Aquatic Insects of Michigan

by Ethan Bright, Museum of Zoology Insect Division and School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan

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Chironomidae, Subfamily Diamesinae

Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966 (Tribe Boreoheptagyiini)

Boreoheptagyia lurida (Garrett), 1925 Diamesa - Northern Nearctic, expect in UP

Diamesa Meigen, 1835 (Tribe Diamesini)

Diamesa chiobates Hansen, in Hansen and Cook, 1976 - MN, WI (Hansen and Cook 1976)
Diamesa davisi Edwards, 1933 - NWT, UT, NH
Diamesa gregsoni Edwards, 1933 - AK-NB
Diamesa incallida (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - ON, widespread northern Holarctic (expect in UP)
          • Chironomus nexilis Walker, 1856
          • Diamesa fonticola Sæther, 1969
          • D. sp. VII Thienemann, 1941
          • Psilodiamesa incallida (Walker), 1957
Diamesa leona Roback, 1957 - WA-MN, QUE, NB
          • Diamesa caena Roback, 1957
          • Diamesa pieta Roback, 1957
Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski, 1915 - MN, WI
Diamesa nivoriunda (Fitch), 1847 Chironomus - (Hanson and Cook 1976)

Lappodiamesa Serra-Tosio, 1968 (Tribe Diamesini)

Lappodiamesa boltoni Sæther and Willassen, 1988 - OH

Pagastia Oliver, 1959 (Tribe Diamesini)

Pagastia orthogonia Oliver, 1959 - (Oliver and Roussel 1982)

Potthastia Kieffer, 1922 (Tribe Diamesini)

Potthastia gaedii (Meigen), 1838 Diamesa - e. USA
Potthastia iberica Serra-Tosio, 1971 - WY, GA
Potthastia longimana
Kieffer, 1922 -
(Winnell and White 1985)

Protanypus Kieffer, 1906 (Tribe Protanypini)

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

Pseudodiamesa Goetghebuer, in Goetghebuer and Lenz, 1939 (Tribe Diamesini)

[note: larvae of Pseudodiamesa have been collected in Marquette Co. from a spring-fed brook in the Huron Moutains by EB, 1998)
Pseudodiamesa (Pseudodiamesa) branickii (Nowicki), 1873 Diamesa - w. USA, Holarctic (expect in w. UP)
Pseudodiamesa (Pseudodiamesa) pertinax (Garrett), 1925 Prodiamesa - w. USA

Last updated: August 1, 2008 (EB)