Chironomidae, Subfamily Chironominae

Apedilum Townes, 1945

Apedilum elachistus Townes, 1945 - OH, widespread
Apedilum subcinctum Townes, 1945 - ONT-CA, NM-FL

Acalcarella Shilova, 1955

Acalcarella unidentified species - larvae collected from from unspecified location in Lake Superior (Stroom et al. 2003)

Axarus Roback, 1980

Axarus festivus (Say), 1823 Chironomus - UMMZ-Insect Division
  • Chironomus lineatus Say, 1823
  • Chironomus lineola Say, 1823, emend. Wiedemann, 1828
  • Chironomus lasiomerus Walker, 1848
Axarus scopula (Townes), 1945 Xenochironomus - Townes 1945
Axarus taenionotus (Say), 1823 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990

Beckidia Sæther, 1979

Beckidia tethys (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - ON, widespread north, rockies

Chernovskiia Sæther, 1977

Chernovskiia amphitrite (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - widespread
Chernovskiia orbicus (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - widespread

Chironomus Meigen, 1803

Chironomus (Chironomus) anthracinus Zettersted, 1860 - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus rempelii Zetterstedt, 1860
  • Chironomus hyperboreus authors, not Staeger
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - UMMZ-Insect Division 
Chironomus (Chironomus) atritibia Malloch, 1934 - ON, widepsread north
Chironomus (Chaetolabis) atroviridis (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - Townes 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) attenuatus Walker, 1848 - UMMZ-Insect Division, Cook Museum - MSU
  • Chironomus lasiopus Walker, 1848
  • Chironomus reduens Walker, 1856
  • Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905
  • Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908
  • Chironomus similis Johannsen, 1905
  • Chironomus coyugae Johannsen in Tilbury, 1913
  • Chironomus distinguendus Kieffer, 1917
  • Chironomus bifimbriatus Kieffer, 1922
Chironomus (Chironomus) crassicaudatus Malloch, 1915 - Townes 1945
Chironomus(Chironomus) cucini Webb, 1969 - IN, ON (Oliver et al. 1990), WI (Butler 1987)
Chironomus (Chironomus) decorus Johannsen, 1905 - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus similis Johannsen, 1905
  • Chironomus coyugae Johannsen in Tilbury, 1913
  • Chironomus distinguendus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Chironomus) entis Shobanov, 1989 - MN, WI, widespread (sibling species of C. plumosus (L.), cytologically determined
Chironomus (unplaced) harti Malloch, 1915 - IL
Chironomus (Chironomus) hyperboreus Staeger, 1845 - UMMZ-Insect Division
Chironomus (Chironomus) maturus Johannsen, 1908 - IN, widespread
Chironomus (Chaetolabis) ochreatus (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - Townes 1945
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) pallidivittatus (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus tentans var. pallidivittatus - IL, northwest
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus (Linneaus), 1758 Tipula - Townes 1945
  • Tipula annularis De Geer, 1776
  • Chironomus cristatus Fabricius, 1805
  • Chironomus ferrugineovittatus Zetterstedt, 1850
  • Chironomus imperator Walley, 1926
Chironomus (Chironomus) prasinus Meigen, 1804 - IN, MN
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804 - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus albistria Walker, 1848
  • Chironomus serus Malloch, 1915
  • Chironomus militaris Johannsen, 1937
Chironomus (Chironomus) staegeri Lundbeck, 1898 - Townes 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) stigmaterus Say, 1823 - widespread
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805 - UMMZ-Insect Division
Chironomus (Chironomus) tuxis Curran, 1930 - IL, MN, ON, widespread

Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921

Cladopelma amachaerum (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - IL, MN, OH, ON
Cladopelma collator (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - MN, OH, ON
Cladopelma edwardsi (Kruseman), 1933 Tendipes - OH, ON, widespread
Cladopelma galeator (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - OH, widespread
Cladopelma viridulum (Linnaeus), 1767 Tipula - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)

Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918

Cryptochironomus blarina Townes, 1945 - AB-ONT, MN-NY, s. to FL, OH
Cryptochironomus conus Mason, 1986 - SK-ONT, OH
Cryptochironomus digitatus (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Cryptochironomus fulvus (Johannsen, 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945, UMMZ-Insect Division
  • Chironomus mallochi Kieffer, 1919
  • Chironomus parvilamellatus Malloch, 1915
Cryptochironomus ponderosus (Sublette), 1964 Chironomus - SK-OH, s. to SC
Cryptochironomus psittacinus (Meigen), 1830 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus stylifera Johannsen, 1908
  • Chironomus obtusilobus Malloch, 1923
  • Chironomus farinalis Walley, 1926
Cryptochironomus scimitarus Townes, 1945 - Townes 1945
Cryptochironomus sorex Townes, 1945 - Oliver et al. 1990

Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941

Cryptotendipes casuarius (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - ON, widespread
Cryptotendipes darbyi (Sublette), 1960 Tendipes - OH, widespread
Cryptotendipes emorsus (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - OH, widespread eastern NA
Cryptotendipes pseudotener Goetghebuer, 1922 - Oliver et al. 1990

Cyphomella Sæther, 1977

Cyphomella grisea (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990

Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933

Demeijerea atrimana (Coquillett), 1902 Chironomus - (record at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Demeijerea brachialis (Coquillett), 1901 Chironomus - (record at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Demeijerea obreptus (Townes), 1901 Glyptochironomus - UMMZ-Insect Division

Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941

Demicryptochironomus (Irmakia) cuneatus (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Demicryptochironomus (Irmakia) fastigatus (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - Oliver et al. 1990

Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913

Dicrotendipes botaurus (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - Townes 1945
Dicrotendipes fumidus (Johannsen), 1906 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus incognitus Malloch, 1915
Dicrotendipes leucoscelis (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - Townes 1945
Dicrotendipes lobiger (Kieffer), 1921 Limnochironomus - Townes 1945
Dicrotendipes lucifer (Johannsen), 1907 Chironomus - OH, widespread
  • Chironomus indistinctus Malloch, 1915
Dicrotendipes milleri (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - Townes 1945
Dicrotendipes modestus (Say), 1823 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Dicrotendipes neomodestus (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus tenellus authors, not Zetterstedt
Dicrotendipes nervosus (Staeger), 1839 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus brevitibialis Zetterstedt, 1850
Dicrotendipes tritomus (Kieffer, in Thienemann & Kieffer), 1916 Chironomus - AK-NH, s. to LA-FL, OH
  • Chironomus incurvus Sublette, 1946

Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924

Einfeldia brunneipennis (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Einfeldia chelonia (Townes), 1945 Tendipes - OH, widespread east USA
Einfeldia natchitocheae (author) - OH
Einfeldia pagana (Meigen), 1838 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990

Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918

Endochironomus nigricans (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945, Grodhaus 1987
Endochironomus subtendens (Townes), 1945 Tanytarsus - Townes 1945

Gillotia Kieffer, 1921

Gillotia alboviridis (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - IL, OH (maybe extreme s. LP)

Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913

Glyptotendipes amplus Townes, 1945 - widespread north
Glyptotendipes barbipes (Staeger), 1839 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Glyptotendipes dreisbachi Townes 1945 - Townes 1945
Glyptotendipes lobiferus (Say), 1823 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus ithacanensis Johannsen, 1908
  • Glyptotendipes americanus Kieffer, 1917
Glyptotendipes meridionalis Dendy & Sublette, 1959 - OH, widespread
Glyptotendipes paripes (Edwards), 1929 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Glyptotendipes. senilis (Johannsen), 1937 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Glyptotendipes unacus Townes 1945 - widespread north

Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965

Goeldichironomus holoprasinus (Goeldi), 1905 Chironomus - OH, widespread
  • Chironomus fulvipilus Rempel, 1939

Harnischia Kieffer, 1921

Harnischia cutilamellata (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - Malloch 1915

Hyporhygma Reiss, 1982

Hyporhygma quadripunctatum (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - (record at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)

Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1922

Kiefferulus (Kiefferulus) dux (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945, UMMZ-Insect Division

Kloosia Kruseman, 1933

Kloosia unidentified species - larvae collected from from unspecified location in Lake Superior (Stroom et al. 2003)

Lauterborniella Thienemann and Bause, 1913

Lauterborniella agrayloides (Kieffer), 1911 Tanytarsus - widespread

Lipiniella Shilova, 1961

Lipiniella unidentified species - larvae collected from from unspecified location in Lake Superior (Stroom et al. 2003)

Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918

Microchironomus nigrovittatus (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - IL, widespread

Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915

Microtendipes caducus Townes, 1945 - Townes 1945
Microtendipes caelum Townes, 1945 - OH, ON, northeast
Microtendipes pedellus (De Geer), 1776 Tipula - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus fascipes Coquillett, 1908
  • Chironomus deflexa Walley, 1926

Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921

Nilothauma babiyi (Rempel), 1937 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Nilothauma bicorne (Townes), 1945 Kribioxenus - (record at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)

