a. * EFFUSUS
b. RHEOCRICOTOPUS (Type of genus) & PARAPHAENOCLADIUS IMPENSUS (mixed series) - BRUNDIN 1956A: 118; CRANSTON 1976A: 140.
c. WALKER 1856B: 180 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. HOLARCTIC - ENGLAND; ASIA
e. KERTSZ 1902A: 218 - as ORTHOCLADIUS.  EDWARDS 1929A: 330 - as SPANIOTOMA (TRICHOCLADIUS). LEHMANN 1969B: 377 - pupa. HIRVENOJA 1973A: 340 - synonymy. ASHE 1983: 47 - generic position.

a. $ EGREGIUS
b. Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989:
c. SKUSE 1889A: 232.
d. AUSTRALIA - Sydney & Hexham, N.S.W.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 17; 1917A: 206. FREEMAN 1961A: 685 - as syn ALTERNANS & designation of Lectotype.

a. * EJUNCIDUS
b. TANYTARSUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 414; CRANSTON 1976A: 140.
c. WALKER 1856B: 155 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e.

a. $ ELATIOR
b. CHIRONOMUS, uncertain species - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13c): 29.
c. KIEFFER 1915E: 50 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALAEARCTIC - Eifelmaare, GERMANY.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 61 - as CHIRONOMUS.  ASHE & CRANSTON 199O: 267 - as Nomen dubium in CHIRONOMUS.

a. # ELATUS
b. UNCERTAIN CHIRONOMINI - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 412.
c. KIEFFER 1912A: 12 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Peradeniya, SRI LANKA.
e.
a. * ELEGANS
b. SYN: EURYCNEMUS CRASSIPES (PANZER) - EDWARDS 1929A: 309.
c. MEIGEN 1818A: 48.
d. EUROPE - Neuwied & Mulheim, GERMANY.
e. VAN DER WULP 1874A: 135 - EURYCNEMUS (as type species); KIEFFER 1906C: 30; GOETGHEBUER 1923A: 128 - as EURYCNEMUS. GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 2; MURRAY & ASHE 1981B: 357 - as syn. E. CRASSIPES.

a. $1 ELEGANTULUS
b.
c. MEUNIER 1904A: 210 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult females.
d. EUROPE - Baltic region (fossil species).
e. MEUNIER 1912B: 169; KEILBACH 1982: 353; SPAHR 1985: 22; EVENHUIS 1994 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $2 ELEGANTULUS
b. Nomen nudum
c. KEILBACH 1982: 352 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult female. Attributes to LOEW 1850: 30, but LOEW didn't publish the name.
d. EUROPE - Baltic region (fossil species).
e.

a. * ELODEAEA
b. PARACHIRONOMUS - SÆTHER 1971A: 350.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 156 - as HARNISCHIA, on basis of adult male and female.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167.
d. NEARCTIC - Goodyear Lake, Milford Centre, N.Y., U.S.A.
e.

a. * ELONGATUM
b. SYN: KIEFFERULUS FRACTILOBUS - FREEMAN 1957A: 378 (see below).  CRANSTON, WEBB & MARTIN 1990: 421 (generic position).
c. FREEMAN 1955C: 98 - as NILODORUM.  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (NILODORUM) by FREEMAN 1957A: 378.
d. AFRICA - Mabwe, ZAIRE.
e. FREEMAN 1955B: 20 - as NILODORUM. FREEMAN & CRANSTON 1980A: 194 - as syn. KIEFFERULUS FRACTILOBUS.

a. * EMARGINATUM
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM NUBECULOSUM MEIGEN - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 156.
c. KIEFFER 1911B: 16 - as POLYPEDILUM.  Transferred to C. (POLYPEDILUM) by ?.
d. EUROPE - L'Isle de Norderney, GERMANY.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 402 - as syn. POLYPEDILUM NUBECULOSUM.

a. * EMINULUS
b. TANYTARSUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 414; CRANSTON 1976A: 140.
c. WALKER 1856B: 156 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 138 - as syn. EJUNDICUS.

a. * EMORSA (EMORSUS)
b. CRYPTOTENDIPES - SÆTHER 1971A: 350.
c. TOWNES 1945A: 161 - as HARNISCHIA (HARNISCHIA).  Transferred to CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS) by SUBLETTE 1964B: 133.
d. NEARCTIC - Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. (Type).
e. SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 167 - as CHIRONOMUS (CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS)  SÆTHER 2010: 8 - description of pupa and larva, as CRYPTOTENDIPES.

a. $ ENCHIALICUS
b. Incorrect variant in designation of ANCHIALICUS.
c. MICHAILOVA 1974A: 349. Printing error in description.
d.
e.

