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Chironomus
Taxonomic Serial No.: 129254

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Tendipes
		Chaetolabis
		Limnochironomus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

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	Record Credibility Rating:	unverified
	Global Species Completeness:	unknown
	Latest Record Review:	unknown

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Diptera – mosca, mosquito, gnats, mosquitoes, true flies
	Suborder	Nematocera – long-horned flies
	Infraorder	Culicomorpha
	Family	Chironomidae – midges, moucherons
	Subfamily	Chironominae
	Tribe	Chironomini
	Genus	Chironomus
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	Species	Chironomus anonymus Williston
	Species	Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
	Species	Chironomus athalassicus Cannings, 1975
	Species	Chironomus atrella (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus atritibia Malloch, 1934
	Species	Chironomus atroviridis (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus attenuatus Walker, 1848
	Species	Chironomus bimaculus Walker, 1848
	Species	Chironomus biseta (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus borealis Curtis, 1835
	Species	Chironomus boydi
	Species	Chironomus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1926)
	Species	Chironomus brunneipennis Johannsen, 1905
	Species	Chironomus carus (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus chelonia (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus crassicaudatus Malloch, 1915
	Species	Chironomus cucini Webb, 1969
	Species	Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905
	Species	Chironomus decumbens Malloch, 1934
	Species	Chironomus edwardsi Kruseman
	Species	Chironomus equisitus
	Species	Chironomus esakii Tokunaga
	Species	Chironomus excavatus Kieffer, 1917
	Species	Chironomus excisus Kieffer, 1917
	Species	Chironomus frommeri Atchley and Martin, 1971
	Species	Chironomus halophilus Packard, 1873
	Species	Chironomus harti Malloch, 1915
	Species	Chironomus hawaiiensis Grimshaw
	Species	Chironomus hyperboreus Staeger, 1845
	Species	Chironomus jacundus Walker
	Species	Chironomus major Wulker and Bulter, 1983
	Species	Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908
	Species	Chironomus melanderi Kieffer, 1917
	Species	Chironomus nigritibia Walker, 1848
	Species	Chironomus ochreatus (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915
	Species	Chironomus pauciplumatus Hardy, 1960
	Species	Chironomus pilicornis (Fabricius, 1794)
	Species	Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Chironomus prior Butler, 1982
	Species	Chironomus pungens (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus redeuns Walker
	Species	Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804
	Species	Chironomus salinarius Kieffer, 1915
	Species	Chironomus samoensis Edwards, 1928
	Species	Chironomus sanctipaula Sublette, 1966
	Species	Chironomus staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
	Species	Chironomus stigmaterus Say, 1823
	Species	Chironomus stylifera Johannsen
	Species	Chironomus subtendens Townes
	Species	Chironomus tamapullus (Sasa, 1981)
	Species	Chironomus tardus Butler, 1982
	Species	Chironomus tentans Fabricius, 1805
	Species	Chironomus trichomerus Walker, 1848
	Species	Chironomus tuberculatus (Townes, 1945)
	Species	Chironomus tuxis Curran, 1930
	Species	Chironomus utahensis Malloch, 1915
	Species	Chironomus viridulus Linnaeus
	Species	Chironomus vockerothi Rasmussen, 1984
	Species	Chironomus whitseli Sublette and Sublette, 1974
	Species	Chironomus yoshimatsui Martin and Sublette, 1972

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	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Chironomus

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