Chironomidae, Subfamily Orthocladiinae

Acamptocladius Brundin, 1956

Acamptocladius dentolatens (Sæther), 1971 Phycoidella - ON

Acricotopus Kieffer, 1921

Acricoptus nitidellus (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - BC-MB, IL, NY
  • Spaniotoma senex Johannsen, 1937

Baeoctenus Sæther, 1976

Baeoctenus bicolor Sæther, 1976 - MB, NB (associated with freshwater clam Anodonta)

Brilla Kieffer, 1913

Brilla flavifrons (Johannsen), 1905 Metriocnemus - Oliver 1983
  • Brillia par Johannsen, 1937
Brillia parva Johannsen, 1934 - ON (e. UP record possible)

Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934

Bryophaenocladius digitatus Sæther, 1973 - SD, NC, SC
Bryophaenocladius flavoscutellatus (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - IL, ON east
Bryophaenocladius pleuralis (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - IL
Bryophaenocladius subparallelus (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - SD, IL, OH

Camptocladius Wulp, 1874

Camptocladius sterocorarius (De Geer), 1776 Tipula - widespread northeast
  • Tipula byssina Shrank, 1803

Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1912

Cardiocladius albiplumus Sæther, 1969 - Bode 1983 (as Eukiefferiella similis gp.)
Cardiocladius fluvus (Johannsen), 1908 Thalassomyia - Oliver et al. 1990
Cardiocladius obscurus (Johannsen), 1908 Thalassomyia - OH, ON., widespread
  • Thalassomyia fusca Johannsen, 1903

Chaetocladius Kieffer, 1911

Chaetocladius stamfordi (Johannsen), 1947 Hydrobaenus - OH, ON, widespread east, central
  • Chaetocladius oliveri Sæther, 1969

Chasmatonotus Loew, 1864

Chasmatonotus atripes Rempel, 1937 - UMMZ-Insect Division
Chasmatonotus unimaculatus Loew, 1864 - Oliver et al. 1990

Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846

Corynoneura celeripes Winnertz, 1852 - IL, IN, OH, ON
  • Corynoneura atra Winnertz, 1852
Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924 - pers. obs. (EB)
Corynoneura oxfordana Boesel and Winner, 1980 - OH
Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846 - widespread

Cricotopus Wulp, 1874

Cricotopus (Cricotopus) absurdus Johannsen, 1905 - OH, widespread
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) annulator Goetghebuer, 1927 - ON west and south
  • Cricotopus irwini Sublette and Sublette, 1971
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - UMMZ-Insect Division
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) brunnicans Walley, 1928 - Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) coronatus Hirvenoja, 1973 - widespread north
Cricotopus (unassigned) diversus Boesel, 1983 - (in Oliver et al. 1990)
Cricotopus(Cricotopus) elegans Johannsen, 1943 - MI (Johannsen, 1943)
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) festivellus (Kieffer), 1906 Chironomus - ON, OH
Cricotopus (Isocladius) flavibasis Malloch, 1915 - IL west (expect in w. UP)
Cricotopus (Isocladius) flavipes Johannsen, 1942 - Johannsen, 1942, in Oliver et al. 1990
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) infuscatus Malloch, 1915 - IL, OH, ON, widespread
  • Cricotopus aratus Roback, 1957
  • Cricotopus ceris Roback, 1957
Cricotopus (Isocladius) intersectus (Staeger), 1839 - Chironomus - ON northwest
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) luciae LeSage in LeSage and Harrison, 1980 - OH, ON
Cricotopus (Isocladius) myriophylli Oliver, 1984 - ON (expect in northern MI associated with Myriophyllum spicatum)
Cricotopus (Nostococladius) nostococicola Wirth, 1957 - OH, widespread
Cricotopus (unassigned) olivetus Boesel, 1983 - OH (in Boesel 1983)
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - On, widespread north
Cricotopus (Isocladius) pilitarsis (Zetterstedt), 1850 Chironomus - widespread north
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) politus (Coquillett), 1902 Orthocladius - IL, OH, widespread
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) slossonae Malloch, 1915 - IL, OH, ON
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris (Fabricius), 1794 Tipula - OH, widespread
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus (Linneaus), 1758 Tipula - OH, widespread
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) triannulatus (Macquart), 1826 Chironomus - ON, widespread
Cricotopus (Isocladius) tricinctus (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - OH, widespread
  • Cricotopus lebetis Sublette, 1964
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) trifascia Edwards, 1929 - SK-PA, OH
  • Cricotopus ithacanensis Sublette, 1967
Cricotopus (Isocladius) trifasciata(Meigen, in Panzer), 1813 - Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan
  • Cricotopus remus Sublette, 1964
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) varipes Coquillett, 1902 - UMMZ-Insect Division
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) vierriensis Goetghebuer, 1935 - OH widespread

