon, VIRGINIA, U.S.A.
 e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS (TRIBELOS).  GRODHAUS 1987: 222 - as TRIBELOS.
 
 a. *2 ATER
 b. SYN: PARACLADOPELMA RHODESIANUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 400 (as CH. (<>CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS>).  FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 195 (gen.posn.).
 c. FREEMAN 1954B: 176 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. AFRICA - SOUTH AFRICA.
 e.
 
 a. * ATERRIMA  (ATERRIMUS)
 b. SMITTIA  - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 86.
 c. MEIGEN 1818A: 47 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?Aachen);  Type in Museum D'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.  ASIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 24 - as CAMPTOCLADIUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128 as ?TRICHOCLADIUS FUNEBRISBRUNDIN 1956A: 146; FREEMAN 1961A: 665 - as SMITTIA.
 
 a. $ ATHALASSICUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS
 c. CANNINGS 1975A: 447.
 d. NEARCTIC - Boitano L., Springhouse, British Columbia, CANADA (MAY 70).
 e.
 
 a. $ ATITLANENSIS
 b. EINFELDIA
 c. SUBLETTE & SASA 1994: 37 - as EINFELDIA, on basis of adult male and female.
 d. NEOTROPICAL - GUATEMALA (type in SASA collection, Japan).
 e. SPIES & REISS 1996:70 - as EINFELDIA.
 
 a. *1 ATOMARIUS
 b. LIMNOPHYES  - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 160.  Nomen dubium in CORYNONEURA - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 170.
 c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3522.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Jemtlandia boreali, Åreskutan, SWEDEN; GREENLAND, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 27; JOHANNSEN 1926A: 274 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 120 (List of types).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 362 - as "ORTHOCLADIUS" sensu GOETGHEBUER.
 
 a. #2 ATOMARIUS  (ATOMARIA)
 b. Invalid name (preoccupied by ZETTERSTEDT 1850A) - SPIES & REISS 1996: 83.
 c. LYNCH ARRIBALZAGA 1893A: 248 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 16; BRETHES 1907A: - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. # ATOMUS
 b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 353.
 c. SCHRANCK 1803A: 77 - as TIPULA.
 d. EUROPE - Hausern, GERMANY.
 e. QUERIED by KIEFFER 1906C: 16.
 
 a. * ATRATULUS
 b. METRIOCNEMUS - KIEFFER 1906C: 31; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 360.
 c. ZETTERSTEDT 1850A: 3590 - AS CHIRONOMUS.
 d. HOLARCTIC - Töien nr. Oslo, NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; U.S.A.
 e. JOHANNSEN 1926A: 274; GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 6; SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 161; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 198 - as METRIOCNEMUS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 121 (List of types).
 
 a. $1 ATRELLA
 b. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 124 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
 d. NEARCTIC - Reno, NEVADA, U.S.A. (Type in U.S. Nat. Museum).  It is possible it is a mixed type series.
 e. MARTIN, ANDREEVA, KIKNADZE, & WÜLKER 2006: 1384 - CYTOLOGY.
 
 a. $2 ATRELLA
 b. CHIRONOMUS QUINNITUKQUT MARTIN, SUBLETTE & CALDWELL 2010.
 c. HITCHCOCK & ANDERSON 1968 - AS CHIRONOMUS ATRELLA (misidentification)
 d. NEARCTIC South Cove, Old Saybrook, Middlesex Co. Middlesex Co., CONNECTICUT
 e.
 a. $3 ATRELLAb. CHIRONOMUS UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES
 c. Misidentification in BOLD Bin BOLD:AAI4298
 d. NEARCTIC various Boreal locations, including GREENLAND
 e.
 a. * ATRICORNISb. SYN: MICROTENDIPES PEDELLUS DE GEER - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 290.
 c. STROBL 1880A: 53 - as CHIRONOMUS and variety of PEDELLUS.
 d. EUROPE - AUSTRIA.
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 21 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ATRIFORCEPS
 b. SYN: DEMICRYPTOCHIRONOMUS VULNERATUS - LEHMANN 1970A: 131.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 84 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. EUROPE - BELGIUM.
 e. EDWARDS 1929A: 390 - as C. (Gp.E HARNISCHIA).  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 43 - as T. (CRYPTOCH. Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.  FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 405; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 274 - as syn. DEMICRYPTOCHIRONOMUS VULNERATUS.
 
 a. # ATRIFURCA
 b. NOMEN DUBIUM - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. KIEFFER 1911E: 27 - as TENDIPES.
 d. ASIA- Tengyueh, YUNNAN, CHINA.
 e. WU 1940A: 81 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. * ATRIMANUS (ATRIMANA)
 b. DEMEIJEREA - PINDER & REISS 1983: 309.
 c. COQUILLETT 1902A: 94.
 d. NEARCTIC - Kansas City, MISSOURI, U.S.A.
 e. TOWNES 1945A: 138 - as GLYPTOTENDIPES (DEMEIJEREA).  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 169 - as CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS).
 
