Micropsectra

Micropsectra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Tanytarsini
Genus:	Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909
Subgenera
Eutanytarsus Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909 Tanytarsus Tetratanytarsus
Synonyms [1]
Eutanytarsus Thienemann, 1913 Gowiniella Thienemann, 1950 Lauterbornia Kieffer, 1911 Lundstroemia Kieffer, 1921 Oeklandia Kieffer, 1922 Syntanytarsus Thienemann, 1913

Micropsectra is a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 170 described species in Micropsectra. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 172 species belong to the genus Micropsectra: ^{[4] [2]}

• Micropsectra akagiprima Kikuchi & Sasa, 1994
• Micropsectra albifasciata (Hardy, 1960)
• Micropsectra alyssae Moubayed-Breil & Ashe, 2018
• Micropsectra analis (Kieffer, 1922)
• Micropsectra andalusiaca Marcuzzi, 1950
• Micropsectra angorensis Kieffer, 1918
• Micropsectra appendica Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra apposita (Walker, 1856)
• Micropsectra arduinna Moubayed-Breil, 2018
• Micropsectra aristata Pinder, 1976
• Micropsectra atitlanensis Sublette & Sasa, 1994
• Micropsectra atrofasciata (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra attenuata Reiss, 1969
• Micropsectra auvergnensis Reiss, 1969
• Micropsectra baishanzua Wang, 1995
• Micropsectra barbatimana Kieffer, 1922
• Micropsectra bavarica Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra bidentata (Goetghebuer, 1921)
• Micropsectra bodanica Reiss, 1969
• Micropsectra borealis (Kieffer, 1922)
• Micropsectra brundini Sawedal, 1979
• Micropsectra bryanti Hardy, 1960
• Micropsectra calcifontis Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra candida Chaudhuri & Datta, 1991
• Micropsectra capicola Freeman, 1955
• Micropsectra chlorophila (Kieffer, 1922)
• Micropsectra chuzelonga Sasa, 1984
• Micropsectra chuzenotescens Sasa, 1984
• Micropsectra chuzeprima Sasa, 1984
• Micropsectra clastrieri Reiss, 1969
• Micropsectra clava Chaudhuri, Guha & Ghosh, 1985
• Micropsectra confundenda (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra connexa (Kieffer, 1906)
• Micropsectra contracta Reiss, 1965
• Micropsectra curtimanus Kieffer, 1924
• Micropsectra curvicornis Chernovsky, 1949
• Micropsectra daisenensis (Tokunaga, 1938)
• Micropsectra davigra Giłka, 2006
• Micropsectra deflecta (Johannsen, 1905)
• Micropsectra diceras (Kieffer, 1922)
• Micropsectra dives (Johannsen, 1905)
• Micropsectra dubia (Malloch)
• Micropsectra ekremi Moubayed-Breil & Ashe, 2018
• Micropsectra excisa (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra exsecta (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra fossarum (Tokunaga, 1938)
• Micropsectra franzi Goetghebuer, 1949
• Micropsectra freyi Storå, 1945
• Micropsectra fusca (Meigen, 1804)
• Micropsectra geminata Oliver & Dillon, 1994
• Micropsectra globulifera (Goetghebuer, 1921)
• Micropsectra gracelis
• Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937
• Micropsectra gunmasecunda Sasa & Wakai, 1996
• Micropsectra hawaiiensis Hardy, 1960
• Micropsectra heptameris Kieffer, 1925
• Micropsectra hidakabecea Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
• Micropsectra hortensis (Kieffer, 1913)
• Micropsectra hydra (Kieffer, 1913)
• Micropsectra imicola (Kieffer, 1913)
• Micropsectra inamenea Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001
• Micropsectra inaneoa Sasa, Kitami & Suzuki, 2001
• Micropsectra insignilobus Kieffer, 1924
• Micropsectra interilobus Kieffer, 1924
• Micropsectra intrudens (Walker, 1856)
• Micropsectra janetscheki Reiss, 1971
• Micropsectra joganplumosa Sasa & Okazawa, 1991
• Micropsectra johanaprima Sasa & Okazawa, 1994
• Micropsectra jokaquarta Sasa & Ogata, 1999
• Micropsectra jokatertia Sasa & Ogata, 1999
• Micropsectra jokatertius Sasa & Ogata, 1999
• Micropsectra junci (Meigen, 1818)
• Micropsectra kaalae Hardy, 1960
• Micropsectra kamisecunda Sasa & Okazawa, 1991
• Micropsectra klinki Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra koreana Ree, 1992
• Micropsectra kurobeconvexa Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
• Micropsectra kurobemaculata Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