Diplocladius Kieffer, 1908

Diplocladius cultriger Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1908 - OH, widespread

Diplosmittia Sæther, 1981

Diplosmittia carinata Sæther, 1985 - (in Sæther, 1985)

Doithrix Sæther and Sublette, 1983

[probably semiterrestrial, found in floodplains near margins of of small streams and seepage areas]
Doithrix villosa Sæther and Sublette, 1983 - widespread

Doncricotopus Sæther, 1981

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

Epoicocladius Zavrel, 1924

[note: larvae are epizootic or phoretic on bodies of the larval ephemerid mayflies (Ephemeroptera)]
Epoicocladius flavens (Malloch), 1915 Camptocladius - Oliver et al. 1990, associated with Hexagenia spp.
  • Camptocladius ephemerae Kieffer in Sulc and Zavrel, 1924
Epoicocladius sp. 2 - associated with Litobranchia recurvata (Rick Jacobsen, pers. comm. 2004)
Epoicocladius sp. 3 - associated with Ephemera spp. (Rick Jacobsen, pers. comm. 2004)

Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926

Eukiefferiella brevinervis (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - IL, OH, PA
Eukiefferiella claripennis (Lundbeck), 1898 Chironomus - OH, widespread
  • Spaniotoma hospita Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella devonica (Edwards), 1929 Spaniotoma - widespread

Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebuer, 1932

Gymnometriocnemus (Gymnometriocnemus) subnudus Sæther, 1969 - ON, widespread north and east
Gymnometriocnemus (Raphidocladius) brumalis (Edwards), 1929 Metriocnemus - widespread
  • Gymnometriocnemus acigus Sæther, 1983

Heleniella Gowin, 1943

Heleniella hirta Sæther, 1969 - ON west (expect in w. UP)

Heterotrissocladius Spãrck, 1923

Heterotrissocladius changi Sæther, 1975 - (Winnell and White 1985)
Heterotrissocladius cooki Sæther, 1975 - MN
Heterotrissocladius marcidus (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - Sæther, 1975
Heterotrissocladius oliveri Sæther, 1975 - Sæther, 1975 (records indicated as MN but off Isle Royale, 27.5-120.5m depth in Lake Superior: p. 22)

Hydrobaenus Fries, 1830

Hydrobaenus johannseni (Sublette), 1967 Orthocladius - MN, OH, ON, central and east
  • Orthocladius domus Sublette, 1966
  • Trissocladius hamiltoni Sæther, 1969
Hydrobaenus pilipes (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - Il, OH, ON, widespread

Limnophyes Eaton, 1875

Limnophyes asquamatus Andersen, 1937 - BC, WV, widespread Holarctic
  • Limnophyes septentrionalis Goetghebuer, 1940
  • Limnophyes smolandicus Brudin, 1947
  • Limnophyes vernalis Brudin, 1947
  • Limnophyes franzi Goetghebuer, 1949
  • Limnophyes hamiltoni Sæther, 1969
Limnophyes brachytomus (Kieffer), 1922 Camptocladius - MN, widespread
  • Limnophyes borealis Goetghebuer, 1933
  • Limnophyes spatulosus Sæther, 1975
Limnophyes carolinensis Sæther, 1975 - ON, MN widespread east
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - Sæther 1990
  • Limnophyes pusillus Eaton, 1875
  • Spaniotoma (Limnophyes) pusillus (Eaton), 1875; Edwards, 1929
  • Limnophyes groenlandiensis Søgaard Andersen, 1937
  • Limnophyes interruptus Goetghebuer, 1938
  • Limnophyes bipunctatus Goetghebuer, 1941
  • Limnophyes praecox Goetghebuer, 1944
  • Limnophyes immucronatus Sæther, 1969
  • Limnophyes hudsoni Sæther, 1975
  • Limnophyes natalensis (Kieffer) sensu Freeman, 1957 (pro parte, misid.)
  • ?Camptocladius punctulatus Goetghebuer, 1913, nom. dub.
  • ?Camptocladius exiguus Goetghebuer, 1913, nom. dub.
  • ?Camptocladius hexatomus Kieffer, 1915, nom. dub.
  • ?Limnophyes tamakyioides Sasa, 1983
  • ?Limnophyes fujinonus Sasa, 1985
Limnophyes natalensis (Kieffer), 1914 Camptocladius - OH, WI, widespread
  • Camptocladius palmensis Santos-Abreu, 1918
  • Limnophyes brevis Goetghebuer, 1934
  • Limnophyes bequaerti Goetghebuer, 1939
  • Limnophyes spinosa Freeman, 1953
  • Limnophyes nudiradius Sæther, 1975
  • ?Limnophyes jemtlandicus Brundin, 1947, nom. dub.