 a. * ATRIPECTUS
 b. SYN: PARACHIRONOMUS DIGITALIS - LEHMANN 1970A: 142.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1930A: 4 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS or TENDIPES.
 d. EUROPE - Beloje Lake, Kossino, U.S.S.R.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 43 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 - as PARACHIRONOMUS.
 
 a. $ ATRIPENNIS
 b. CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & REISS 1996: 69.
 c. REMPEL 1939A: 213 - as CHIRONOMUS  (CALOCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult male and female.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - Bonito, BRASIL.
 e.
 
 a. *1 ATRIPES
 b. SYN: CINGULATUS. - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 259.
 c. KIEFFER 1909A: 54 - as CHIRONOMUS and variety VERSICOLOR
 d. EUROPE - GERMANY.
 e.
 
 a. #2 ATRIPES
 b. Uncertain CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 410.
 c. KIEFFER 1910B: 231 - as CHIRONOMUS (PROCHIRONOMUS), on basis of adult female.
 d. INDIA - Katihar, BIHAR
 e. KIEFFER 1911F: 143 - as specifically distinct from ALBIFORCEPS.  CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 29 - as Nomen dubium.
 
 a. $ ATRIRAMUS
 b. CHIRONOMUS - SPIES & REISS, 1996: 69.
 c. KIEFFER 1925A: 75 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
 d. SOUTH AMERICA - Alta Gracia, Cordoba, ARGENTINA
 e.
 
 a. $ ATRITIBIAb. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.)
 c. MALLOCH 1934A: 16 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 d. NORTH AMERICA - Southampton Is., Keewatin, N.W.T., CANADA.
 e. TOWNES 1945A: 131 - Redescription as TENDIPES (TENDIPES).
 a.* ATRIVIRIDIS
 b. Invalid name.
 c. WIEDERHOLM 1979: 145 - as C. (CHAETOLABIS), but misspelling of ATROVIRIDIS.
 d. NEARCTIC.
 e.
 
 a. $1 ATROFASCIATUS
 b. SYN: TENTANS - EDWARDS 1929A: 382 (as C. Gp. CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS).
 c. KIEFFER 1921H: 7  - as CHIRONOMUS (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS).  New name for APRILINUS KIEFFER (Type species of subgenus - KIEFFER 1918: 45).
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 50 - as var. C. (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 21; SHILOVA 1957A: 228 - as syn. T. (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990:257 - as syn C. (CAMPTOCHIRONOMUS) TENTANS.
 
 a. *2 ATROFASCIATUS
 b. SYN: HARNISCHIA CURTILAMELLATA - FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 191.
 c. FREEMAN 1954B: 177.
 d. AFRICA - SOUTH AFRICA.
 e. FREEMAN 1957A: 404 - as synonym CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) NUDIFORCEPS.
 
 a. $ ATROLINEATUS
 b. SYN: DORSALIS MEIGEN (sensu EDWARDS) - THIENEMANN & STRENZKE 1951A: 3.
 c. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 65 - as CHIRONOMUS and variety of DORSALIS.
 d. EUROPE - Type locality not given (?France)
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 26 - as TENDIPES & var. DORSALIS sensu EDWARDS.
 
