CHECKLIST OF CHIRONOMIDAE (DIPTERA) OF THE ROMANIA

By

Victoria Tatole,

National Museum of Natural History "Grigore Antipa", Sos. Kiseleff, 1, R-79744 Bucharest, 2, Romania



The first chironomid checklist of the Romania was published by Dr. Paula Albu, in 1966 and another one was published in 1985, by Dr. Victoria Cure.

The present checklist is based on literature citations and material examined by the author. This chironomid checklist contains: 6 subfamilies, 12 tribes, 122 genera and 403 species. The taxa are listed in presumed phylogenetic order; genera and species are listed in alphabetic order.

If you have comments with respect to this checklist, please feel free to contact us by email - tatolev@antipa.ro.

Key:

Subafamily Tanypodinae : 38 species;

Subfamily Diamesinae : 18 species;

Subfamily Telmatogetoninae : 1 species;

Subfamily Prodiamesinae : 4 species;

Subfamily Orthocladiinae : 176 species;

Subfamily Chironominae : 166 species.
 
 


Subfamily Tanypodinae

Tribe Coelotanypodini

Genus ClinotanypusKieffer, 1913

nervosus (Meigen, 1818)

Coelatanypodini romanica Cure, 1972 #

Tribe Tanypodini

Genus Tanypus Meigen, 1803

kraatzi (Kieffer, 1912)

punctipennis Meigen, 1818

vilipennis(Kieffer, 1918)

Tribe Procladiini

Genus Procladius Skuse, 1889

Subgenus Holotanypus Roback, 1982

choreus (Meigen, 1804)

culiciformes (L. 1767)

ferrugineus (Kieffer, 1918)

olteziiCure 1971 #

Tribe Anatopyniini

Genus Anatopynia Johannsen, 1905

plumipes(Fries, 1823)

Tribe Macropelopiini

Genus Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 1962

trifascipennis(Zetterstedt, 1838)

Genus Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916

nebulosa (Meigen) 1804

Genus Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 1909

Subgenus Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 1909

varius (Fabricius, 1787)

Tribe Natarsiini

Genus Natarsia Fittkau, 1962

punctata (Meigen, 1804)

Tribe Pentaneurini

Genus Ablabesmyia Johansen, 1905

longistyla Fittkau, 1962

monilis (L, 1758)

monilis (L) var. trinigrospinosaCure 1972 #

pectinataBotnariuc and Cândea-Cure 1953 #

phatta (Egger, 1863)

Genus Concchapelopia Fittkau, 1957

pallidula (Meigen, 1818)

viator (Kieffer, 1913)

Genus Guttipelopia Fittkau,1962

guttipennis (Van der Wulp, 1861)

Genus Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962

binotata (Wiedemann, 1817)

Genus Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962

longipalpis (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus LarsiaFittkau, 1962

curticalcar (Kieffer, 1918)

Genus Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962

tenuicalcar (Kieffer, 1918)

Genus Nilotanypus Kieffer, 1923

dubius (Meigen, 1804)

Genus Paramerina Fittkau, 1962

cingulata (Walker, 1856)

Genus Rheopelopia Fittkau, 1962

maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

ornata (Meigen, 1838)

Genus Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 1957

laeta (Meigen, 1818)

geijeskesi (Goetghebuer, 1934)

lentiginosa (Fries, 1823)

Genus Trissopelopia Kieffer, 1923

flavida Kieffer, 1923

Genus Xenopelopia Fittkau, 1962

falcigera (Kieffer, 1911)

Genus Zavrelimyia Fittkau,1962

hirtimana (Kieffer, 1918)

melanura (Meigen, 1804)

Pentaneurini schineri Strobl, 1880

Subfamily Diamesinae

Tribe Boreoheptaghyiini

Genus Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966

legeri (Goetghebuer, 1933)

rugosa Saunders, 1930

Tribe Diamesini

Genus Diamesa Meigen, 1835

bohemani Goetghebuer, 1932

carpatica Botnariuc and Cure, 1956 #

heterodentata Botnariuc and Cure, 1954 #

inaequabilis Pancratova, 1950*

insignipes Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1908

latitarsis (Goetghebuer, 1921)

pseudostylata Tshernovskii, 1949*

steinboecki Goetghebuer, 1933

stylata Tshernovskii, 1949*

tonsa (Walker, 1856)

valkanovi Saether, 1968

Genus Potthastia Kieffer, 1922

gaeldi (Meigen, 1838)

longimana (Kieffer, 1922)