Omisus Townes, 1945

Omisus pica Townes, 1945 - widespread

Pagastiella Brundin, 1949

Pagastiella ostansa (Webb), 1969 Paralauterborniella - ON, widespread

Parachironomus Lenz, 1921

Parachironomus abortivus (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - IL, ON, widespread
Parachironomus carinatus (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - OH, widespread
Parachironomus forceps (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - Townes 1945
Parachironomus frequens (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Parachironomus hazelriggi Spies, 2000 - OH, widespread, principally south
Parachironomus hirtalatus (Beck & Beck), 1964 Chironomus - IL, east
Parachironomus monochromus (Wulp), 1874 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990
Parachironomus pectinatellae (Dendy & Sublette), 1959 Tendipes - IL, east
Parachironomus potamogeti (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Parachironomus varus (Goetghebuer), 1921 Chironomus - widespread north

Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923

Paracladopelma galaptera (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - Townes, 1945
Paracladopelma loganae Beck & Beck, 1969 - KS-OH, s. to MS-FL
Paracladopelma nais (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - Townes 1945
Paracladopelma nereis (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - Townes 1945
Paracladopelma undine (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Paracladopelma rolli (Chernovskij), 1949 Cryptochironomus - (Winnell and White 1985)
Paracladopelma winnelli Jackson, 1977 - Jackson, 1977

Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941

Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - Townes 1945

Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911

Paratendipes albimanus (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Paratendipes basidens Townes, 1945 - widespread
Paratendipes duplicatus (Johannsen), 1937 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Paratendipes nitidulus (Coquillett), 1901 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990
Paratendipes subaequalis (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - OH, widespread

Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921

Phaenopsectra dyari (Townes), 1945 Tanytarsus - OH, widespread
Phaenopsectra flavipes (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Phaenopsectra obediens (Johannsen), 1905 Tanytarsus - (records at UMMZ-Insect Division and Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Phaenopsectra punctipes (Wiedemann), 1817 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)

Polypedilum Kieffer, 1913

Polypedilum (Tripodura) acifer Townes, 1945 - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorne (Meigen), 1838 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
  • Polypedilum nigritum Townes, 1945
Polypedilum (Tripodura) albinodus Townes, 1945 - IL, OH, ON, widespread
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) angustum Townes 1945 - MN, OH, ON, widespread
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) artifer (Curran), 1930 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) atrichon Maschwitz 2000 (in Maschwitz and Cook 2000) - MN, ON
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) aviceps Townes, 1945 - OH, ON, widespread
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bergi Maschwitz 2000 (in Maschwitz and Cook 2000) - Maschwitz and Cook, 2000
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) braseniae (Leathers), 1922 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan; Otsego Co., Perch Lake - EB pers. obs.)
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) calopterum (Mitchell), 1908 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Polypedilum walleyi Townes, 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) cinctum Townes, 1945 - widespread middle latitudes
Polypedilum (Tripodura) convictum (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - (record at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Polypedilum (Tripodura) digitifer Townes, 1945 - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) fallax (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) flavum (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus flaviventris Johannsen, 1907
  • Polypedilum obtusum Townes, 1945
Polypedilum (Tripodura) gomphus Townes, 1945 - ON, widespread
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseopunctatum (author?) - OH
Polypedilum (Tripodura) halterale (Coquillett), 1901 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus griseopunctatus Malloch, 1915
  • Polypedilum digitifer Townes, 1945
  • Polypedilum simulans Townes, 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) illinoense (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laetum (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - widespread
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum (Meigen), 1904 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nymphaeorum Maschwitz 2000 (in Maschwitz and Cook 2000) - Maschwitz and Cook 2000
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) obtusum Townes, 1945 - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) ontario (Walley), 1926 Chironomus - OH, ON, widespread
  • Chironomus hirtipes Mitchell, 1908
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) ophioides Townes, 1945 - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedatum Townes, 1945 - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre (Meigen), 1830 Chironomus - widespread
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum (Schrank), 1803 Tipula - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus needhamii Johannsen, 1908
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens (Johannsen), 1905 Tanytarsus - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) tritum (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - OH, widespread
  • Polypedilum albulum Townes, 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) trigonus Townes, 1945 - Townes 1945
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tuberculum Maschwitz 2000 (in Maschwitz and Cook 2000) - MN, WI
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) vibex Townes, 1945 - ON, widespread

Robackia Sæther, 1977

Robackia claviger (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - IN, widespread
Robackia demeijerei (Kruseman), 1933 Tendipes - (Winnell and White 1985)
Robackia pilicauda Sæther, 1977 - Oliver & Dillon, 1994