Lopescladius Oliveira, 1967

Lopescladius verruculosus Sæther, 1983 - IL [note: unassociated larvae and pupae specimens of Lopescladius sp. have been taken from Grand Traverse and Newaygo Counties (from sandy substrates)]

Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956

Mesosmittia patrihortae Sæther, 1985 - OH
Mesosmittia prolixa Sæther, 1985 - IL, OH (expect in s. LP)

Metriocnemus Wulp, 1874

Metriocnemus aequalis Johannsen, 1934 - IL, OH
Metriocnemus albolineatus (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - OH, widespread middle
  • Metriocnemus atratulus Zetterstedt, 1850
Metriocnemus fuscipes (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - widespread north
Metriocnemus knabi Coquillett, 1904 - pers. obs. (E. Bright)
Metriocnemus obscuripes (Holmgren), 1869 Chironomus - On, widespread north
  • Metriocnemus hygropetricus Kieffer, 1912
  • Metriocnemus longitarsus Goetghebuer, 1921

Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913

Nanocladius (Nanocladius) alternantherae Dendy and Sublette, 1959 - OH, widespread southeast
Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) branchicolus Sæther, 1977 - Preque Isle Co. (Rick Jacobsen, pers. comm. 2004)
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) distinctus (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - IL, OH, ON widespread
Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) downesi Steffan, 1965 - Oliver et al. 1990
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) incomptus Sublette, 1970 - OH, ON widespread east
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) mallochi Sublette, 1970 - OH, IL
  • Orthocladius distinctus var. bicolor Malloch, 1915, preocc. Zetterstedt, 1838
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) rectinervis (Kieffer), 1911 Cricotopus - OH, ON widespread
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) spiniplenus Sæther, 1977 - OH, ON
Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) sp. 3 - associated with Pteronarcys spp. (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae) (Rick Jacobsen, pers. comm. 2004)
Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) sp. 5 - WI, associated with Nigronia serricornis (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) and Argia spp. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) (Rick Jacobsen, pers. comm. 2004)

Orthocladius Wulp, 1874

Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) abiskoensis Edwards, 1937 - widespread
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) annectens Sæther, 1969 - MN, ON, PA
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) bilyji Sæther, 2003 - ON, maybe widespread
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) carlatus (Roback), 1957 Hydrobaenus - MN, OH, widespread
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) clarkei Soponis, 1977 - ON, MN, IL, PA
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) cooki Soponis, 1977 - MN, PA
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) dentifer Brundin, 1947 - e. ON, widespread west
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) dorenus (Roback), 1957 Hydrobaenus - NWT, NV, NB, SC
  • Orthocladius curranti Sublette, 1967
Orthocladius(Eudactylocladius) dubitatus Johannsen, 1942 - OH, east
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) frigidus (Zetterstedt), 1838 Chironomus - MN (Soponis, 1987)
  • Spaniotoma (Orthocladius)frigidus Zetterstedt, Edwards , 1929
  • "Rheorthocladius" curranti Zetterstedt, Thienemann, 1944
  • Hydrobaenus (Bryophaenocladius) frigidus Zetterstedt, Kloet & Hincks, 1945
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) lignicola Kieffer in Potthast, 1915 - MN, widespread
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) luteipes Goetghebuer, 1938 - widespread Holarctic (expect in w. UP?)
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) mallochi Kieffer, 1919 - Soponis, 1977
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) manitobensis Sæther, 1969 - MN west (expect in w. UP?)
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) nigritus Malloch, 1915 - MN, OH, widespread north
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) obumbratus Johannsen, 1905 - Soponis, 1977
  • Hydrobaenus paradorenus Roback, 1957
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) oliveri Soponis, 1977 - Soponis, 1977
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivicola Kieffer, 1911 - MN, widespread Holarctic
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivulorum Kieffer, 1909 - (coll. EB, Huron River, Washtenaw Co. Feb. 2003)
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) saxosus (Tokunaga), 1939 Spaniotoma - widespread Holarctic (expect in w. UP?)
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) smolandicus Brundin, 1947 - MN, widespread north-west (expect in w. UP?)
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) thienemanni Kieffer in Kieffer and Thienemann, 1906 - widespread Holarctic

Parachaetochladius Wülker, 1959

Parachaetochladius abnobaeus Wülker, 1959 - ON, widespread

Paracladius Hirvenoja, 1973

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

Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936

Parakiefferiella bathophila (Kieffer), 1912 Dactylocladius - widespread
Parakiefferiella coronata (Edwards), 1929 Spaniotoma - widespread
Parakiefferiella nigra Brundin, 1949 - ON, widespread Holarctic (Walker et al. 1992)
Parakiefferiella subaterrima (Malloch), 1915 Camptocladius - IL, widespread north
  • Parakiefferiella torulata Sæther, 1969

