Cryptochironomus

Cryptochironomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Genus:	Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
Type species
Chironomus (Cryptochironomus) chlorolobus Kieffer, 1918
Subgenera
Chironozorina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 Cryptochironomus
Synonyms [1]
Chironozorina Kocak & Kemal, 2008 Miscellanea Zorina, 2000

Cryptochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 80 described species in Cryptochironomus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 89 species belong to the genus Cryptochironomus: ^{[3] [5]}

• Cryptochironomus acuminatus Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
• Cryptochironomus albofasciatus (Staeger, 1839)
• Cryptochironomus angularis Kieffer, 1922
• Cryptochironomus apicalis Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus argus Roback, 1957
• Cryptochironomus astax Roback, 1960
• Cryptochironomus bavaricus (Goetghebuer, 1939)
• Cryptochironomus bipunctatus Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus blarina Townes, 1945
• Cryptochironomus boreus (Goetghebuer, 1940)
• Cryptochironomus brasiliensis Silva, Trivinho-Strixino & Oliveira, 2010
• Cryptochironomus brevipalpis Konstantinov, 1952
• Cryptochironomus bulbosus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985
• Cryptochironomus calyxus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985
• Cryptochironomus camptolabis Kieffer
• Cryptochironomus chaetoala (Sublette, 1960)
• Cryptochironomus coarctatus (Kieffer, 1911)
• Cryptochironomus conjugens (Kieffer, 1921)
• Cryptochironomus conus Mason, 1985
• Cryptochironomus crassiforceps Goetghebuer, 1931
• Cryptochironomus curryi Mason, 1985
• Cryptochironomus curtilamellatus
• Cryptochironomus daitoijea (Sasa & Suzuki, 2001)
• Cryptochironomus defectiforceps Kieffer, 1922
• Cryptochironomus defectus (Kieffer, 1913)
• Cryptochironomus denticulatus (Goetghebuer, 1921)
• Cryptochironomus diceras Kieffer, 1923
• Cryptochironomus digitatus Malloch, 1915
• Cryptochironomus dilatatus Zorina, 2000
• Cryptochironomus dimidiatus Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus distractus (Johannsen, 1932)
• Cryptochironomus eminentia Mason, 1985
• Cryptochironomus forficula Kieffer, 1921
• Cryptochironomus fulvus Johannsen, 1905
• Cryptochironomus gracilidentatus Konstantinov, 1948
• Cryptochironomus gracilis Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1996
• Cryptochironomus griseidorsum (Kieffer, 1917)
• Cryptochironomus hentonensis Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
• Cryptochironomus hirtalatus (Beck & Beck, 1964)
• Cryptochironomus hirticeps (Kieffer, 1918)
• Cryptochironomus imitans Saether, 2009
• Cryptochironomus inaabeus (Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001)
• Cryptochironomus inabeceus (Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001)
• Cryptochironomus incertus Lehmann, 1979
• Cryptochironomus incisus (Kruseman, 1949)
• Cryptochironomus inornatus Kieffer, 1922
• Cryptochironomus javae Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus jokaprimus Sasa & Ogata, 1999
• Cryptochironomus judicius Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay, 1990
• Cryptochironomus kiefferianus (Goetghebuer & Lenz, 1937)
• Cryptochironomus kikuyui (Kieffer, 1913)
• Cryptochironomus lindneri (Freeman, 1954)
• Cryptochironomus lippini Konstantinov, 1948
• Cryptochironomus longimanus Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus maculus Yan & Wang, 2016
• Cryptochironomus mantiqueira Silva, Trivinho-Strixino & Oliveira, 2010
• Cryptochironomus misumaiprimus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1998)
• Cryptochironomus neonilicola (Freeman, 1957)
• Cryptochironomus nigrocorporis (Freeman, 1957)
• Cryptochironomus nigrotibialis (Goetghebuer, 1921)
• Cryptochironomus niligenus (Kieffer, 1923)
• Cryptochironomus nilogenes Kieffer, 1925
• Cryptochironomus obreptans (Walker, 1856) ^[5]
• Cryptochironomus parafulvus (Beck & Beck, 1964)
• Cryptochironomus polius (Kieffer, 1911)
• Cryptochironomus ponapensis (Tokunaga, 1964)
• Cryptochironomus ponderosus (Sublette, 1964)
• Cryptochironomus protuberans Yan & Wang, 2016
• Cryptochironomus psammophila Botnariuc, 1956
• Cryptochironomus psittacinus (Meigen, 1830)
• Cryptochironomus ramus Mason, 1985
• Cryptochironomus rectus Zorina, 2000
• Cryptochironomus redekei (Kruseman, 1933)
• Cryptochironomus reshchikovi Silva, Trivinho-Strixino & Oliveira, 2010
• Cryptochironomus rostratus Kieffer, 1921
• Cryptochironomus scimitarus Townes, 1945
• Cryptochironomus sorex Townes, 1945
• Cryptochironomus sphagnorum Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus stackelbergi (Goetghebuer, 1933)
• Cryptochironomus subovatus (Freeman, 1954)
• Cryptochironomus supplicans (Meigen, 1830)
• Cryptochironomus tamaichimori Sasa, 1987
• Cryptochironomus tamayoroi Sasa, 1983
• Cryptochironomus tokaracedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1995
• Cryptochironomus tokaraefea (Sasa & Suzuki, 1995)
• Cryptochironomus tonewabea (Sasa & Tanaka, 2002)
• Cryptochironomus tricolor Kieffer, 1924
• Cryptochironomus ussouriensis (Goetghebuer, 1933)
• Cryptochironomus viridiclava Kieffer, 1922

References

1. "ITIS report, Cryptochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
2. "GBIF, Cryptochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
4. Yan2018, Chuncai; Liu, Ting; Cao, Wei; Zhao, Guangjun; Liu, Wenbin (5 July 2018). "A review of the Japanese Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera, Chironomidae)". ZooKeys (771): 139–155. Bibcode:2018ZooK..771..139Y. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.771.24220 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   6043619 . PMID   30008579.
5. Sari, Adile; Duran, Mustafa; Sen, Alaattin; Bardakci, Fevzi (April 2015). "Investigation of Chironomidae (Diptera) relationships using mitochondrial COI gene". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 59: 229–238. Bibcode:2015BioSE..59..229S. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2015.01.005.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Cryptochironomus at iNaturalist