Genus Pseudodiamesa Goetghebuer, 1939

branickii (Nowicki, 1873)

nivosa Goetghebuer, 1928

Genus Sympotthastia Pagast, 1947

zavreli Pagast, 1947

Subfamily Telmatogetoninae

Genus Thalassomya Schiner, 1856

frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856

Subfamily Prodiamesinae

Genus Monodiamesa Kieffer, 1922

bathyphila (Kieffer, 1918)

Genus Odontomesa Pagast, 1947

fulva (Kieffer, 1919)

Genus Prodiamesa Kieffer, 1906

olivacea (Meigen, 1818)

rufovittata Goetghebuer, 1932

Subfamamily Orthocladiinae

Genus Acricotopus Kieffer, 1921

lucens (Zetterstedt, 1850)

Genus Brillia Kieffer, 1913

immaculata Botnariuc and Cure, 1956#

longifurca Kieffer, 1921

modesta (Meigen, 1830)

pallida Tshernovskii, 1949*

Genus Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934

Subgenus Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934

flexidens (Brundin, 1947)

ictericus (Meigen, 1830)

illimbatus Edwards, 1929

inconstans (Brundin, 1947)

nidorum (Edwards, 1929)

scanicus Brundin, 1947

subvernalis (Edwards, 1929)

tuberculatus (Edwards, 1929)

Subgenus Odontocladius ! Albu, 1974,

!Remarks: invalidated by proceeding from ICZN 13 (b) (P. Ashe and P.S.Cranston 1990: Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 2:161). It is revalidated by V. Tatole, 1993, therefore Bryophaenocladius nigrus Albu,1974 is type of subgenus Odonthocladius Albu, 1974.

nigrus Albu, 1974

pectinatus Albu, 1974

Genus Camptocladius Van der Wulp, 1874

stercorarius (De Geer, 1776)

Genus Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1912

leoni Goetghebuer, 1932

Genus Chaetocladius Kieffer, 1911

acuticornis (Kieffer in Potthast, 1915)

dissipatus (Edwards, 1929)

gelidus Brundin, 1956

gracilis Brundin, 1956

laminatus Brundin, 1947

perennis (Meigen, 1818)

piger (Goetghebuer, 1913)

sueccicus (Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916)

vitellinus (Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1908)

Genus Clunio Haliday, 1855

marinus Haliday, 1855

Genus Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846

celeripes Winnertz, 1852

celtica Edwards, 1924

coronata Edwards, 1924

edwardsi Brundin, 1949

lobata Edwards, 1924

scutellata Winnertz, 1846

Genus Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874

Subgenus Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874

albiforceps (Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916)

algarum (Kieffer, 1911)

annulator Goetghebuer, 1927

bicinctus (Meigen, 1818)

caducus Hirvenoja, 1973

curtus Hirvenoja, 1973

festivellus (Kieffer, 1906)

flavocinctus (Kieffer, 1924)

fuscus (Kieffer, 1909)

latidentatus Tschernovskii, 1949*

septentrionalis Hirvenoja, 1973

similis Goetghebuer, 1921

tibialis (Meigen, 1804)

tremulus (L., 1758)

triannulatus Macquart, 1826

trifascia Edwards, 1929

vierriensis Goetghebuer, 1935

Subgenus Isocladius Kieffer, 1909

dobrogicus Albu, 1964

laetus Hirvenoja, 1973

ornatus (Meigen, 1818)

pilicauda Hirvenoja, 1973

pilitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1850)

reversus Hirvenoja, 1973

sylvestris (Fabricius, 1794)

trifasciatus (Meigen in Panzer, 1813)

Genus Diplocladius Kieffer, 1908

cultriger Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1908

Genus Epoicocladius Sulc and Zavrel, 1924

flavens (Malloch, 1915)

Genus Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926

atrofasciata Goetghebuer, 1934*

brevicalcar (Kieffer, 1911)

claripennis (Lundbeck,1898)

clypeata (Kieffer, 1923)

coerulescens Kieffer, 1926

devonica Edwards, 1929

ditmari Lehman, 1972

dzintari Pankratova, 1959*

gracei (Edwards, 1929)

lobifera Goeghebuer, 1934

longipes Tshernovskii, 1949*

minor (Edwards, 1929)

pseudomontana Goetghebuer, 1935

quadridentata Tshernovskii, 1949*

rectangularis (Goetghebuer, 1940)

similis Goetghebuer, 1939

tshernovskii Pankratova, 1970*

Genus Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941

retezati (Albu, 1972) comb.nov. Tatole, 1999

Genus Halocladius Hirvenoja, 1973

vitripennis (Meigen, 1818)