Saetheria Jackson, 1977

Saetheria tylus (Townes), 1945 Harnischia - (Winnell and White 1985)

Sergentia Kieffer, 1922

Sergentia coracina (Zetterstedt), 1850 Chironomus - IN, MN, OH, ON, WI (widepsread north)

Stelechomyia Reiss, 1982

[larvae live on submersed wood]
Stelechomyia perpulchra (Mitchell), 1908 Chironomus - UMMZ-Insect Division

Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919

[larvae are wood miners, pupae found in the longitudinal chambers made by larvae]
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) hilaris (Walker), 1848 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus taeniapennis Coquillett, 1901
  • Chironomus nephopterus Mitchell, 1908
  • Chironomus exquistus Mitchell, 1908
  • Chironomus zonopterus Mitchell, 1908
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) macateei (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - OH, widespread
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) poecilopterus (Mitchell), 1908 Chironomus- (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) pulchripennis (Coquillett), 1902 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990

Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919

Stictochironomus annulicrus (Townes), 1945 Tanytarsus - OH, ON, widespread
Stictochironomus devinctus (Say), 1829 Chironomus - Townes 1945
  • Chironomus compes Coquillett, 1908
  • Chironomus ornatipes Kieffer, 1917
Stictochironomus marmoreus (Townes), 1945 Tanytarsus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Stictochironomus palliatus (Coquillett), 1902 Chironomus - WI, widespread e. 1/2 temperate NA
Stictochironomus varius (Townes), 1945 Tanytarsus - Townes 1945

Tribelos Townes, 1945

Tribelos atrum (Townes), 1945 Tanytarsus - Grodhaus 1987
Tribelos fuscicorne (Walker), 1848 Tanytarsus - Townes 1945
Tribelos jucundus (Walker), 1848 Tanytarsus - UMMZ-Insect Division
  • Chironomus dimorphus Malloch, 1915
  • Chironomus fusciventris Malloch, 1915
  • Tanytarsus protextus Townes, 1945

Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921

Xenochironomus xenolabis (Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer), 1916 Chironomus - OH, ON, widespread [note: I have collected larvae from freshwater sponges from the Huron River in Washtenaw, and a definitive identification is pending]

Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920

Zavreliella varipennis (Coquillett), 1902 Chironomus - Oliver et al. 1990

Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915

Pseudochironomus anas Townes, 1945 - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Pseudochironomus articaudus Sæther, 1977 - ON, widespread north
Pseudochironomus banski Townes, 1945 - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Pseudochironomus chen Townes, 1945 - ON, widespread
Pseudochironomus fulviventris (Johannsen), 1905 Chironomus - Townes 1945
Pseudochironomus julia (Curran), 1930 Orthocladius - Oliver et al. 1990
  • Pseudochironomus aix Townes, 1945
Pseudochironomus middledauffi Townes, 1945 - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Pseudochironomus netta Townes 1945 - Townes 1945
Pseudochironomus pseudoviridis (Malloch), 1915 Chironomus - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Pseudochironomus rex Hauber, 1947 -  MB-FL, OH, widespread
Pseudochironomus richardsoni Malloch, 1915 - OH, ON, widespread

Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1921 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Cladotanytarsus aeiparthenus Bilyj, 1989 - ONT
Cladotanytarsus daviesi Bilyj, 1989 - ONT
Cladotanytarsus elaensis Bilyj, 1989 - ONT, OH
Cladotanytarsus fusiformis Bilyj, 1989 - ONT, OH
Cladotanytarsus muricatus Bilyj, 1989 - ONT
Cladotanytarsus pinnaticornis Bilyj, 1989 - ONT
Cladotanytarsus tribelus Bilyj, 1989 - ONT
Cladotanytarsus viridiventris (Malloch), 1915 Tanytarsus - Malloch, 1915

Constempellina Brundin, 1947 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Constempellina breviscosta (Edwards), 1937 Tanytarsus - widespread north

Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Micropsectra connexa (Kieffer), 1906 Chironomus - ON, widespread north
  • Chironomus brunneus Walker, 1848
Micropsectra dives (Johannsen), 1905 Tanytarsus - OH, WI
Micropsectra nigripila (Johannsen), 1905 Tanytarsus - (record at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)
Micropsectra polita (Malloch), 1915 Tanytarsus - IL, widespread
Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928 - widespread east
Micropsectra xantha (Roback), 1955 Calopsectra - widespread

Neostempellina (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Neostempellina reissi Caldwell, 2000 - OH (expect in s. Michigan in sand substrates of springruns and 1st order streams)