a. * ENOTATUS (ENOTATUM)
b. SYN: POLYPEDILUM NUBECULOSUM MEIGEN - GOETGHEBUER 1928A: 89; 1937-54(13c): 62; CRANSTON 1976A: 140.
c. WALKER 1856B: 170 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 402 - as syn. C. (POLYPEDILUM) NUBECULOSUM.

a. * ENTERMORPHAE
b. DICROTENDIPES - YAMAMOTO.
c. TOKUNAGA 1936C: 71 - as CHIRONOMUS (CHIRONOMUS), on basis of all life stages.
d. ASIA - Seto, Wakayama, JAPAN.
e. SASA & YAMAMOTO 1977A: 311; ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 261 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. $ ENTIS
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. SHOBANOV 1989A: 335 - as a member of the plumosus-group, on basis of larva.
d. HOLARCTIC - U.S.S.R.; NORTH AMERICA.
e. SHOBANOV 1989B: 341 - larval morphology (possibly an English version of the original description).  KERKIS, KIKNADZE, FILIPPOVA & GUNDERINA 1989: 103; KERKIS, KIKNADZE & ISTOMINA 1989: 713; DYOMIN & SCHOBANOV 1990: 1046 - cytology.  PROULX, MARTIN, CAREW & HARE 2013: 423 - larval morphology, cytology and barcoding; KIKNADZE, ISTOMINA, GOLYGINA & GUNDERINA 2016: 185 - cytology.

a. *1 EPHIPPIUM
b. CRICOTOPUS - HIRVENOJA 1973A: 149.
c. ZETTERSTEDT 1838A: 814.
d. EUROPE - Lapponia Umensi, Lycksele, SWEDEN.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 23 - as CRICOTOPUS.  EDWARDS 1924D: 171 - as syn. CRICOTOPUS HUMERALIS.  SAEWEDAL 1974A: 118, 120 (List of types).

a. #2 EPHIPPIUM
b.
c. EDWARDS 1922A(?) & VERRALL - as misdetermination of EPHIPPIUM ZETTERSTEDT.
d. ARCTIC (?)
e. EDWARDS 1924D: 171 - as CHIRONOMUS.

a. * EREBEUS
b. MEGACENTRON - FREEMAN 1961A: 676 (May belong in AEDOKRITUS - SAETHER 1977C: 156).
c. SKUSE 1889A: 243 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. AUSTRALIA - Woronora, N.S.W.
e. FREEMAN 1961A: 676 - designation of Lectotype.  ASHE 1983: 34 - generic position.  CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268 - as MEGACENTRON.

a. # ERIMANUS
b. Nomen Dubium in CHIRONOMINAE - CRANSTON & MARTIN 1989: 268.
c. KIEFFER 1917A: 211 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of female.
d. OCEANIA - Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, NEW GUINEA.
e.

a. $ EROSUS
b. Nomen nudum - SPAHR 1985: 22.
c. KEILBACH 1982: 352 - attributes to LOEW 1850: 30, who didn't publish name.  On basis of adult male.
d. EUROPE - fossil species.
e. EVENHUIS 1994 - as Nomen nudum.

a. # ERYTHROPTERUS
b. Nomen dubium - SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1973B: 419.
c. KIEFFER 1913E: 138 - as TENDIPES.
d. ASIA - Between Bolpore & Rampore Haut (W.BENGAL) INDIA.
e. CHAUDHURI & GUHA - as ERYTHROPTAUS, and Nomen Dubium

a. $ ESAI
b. CHIRONOMUS
c. WÜLKER 1997: 172 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of larva, pupa, adult and karyotype.
d. EUROPE - Hirvijärvi & Liikapuro, FINLAND; FENNOSCANDIA.
e.

a. $ ESAKII.
b. SYN: CRASSIFORCEPS - TOKUNAGA 1964A: 554, but may be SYN. MAGNIVALVA (MARTIN, unpubl.).
c. TOKUNAGA 1940A: 221 - as CHIONOMUS, on basis of adult male and female.
d. PACIFIC ISLANDS - Charanka, SAIPAN ISLAND, MARIANNA ISLANDS; HAWAII.
e. HARDY 1960A: 111 - Description.

a. $ ESCHERI
b. CHIRONOMUS - EVENHAUS 1994.
c. GIEBEL 1856: 252 - as CERATOPOGON.
d. EUROPE - Baltic region (Eocene/Oligocene fossil).
e.