Genus Helleniella Goun, 1943

extrema Albu, 1972

ornaticolis (Edwards, 1929)

Genus Heterotanytarsus Spärck, 1923

apicalis (Kieffer,1921)

Genus Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 1923

marcidus (Walker, 1856)

Genus Krenosmittia Thienemann et Krüger, 1939

boreoalpina (Goetghebuer, 1944)

camptophleps (Edwards, 1929)

Genus Limnophyes Eaton, 1875

eltoni (Edwards, 1921)

gurgicola (Edwards, 1929)

karelicus (Tshernovskii, 1949)*

interruptus Goetghebuer, 1938

jemtlandicus Brundin, 1947

minimus (Meigen, 1818)

prolongatus (Kieffer in Thienemann, 1921

pseudoprolongatus Botnariuc and Candea-Cure, 1954 #

pumilio (Holmgren, 1869)

scalpellatus Brundin, 1947

transcaucasicus Tshernovskii, 1949*

Genus Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956

flexuella (Edwards, 1929)

Genus Metriocnemus van der Wulp,1874

atratulus (Zetterstdt, 1850)

fuscipes (Meigen, 1818)

hygropetricus Kieffer, 1912

picipes Meigen, 1818

scirpi (Kieffer, 1899)*

tristellus Edwards, 1929

Genus Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913

balticus (Palmen, 1959)

bicolor (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Genus Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874

Subgenus Eudactylocladius Thienemann, 1935

mixtus (Holmgren, 1869)

olivaceus Kieffer, 1911

rivicola Kieffer, 1921

rivulorum Kieffer, 1909

saxosus (Tokunaga, 1939)

thienemanni Kieffer, 1906

Subgenus Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874

frigidus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

oblidens (Walker, 1856)

obumbratus Johannsen, 1905

saxicola Kieffer, 1911

Genus Paracladius Hirvenoja, 1973

alpicola (Zetterstedt, 1840)

conversus (Walker, 1856)

P. sp Hirvenoja, 1973, (syn. Paratrichocladius triquetra Pankratova, 1970)*

Genus Paracricotopus Thiennemann et Harnisch, 1932

niger (Kieffer, 1913)

uliginosus (Brundin, 1947)

Genus Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936

bathophila (Kieffer, 1912)

Genus Parametriocnemus Goetghebuer, 1932

stylatus (Kieffer, 1924)

Genus Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 1924

impensus (Walker, 1856)

irritus (Walker, 1856)

pseudoirritus Strenzke, 1950

Genus Paratrichocladius Santos-Abreu, 1918

rufiventris (Meigen, 1830)

skirwithensis (Edwards, 1929)

Genus Paratrissocladius Zavrel, 1937

excerptus (Walker, 1856)

Genus Parorthocladius Thienemann, 1935

nudipennis (Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1908)

Genus Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923

danubialis Botnariuc and Albu, 1956

Genus Prosmittia Brundin, 1956

jemtlandica (Brundin, 1947)

Genus Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1908

Subgenus Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906

barbimanus (Edwards, 1929)

bisetus Gortghebuer, 1942

octomaculatus Wülker, 1956

psilopterus (Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1906)

simulans (Johannsen, 1937)

sordidelus (Zetterstedt, 1840)

Genus Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1932

curtistylus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus Pseudosmittia Goetghebuer, 1932

danconai (Marcuzzi, 1947)

gracilis (Goetghebuer, 1913)

hamata (Freeman, 1956)

holsata Thienemann et Strenzke, 1940

mathildae Albu, 1968

recta (Edwards, 1922)

terrestris (Goetghebuer, 1941)

trilobata (Edwards, 1929)

Genus Rheocricotopus Thienemann et Harnisch, 1932

barbatus (Cindea, 1954) #

atripes (Kieffer, 1913)

chalybeatus (Edwards, 1929)

effusus (Walker, 1856)

fuscipes (Kieffer, 1909)

Genus Rheosmittia Brundin, 1956

languida (Brundin, 1956)

spinicornis (Brundin, 1956)

Genus Smittia Holmgren, 1869

antelobata Albu,1970

aterrima (Meigen, 1818)

betuletorum Edwards in Thienemann, 1941

contingens (Walker, 1956)

sedula Konstantinov, 1952*

superata Goetghebuer, 1939

vesparum Goetghebuer, 1921

Genus Symbiocladius Kieffer, 1925

rhithrogene (Zavrel in Sulc and Zavrel, 1924)