Paratanytarsus Thienemann and Bause, 1913 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Paratanytarsus bowlini (author) - OH
Paratanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen), 1905 Tanytarsus - ON, widespread
  • Paratanytarsus confusus Palmén
Paratanytarsus dubius (Malloch), 1915 Tanytarsus - IL
Paratanytarsus grimmii (Schneider), 1885 Chironomus - ON, widespread north
  • Tanytarsus boiemicus Bause, 1913
Paratanytarsus inopertus (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - WI
Paratanytarsus similatus (Malloch), 1915 Tanytarsus - WI
Paratanytarsus spencei (author) - OH
Paratanytarsus sp. nov. (Bolton et al.) - WI (expect in MI in cool springs)

Rheotanytarsus Thienemann and Bause, 1913 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

[Note: This genus requires serious revision. Torbjørn Ekrem and Lisa Stur in Norway (based on material examined by James Sublette) will be describing a large number of new species from North America, a number of which occur in our region.]
Rheotanytarsus exiguus (Johannsen), 1905 Tanytarsus - widespread
Rheotanytarsus pellucidus (Walker), 1848 Chironomus - ON, widespread
  • Stempellinella distinctissimus Brundin, 1947
  • Rheotanytarsus distinctissimus (Brundin), Lehmann 1970

Stempellina Thienemann and Bause, 1913 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

[note: larvae of the very distinctive Stempellina have been collected from several sites in Michigan, although none yet have been associated to a species]
Stempellina ranota Webb, 1969 - ON
Stempellina rodesta Webb, 1969 - ON

Stempellinella Brundin, 1947 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Stempellinella boltoni Ekrem, 2007- OH
Stempellinella edwardsi Spies and Sæther, 2004 - Ekrem 2007
  • Tanytarsus (Stempellina) minor Edwards, 1929
  • Tanytarsus (Stempellina) minusculus Edwards, 1929
Stempellinella fimbriata Ekrem, 2007 - OH [note: Ekrem 2007 indicates that specimens of S. brevis from North America are S. fimbriata]
Stempellinella leptocelloides (Webb), 1969 Stempellina - ON

Tanytarsus Wulp, 1874 (Tribe Tanytarsini)

[note: this genus is undergoing a thorough review by Dr. Ekrem (Bergen) and Dr. and Mrs. Sublette (Tuscon); a recent review of several species groups has recently been published]
Tanytarsus acifer Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - Ekrem et al. 2003
Tanytarsus aigos Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - Ekrem et al. 2003
Tanytarsus nr. angulatus Kawai, 1991 - OH, widespread (see note in Ekrem et al. 2003, p. 279-280)
Tanytarsus boltoni Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - OH
Tanytarsus buckleyi Sublette, 1964 - IL, OH, widespread
Tanytarsus confusus Malloch, 1915 - Ekrem et al. 2003
Tanytarsus dactylus (author) - OH
Tanytarsus dendyi Sublette, 1964 - OH, widespread south, maybe s. LP
Tanytarsus dispar Lindeberg, 1967 - widespread north, Holarctic, may be synonym of Tanytarsus lestagei (see note in Ekrem et al. 2003, p, 305)
Tanytarsus fatigans Johannsen, 1905 - widespread
Tanytarsus glabrescens Edwards, 1929 - IL
Tanytarsus guerlus (Roback), 1957 Calopsectra - IL, OH, MN, widespread
Tanytarsus lestagei Goetghebuer, 1922 - OH, widespread
Tanytarsus lineola (author) - OH
Tanytarsus lobiger Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - Ekrem et al. 2003
Tanytarsus martini Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - Ekrem et al. 2003
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925 - MN, OH, ON, widespread
  • Tanytarsus holochlorus Edwards, 1929
  • Tanytarsus xanthus Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus messersmithi Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - MN, OH, widespread
Tanytarsus muticus Johannsen, 1925 - IL, OH, WI
Tanytarsus neoflavellus Malloch, 1915 - IL, IN, MN, OH, ON, widespread
Tanytarsus occultus Brundin, 1949 - WI, mainly west Palearctic but also northeastern Nearctic
Tanytarsus seppi Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - OH, ON, widespread
Tanytarsus volgensis Miseiko, 1967 - Palearctic and Nearctic, widespread
Tanytarsus wirthi Ekrem, Sublette and Sublette 2003 - IL, MN, OH, widespread

Zavrelia Kieffer, Thienemann & Bause in Bause (1913) (Tribe Tanytarsini)

Zavrelia aristata Ekrem and Stur 2009 - OH (in Ekrem and Stur 2009)

Last updated: February 13, 2009 (EB)