Demicryptochironomus

Demicryptochironomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Tribe:	Chironomini
Genus:	Demicryptochironomus ; Lenz, 1941
Type species
	Demicryptochironomus vulneratus; (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Last updated June 29, 2025

Demicryptochironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

The genus was first described by Lenz in 1941, and the type species is Demicryptochironomus vulneratus .^[1]

Species

D. cuneatus (Townes, 1945)^[2]
D. fastigatus (Townes, 1945)^[2]
D. latior Reiss, 1988
D. neglectus Reiss, 1988
D. vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
D. wontongensis Ree, 2012
D.paracamptolabis Ree, 2012

References

1 2 "Demicryptochironomus Lenz 1941 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
1 2 Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist . 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.

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[Plazi-1] 1 2 "Demicryptochironomus Lenz 1941 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.

[Townes-2] 1 2 Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist . 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.

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