a. * EURYNOTUS
b. METRIOCNEMUS - BRUNDIN 1956A: 132.
c. HOLMGREN 1883A: 179.
d. EUROPE - Waigatsch Is., Nowaya Zemlia, RUSSIA.
e. KIEFFER 1906C: 30 - as EURYCNEMUS.  GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 72 - as ORTHOCLADIUS (CHASMATOCLADIUS).  ASHE 1983: 16 - generic position.

a. # EXCAVATUS.
b. Uncertain - Possibly SYN. CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS FULVUS - TOWNES 1945A: 172.
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 348 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult male.
d. NEARCTIC - Long Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y., U.S.A.
e.

a. $ EXCELLENS
b. Nomen nudum - SPAHR 1985: 22.
c. KEILBACH 1982: 351 - attributes to LOEW 1850: 30, who didn't publish name.  On basis of adult female.
d. EUROPE - fossil species.
e. EVENHUIS 1994 - as Nomen nudum.

a. * EXCERPTUS (EXCERPTA)
b. PARATRISSOCLADIUS - SÆTHER 1976A: 253 (syn. PARACHAETOCLADIUS FREEMAN 1964B with PARATRISSOCLADIUS). ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 214 (Type species).
c. WALKER 1856B: 179 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. EDWARDS 1929A: 338 - as SPANIOTOMA (ORTHOCLADIUS). GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 60 - as ORTHOCLADIUS (CHAETOCLADIUS). FREEMAN 1964b: 150 - as PARACHAETOCLADIUS (type of genus) (not PARACHAETOCLADIUS WÜLKER 1959).  CRANSTON 1976A: 140; ASHE 1983: 41 (generic position) - as PARATRISSOCLADIUS.

a. $ EXCISUS
b. NOMEN DUBIUM - Possibly syn. of DECORUS, RIPARIUS or STIGMATERUS - TOWNES 1945A: 172.
c. KIEFFER 1917B: 346.
d. NEARCTIC - Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A.
e.

a. # EXIGUUS
b. Nomen nudum?
c. ZETTERSTEDT. Name may not have been published.(on basis of females?)
d. EUROPE - SCANDINAVIA.
e. SAEWEDAL 1974A: 120 (List of types).

a. $ EXIMIUS
b. SYN: This may be the valid name of the species described as SAMOENSIS by TOKUNAGA 1964A; otherwise, syn. SAMOENSIS.
c. JOHANNSEN 1946B: 193 - as CHIRONOMUS, on basis of adult males, with notes on possibly associated females.
d. OCEANIA - Piti, Inarajan & Sumay Rd., GUAM (Type in Cornell University collection).
e. TOKUNAGA 1964A: 567 - as syn. SAMOENSIS.

a. * EXPALPANS
b. SYN: ARCTOPELOPIA BARBITARSIS - EDWARDS 1929A: 293 (as PENTANEURA).  CRANSTON 1976A: 140 (generic position).
c. WALKER 1856B: 179 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e.

a. * EXQUISITUS
b. SYN: STENOCHIRONOMUS HILARIS - BORKENT 1984: 69.
c. MITCHELL 1908A: 11.
d. NEARCTIC - Cabin John, MARYLAND, U.S.A.
e. TOWNES 1945A: 91 - as syn. S. TAENIAPENNIS.

a. * EXSPATIANS
b. SYN: PSECTROCLADIUS SORDIDELLUS - EDWARDS 1929A: 334 (as SPANIOTOMA (PSECTROCLADIUS)).  CRANSTON 1976A: 140 (generic position).
c. WALKER 1856B: 182 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. EUROPE - ENGLAND.
e. ASHE & CRANSTON 1990: 219 - as syn P. SORDIDELLUS.

a. * EXTINCTA (EXTINCTUS)
b. CHIRONOMOPSIS - EVENHUIS 1994.
c. WESTWOOD (in BRODIE) 1845: 121 - as CHIRONOMUS.
d. PALEARCTIC - ENGLAND (fossil species).
e. GIEBEL 1856: 249 - attributes to BRODIE.

a. * EXTREMUS (EXTREMA)
b. SMITTIA - GOETGHEBUER 1937-54(13g): 89.
c. HOLMGREN 1896A: 40.
d. EUROPE - Storfjörden, Nordkap, Brandewijnbay, SPITZBERGEN; GREENLAND, NOVAYA SEMLYA.
e. JACOBSON 1898A: 204 - as CHIRONOMUS.  KIEFFER 1906C: 24 - as CAMPTOCLADIUS.  SUBLETTE & SUBLETTE 1965A: 162; FITTKAU, SCHLEE & REISS 1967A: 367; FITTKAU & REISS 1978A: 426 - as SMITTIA.