 a. * ATROPHUS
 b. HARNISCHIA  - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 405.
 c. KIEFFER 1913E: 136 - as TENDIPES, on basis of adult male.
 d. INDIA - Calcutta.
 e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 28 - as HARNISCHIA.
 a. $  ATROSIGNATUSb. CHIRONOMUS - CHAUDHURI & GUHA 1987: 27.
 c. KIEFFER 1911F: 163 - as CHIRONOMUS,  on basis of female.
 d. INDIA - Calcutta
 e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418 - as Nomen dubium.
 a. $ ATROVIRIDISb. C. (CHAETOLABIS) and type of the subgenus - TOWNES 1945A: 114 (as TENDIPES).
 c. TOWNES 1945A: 114 - as TENDIPES (CHAETOLABIS).  Description of n.sp. to cover material misdetermined as VIRIDICOLLIS.
 d. NEARCTIC - Bemus Point, NEW YORK, U.S.A.(Type in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Boston)
 e. JOHANNSEN 1905A: 232 - Description.  NEEDHAM 1908B: 257 - Biology & larva.  BRANCH 1931A: 154 -  eggs & larva.  TOWNES 1937: 221 - Biology & larva.  JOHANNSEN 1937B: 21 - as C. (EINFELDIA) - all as "VIRIDICOLLIS".  HAMILTON, SÆTHER & OLIVER 1969A: 27; WEBB, MARTIN & WUELKER 1987: 205 - as C. (CHAETOLABIS).  WEIDERHOLM 1979: 145 - as C. (CHAET.) ATRIVIRIDIS.  ASHE 1983: 16 - generic position.  MARTIN 2014: 317 - cytology.
 a. * ATROVITTATUSb. SYN: DICROTENDIPES MODESTUS - ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 275.  FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373 (gen.pos).
 c. KIEFFER 1922C: 51 - as LIMNOCHIRONOMUS.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS.
 d. EUROPE - Lake Ploen, Sleswig-Holstein, GERMANY.
 e. EDWARDS 1929A: 386 - as C. Gp.C LIMNOCHIRONOMUS PULSUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 20 - as syn. TENDIPES (LIMNOCHIRONOMUS) PULSUS.
 a. $1 ATTENUATUSb. Nomen Dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1974A: 1. (A member of the C. DECORUS group).
 c. WALKER 1848A: 20 - on basis of female.
 d. NORTH AMERICA - St. Martins Falls, Albany River, Hudson Bay, CANADA (Type in Natural History Museum, London).
 e. KIEFFER 1906C: 31 - as METRIOCNEMUS.  TOWNES 1945A: 171 - as NOMEN DUBIUM or probable syn. T. DECORUS.  TOWNES 1959A: 135 - as TENDIPES & VALID NAME.
 
 
 a. $2 ATTENUATUS
 b. SYN:  Chironomus calligraphus - SPIES et al. 2002
 c. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1967: 369.
 d. NORTH AMERICA - Playa lakes on the Llano Estacado, New Mexico and Texas.
 e.
 a. # AUGUSTATUSb. Invalid Name
 c. ANDERSEN 1949A: 42 - as misspelling of ANGUSTATUS KIEFFER
 d. EUROPE
 e.
 
 a. # AURANTIACUS
 b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 418.
 c. KIEFFER 1921M: 589 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female.
 d. ASIA - Taihoku, FORMOSA (Nov).
 e.
 
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 b. CHIRONOMUS (LOBOCHIRONOMUS) - EPLER 2001: 8.65.
 c. BECK & BECK 1970A: 40 - as EINFELDIA.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (EINFELDIA) by SUBLETTE(?)
 d. AMERICA - Duval County, FLORIDA, U.S.A.
 e.
 a. * AUSTRALIENSISb. EINFELDIA - CRANSTON et al. 2016: 493.  Mixed type series, with 2 paratypes an undescribed XENOCHIRONOMUS (CRANSTON, pers. comm.).
 c. FREEMAN 1961A: 696 - as CHIRONOMUS (XENOCHIRONOMUS).
 d. AUSTRALIA - Oxford Falls, NEW SOUTH WALES (type in British Museum Natural History); SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
 e. CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 274 - AS UNPLACED SPECIES.  BUGLEDICH, CRANSTON & MARTIN 1999: 130 - AS INCERTAE SEDIS.
 a. $ AUSTRALISb. CHIRONOMUS (S.S.) - FREEMAN 1961A: 684.
 c. MACQUART 1847A: 9 - as CHIRONOMUS on basis of adult male; then female in 1950A: 12.
 d. AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA (type in British Museum Natural History).
 e. SKUSE 1889A: 254 - Repeat of description.  FREEMAN 1961A: 684 - Redescription.  MARTIN 1971B: 419 - Cytology.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as CHIRONOMUS.
 a. $ AVERSAb. SYN: CALLIGRAPHUS - FITTKAU 1965B: 220.
 c. ROBACK 1962A: 6 - as TENDIPES (TENDIPES).
 d. CENTRAL AMERICA - Curundu, CANAL ZONE, PANAMA.
 e. SPIES & REISS 1996: 69 - as syn. CALLIGRAPHUS.
 a. * AVICULA
 b. CONOCHIRONOMUS - FREEMAN 1961A: 701.
 c. FREEMAN 1955E: 289 - as ENDOCHIRONOMUS. Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (ENDOCHIRONOMUS) by FREEMAN 1957A: 353.
 d. AFRICA - Onitsha, NIGERIA.
 e. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 189 - as CONOCHIRONOMUS.
 a. * AVICULARISReturn to | Chironomus List | Go to References |b. PARACHIRONOMUS - FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 373. Uncertian species (Nomen dubium) - LEHMANN 1970A: 101.
 c. KIEFFER 1921B: 68 - as CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS.  Placed in CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 81.
 d. EUROPE - Silesia, POLAND; GERMANY.
 e. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54 (13c): 43 - as T. (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS Gp. PARACHIRONOMUS).  ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 295 - as Nomen dubium in PARACHIRONOMUS.
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