Genus Symposiocladius Cranston, 1982

lignicola (Kieffer in Potthast, 1915)

Genus Synorthocladius Thienemann, 1935

semivirens (Kieffer, 1909)

Genus Thalassosmittia Strenzke et Remmert, 1957

thalassophila (Bequaert et Goetghebuer, 1913)

Genus Thienemannia Kieffer, 1909

gracilis Kieffer, 1909

Genus Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1911

acuticornis (Kieffer, 1912)

clavicornis (Kieffer, 1911)

flaviforceps Kieffer, 1925*

longicornis Kieffer, 1921

vittata (Edwards, 1924)

Genus Trissocladius Kieffer, 1908

brevipalpis Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1908

Genus Tvetenia Kieffer, 1922

bavarica (Goetghebuer, 1934)

calvescens (Edwards, 1929)

duodenaria Kieffer, 1922

verralli (Edwards, 1929)

Zalutschia Lipina, 1939

mucronata (Brundin, 1949)

Subfamily Chironominae

Tribe Chironomini

Genus Baeotendipes Kieffer, 1913

noctivaga (Kieffer, 1911)

Genus Beckidia Saether, 1979

zabolotzskyi (Goetghebuer, 1938)

Genus Chernovskiia Saether, 1977

orbicus Townes, 1945

Genus Chironomus Meigen, 1803

Subgenus Camptochironomus Kieffer, 1918

pallidivittatus (Malloch, 1915)

Subgenus Chironomus Meigen, 1803

annularius De Geer, 1776 in Meigen, 1818

anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860

aprilinus Meigen, 1830

cingulatus Meigen, 1830

dorsalis (syn. alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934)

plumosus (L., 1758)

riparius Meigen, 1804

salinarius Kieffer in Thienemann, 1915

Genus Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921

armeniaca (Chernovskij, 1949)*

fridmanae (Chernovskij, 1949)*

edwardsi (Kruseman, 1933)

lateralis (Goetghebuer, 1934)

virescens (Meigen, 1818)

viridula (L., 1767)

Genus Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918

albofasciatus (Staeger, 1839)

defectus (Kieffer, 1913)

psammophila Botnariuc et Cure, 1956 #

rostratus Kieffer, 1921

Genus Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941

usmaensis (Pagast, 1931)

Genus Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933

rufipes (L., 1761)

Genus Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941

vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Genus Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913

dubia (Cure, 1973) #

fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922

nervosus (Staeger, 1839)

tritomus (Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916)

Genus Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924

carbonaria (Meigen, 1804)

dissidens (Walker, 1856)

palaearctica Ashe, 1990

pagana (Meigen, 1838)

Genus Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918

dispar (Meigen, 1830)

impar (Walker, 1856)

signaticornis (Kieffer, 1913)

tendens (Fabricius, 1775)

Genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913

barbipes (Staeger, 1839)

caulicola (Kieffer, 1924)

glaucus (Meigen, 1818)

gripekoveni (Kieffer, 1913)

pallens (Meigen, 1804)

viridis (Macquart, 1834)

Genus Harnischia Kieffer, 1921

angularis Albu et Botnariuc, 1966

burganadzeae (Chernovskij, 1949)*

curtilamellata (Malloch, 1915)

fuscimana Kieffer,1921

GenusKiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1922

tendipediformis (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus Kloosia Kruseman, 1933

pusilla (L., 1767)

Genus Lauterborniella Thienemann et Bause, 1913

agrayloides (Kieffer, 1911)

Genus Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918

derbiae (Freeman,1957)

tener (Kieffer, 1918)

Genus Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915

chloris (Meigen, 1818)

pedellus (De Geer, 1776)

tarsalis (Walker, 1856)

Genus Parachironomus Lenz, 1921

arcuatus (Goetghebuer, 1919)

bidentatus (Chernovskij, 1949)*

cinctellus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

frequens (Johanson, 1905)

monochrmus (van der Wulp, 1874)

pararostratus (Harnisch, 1923)*

parilis (Walker, 1856)

vitiosus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923

camptolabis (Kieffer, 1913)

mikiana (Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Lenz, 1937)

laminata (Kieffer, 1921)

rolli (Chernovskij, 1949)*

Genus Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941

nigrohalteralis (Malloch, 1915)