Parametriocnemus Goetghebuer, 1932

Parametriocnemus lundbeckii (Johannsen), 1905 Metriocnemus - Sæther 1969
  • Metriocnemus innocuus Curran, 1930
  • Parametriocnemus innocuus (Curran), Sublette 1966

Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 1924

Paraphaenocladius exagitans (Johannsen), 1905 Metriocnemus - IL, OH, WI
  • Metriocnemus brachyneura Malloch, 1915
Paraphaenocladius impensus (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - MN (expect in UP; widespread northern Holarctic, in seeps, moist soils - as ssp. s. str. - Sæther and Wang 1995)
  • Chironomus debilipennis Lundbeck, 1898
  • Metriocnemus angulatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paraphaenocladius innasus Sæther and Wang 1995 - SD-SC, westward (widespread - Sæther and Wang 1995)
Paraphaenocladius pseudirritus Strenzke, 1950 - Sæther and Wang 1995 (as ssp. nearcticus)
  • Metriocnemus irratus var. Edwards , 1929
Paraphaenocladius pusillus Sæther and Wang 1995 - records from South Carolina and Japan may indicate this species has a wide holarctic distribution

Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu, 1918

Paratrichocladius nitidus (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - IL, widespread north and west
  • Trichocladius helis Roback, 1957
  • Syncricotopus fontinalis Sæther, 1969
Paratrichocladius rufiventris (Meigen), 1830 Chironomus - ON, OH

Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906

Psectrocladius (Allopsectrocladius) flavus (Johannsen), 1905 Orthocladius - Il, widespread north
Psectrocladius (unassigned) pilosus Roback, 1957 - widespread
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) simulans (Johannsen), 1937 Spaniotoma - (Winnell and White 1985)
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) vernalis (Malloch), 1915 Orthocladius - IL, MN, OH, ON

Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1932

Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) lunatus Sæther and Sublette, 1983 - Oliver et al. 1990
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) uniserratus Sæther and Sublette, 1983 - ON, widespread

Pseudosmittia Goetghebuer, 1932

Pseudosmittia forcipata (Goetghebuer), 1921 Camptochironomus - NB-NM, OH
Pseudosmittia nanseni (Kieffer), 1926 Camptochironomus - OH, ON, widespread
Pseudosmittia ruttneri Strenzke andThienemann, 1942 - OH

Psilometriocnemus Sæther, 1969

Psilometriocnemus triannulatus Sæther, 1969 - MN, ON, widespread

Rheocricotopus Thienemann and Harnisch, 1932

Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) effusus (Walker), 1856 Chironomus - IL-SC
Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) eminellobus Sæther, 1969 - ON, widespread
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) glabricollis (Meigen), 1830 Chironomus - MB-NC
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) robacki Beck and Beck, 1964 - ON-MT s. to MS-FL, OH

Rheosmittia Brundin, 1986

Rheosmittia unnamed sp. - widespread

Smittia Holmgren, 1869

Smittia aterrima (Meigen), 1818 Chironomus - UMMZ-Insect Division
Smittia lasiophtalma (Malloch), 1915 Camptocladius - IL
Smittia lasiops (Malloch), 1915 Camptocladius - IL

Symbiocladius Kieffer, 1925

[larvae are parasitic on Ephemeroptera nymphs, usually attached under wing pads of nymph]
Synbiocladius equitans (Claassen), 1922 Trissocladius - widespread (expect in UP)

Synorthocladius Thienemann, 1935

Synorthocladius semivirens (Kieffer), 1909 Dactylocladius - widespread

Tavastia Tuiskunen, 1985

Tavastia cristacauda Sæther, 1991(1992) - White Cedar Swamp, Newago Co. (Sæther, 1991(1992))

Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1911

Thienemanniella elana (Roback), 1957 Corynoneura - OH
Thienemanniella lobapodema Hestenes and Sæther 2000 - [EB - pers. obs.]
 • Thienemanniella nr. fusca (Kieffer), in Simpson and Bode, 1980
Thienemanniella similis (Malloch), 1915 Corynoneura - IL, OH, widespread
Thienemanniella taurocapitata Hestenes and Sæther 2000 - [EB - pers. obs.]
Thienemanniella xena (Roback), 1957 Corynoneura - [EB - pers. obs.]

Tvetenia Kieffer, 1922

Tvetenia calvescens (Edwards), 1929 Spaniotoma - OH
Tvetenia paucunca (Sæther), 1969 Eukiefferiella - [EB - pers. obs.]
Tvetenia vitracies (Sæther), 1969 Eukiefferiella - [EB - pers. obs.]

Xylotopus Oliver, 1982

Xylotopus par (Coquillett), 1901 Orthocladius - Oliver 1985

Zalutschia Lipina, 1939

Zalutschia lingulata Sæther, 1976 - IN, ON, widespread
Zalutschia zalutschicola Lipina, 1939 - widespread boreal

Last updated - August 1, 2008 (EB)