Genus Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911

albimanus (Meigen, 1818)

intermedius (Chernovskij, 1949)*

nubilus (Meigen, 1830)

nudisquama (Edwards, 1929)

sinelobus Albu, 1980

Genus Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921

flavipes (Meigen, 1818)

punctipes (Wiedermann, 1817)

Genus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912

Subgenus Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913

exectum Kieffer, 1922

sordens (van der Wulp, 1874)

tritum (Walker, 1856)

macrophthalma (Chernovskij, 1949)*

Subgenus Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912

albicorne (Meigen, 1838)

amoenum Goetghebuer, 1930

apfelbecki (Strobl, 1900)

convictum (Walker, 1856)

cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931

intermedium Albu et Botnariuc, 1966

laetum (Meigen, 1818)

nubeculosum (Meigen, 1804)

nubifer (Skuse, 1889)

pedestre (Meigen, 1830)

Subgenus Tripodura Townes, 1945

acifer Townes, 1945

aegyptium Kieffer, 1925

bicrenatum Kieffer, 1921

elongatum Albu, 1980

pulchrum Albu, 1980

pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838)

scalaenum (Schrank, 1803)

Genus Robackia Saether, 1977

demeijerei (Kruseman, 1933)

Genus Sergentia Kieffer, 1922

Subgenus Sergentia Kieffer, 1922

coracina (zettersted, 1850)

longiventris Kieffer, 1924

Genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919

arcudae Botnariuc et Cure, 1956 #

gibbus (Fabricius, 1794)

hibernicus (Edwards, 1929)

Genus Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919

maculipennis (Meigen, 1818)

sticticus (Fabricius, 1781)

Genus Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921

xenolabis Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916

Genus Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920

marmorata (van der Wulp, 1858)

Tendipedini halophila Botnariuc et Cindea-Cure, 1954 #

Tendipedini monoculata Botnariuc et Cindea-Cure, 1954 #

Tribe Pseudochironomini

Genus Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915

prasinatus (Staeger, 1839)

Tribe Tanytarsini

Genus Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1921

atriodorsum Kieffer, 1924

difficilis Brundin, 1947

mancus (Walker, 1856)

wanderwulpi (Edwards,1929)

wexionensis Brundin, 1947

Genus Krenopsectra Reiss, 1969

falax Reiss, 1969

Genus Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909

apposita (Walker, 1856)

atrofasciata (Kieffer, 1911)

bidentata (Goetghebuer, 1921)

attenuata Reiss, 1969

contracta Reiss, 1965

curvicornis (Chernovskij, 1949)*

fusca (Meigen, 1804)

lindrothi Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Lindroth, 1931

lobatifrons Botnariuc et Cure, 1956 #

junci (Meigen, 18180)

radialis Goetghebuer, 1939

recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928

Genus Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, 1941

fudensis Fittkau, 1954

longappendiculata Albu, 1980

luteola Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Thienemann, 1940

Genus Parapsectra Reiss, 1969

nana (Meigen, 1818)

Genus Paratanytarsus Thienemann et Bause, 1913

austriacus (Kieffer in Albrecht, 1924)

bituberculatus (Edwards, 1929)

inopertus (Walker, 1856)

intricatus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

laetipes (Zetterstedt, 1850)

lauterborni (Kieffer, 1909)

penicillatus (Goetghebuer, 1928)

tenellulus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus Rhetanytarsus Thienemann et Bause, 1913

curtistylus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

muscicola Thienemann, 1929

nigricauda Fittkau, 1960

photophilus (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus Stempellina Thienemann et Bause, 1913

almi Brundin, 1947

bausei (Kieffer, 1911)

Genus Stempellinella Brundin, 1947

brevis (Edwards, 1929)

saltum (Goetghebuer, 1921)

Genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874

bathophilus Kieffer, 1911

brundini Lindberg, 1967

curticornis Kieffer, 1911

eminulus (Walker, 1856)

excavatus Edwards, 1929

fimbriatus Reiss et Fittkau, 1971

glabrescens Edwards, 1929

gregaruis Kieffer, 1909

heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923

lactescens Edwards, 1929

mendax Kieffer, 1925

occultus Brundin, 1949

palettaris Verneaux, 1969

quadridentatus Brundin, 1947

sinuatus Goetghebuer in Thienemann, 1936

sylvaticus (van der Wulp, 1858)

usmaensis Pagast, 1931

Genus Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 1982

arduennensis (Goetghebuer, 1922)

triangularis (Goetghebuer,1928)




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