• Micropsectra kurobeprima Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
• Micropsectra kurobesecunda Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
• Micropsectra lacteiclava (Grimshaw, 1901)
• Micropsectra lacustris Säwedal, 1975
• Micropsectra lanceolata (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra latifasciata (Hardy, 1960)
• Micropsectra latifrons (Kieffer, 1925)
• Micropsectra lincki (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra lindebergi Säwedal, 1976
• Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931
• Micropsectra lobata Kieffer, 1924
• Micropsectra lobatifrons Botanriuc
• Micropsectra logani (Johannsen, 1928)
• Micropsectra longicrista Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra longimanus (Kieffer, 1909)
• Micropsectra longiradius (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra longitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Micropsectra malla Giłka & Paasivirta, 2008
• Micropsectra miki Marcuzzi, 1950
• Micropsectra mongolmeneus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
• Micropsectra montana Säwedal, 1976
• Micropsectra monticola (Hardy, 1960)
• Micropsectra nakaokii Sasa, Kawai & Ueno, 1988
• Micropsectra neoappendica Anderson, Stur & Ekrem, 2013
• Micropsectra nepalensis Säwedal, 1976
• Micropsectra nigripila (Johannsen, 1905)
• Micropsectra nigrofasciata Kieffer, 1922
• Micropsectra notescens (Walker, 1856)
• Micropsectra nuzetertia Sasa, 1996
• Micropsectra oberaarensis Stur & Ekrem, 2008
• Micropsectra oksanaae Moubayed-Breil & Ashe, 2018
• Micropsectra pallida Goetghebuer, 1949
• Micropsectra pallidula (Meigen, 1830)
• Micropsectra paralaccophilus Giłka & Paasivirta, 2008
• Micropsectra paraniger Giłka & Paasivirta, 2008
• Micropsectra parasofiae
• Micropsectra paucisetosa Wang & Zhang, 1996
• Micropsectra penicillata Anderson, Stur & Ekrem, 2013
• Micropsectra pharetrophora Fittkau & Reiss, 1999
• Micropsectra pilgeru Kieffer, 1922
• Micropsectra polita (Malloch, 1919)
• Micropsectra praticola (Kieffer, 1911)
• Micropsectra proximalis Goetghebuer, 1942
• Micropsectra quadriloba Kieffer, 1922
• Micropsectra quinaria Kieffer, 1925
• Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939
• Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928
• Micropsectra rilensis Giłka, 2001
• Micropsectra robusta Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra roseiventris (Kieffer, 1909)
• Micropsectra rufofasciata Kieffer, 1922
• Micropsectra scandinaviae (Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916)
• Micropsectra schrankelae Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra sedna (Oliver, 1976)
• Micropsectra seguyi Casas & Laville, 1990
• Micropsectra semivillosa (Goetghebuer, 1923)
• Micropsectra serrata Reiss, 1989
• Micropsectra sexannulata (Goetghebuer, 1921)
• Micropsectra shinaensis (Tokunaga, 1940)
• Micropsectra shoubrevis Sasa & Okazawa, 1991
• Micropsectra shouelegans Sasa, 1989
• Micropsectra shouharasima Sasa, 1989
• Micropsectra shouhiemalis Sasa, 1989
• Micropsectra silvesterae Langton, 1999
• Micropsectra sofiae Stur & Ekrem, 2006
• Micropsectra solitaria Goetghebuer, 1949
• Micropsectra spinigera Reiss, 1995
• Micropsectra subletteorum Anderson, Stur & Ekrem, 2013
• Micropsectra sublettorum Anderson, Stur & Ekrem, 2013
• Micropsectra subnitens Goetghebuer, 1928
• Micropsectra suecica (Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916)
• Micropsectra taiwana (Tokunaga, 1939)
• Micropsectra tamaprima Sasa, 1980
• Micropsectra togacontralia Sasa & Okazawa, 1991
• Micropsectra tomoprima Sasa, 1993
• Micropsectra tori Sawedal, 1981
• Micropsectra toyamaefeus Sasa, 1996
• Micropsectra tricrenata Kieffer, 1925
• Micropsectra tuberosa Reiss, 1968
• Micropsectra tusimakelea Sasa & Suzuki, 1999
• Micropsectra tusimaneoa Sasa & Suzuki, 1999
• Micropsectra tusimaopea Sasa & Suzuki, 1999
• Micropsectra tusimapequea Sasa & Suzuki, 1999
• Micropsectra tusimaresea Sasa & Suzuki, 1999
• Micropsectra utonaitertia Sasa, 1988
• Micropsectra uva Gilka, Zakrzewska, Baranov & Dominiak, 2013
• Micropsectra vernalis (Goetghebuer, 1931)
• Micropsectra viridscutellata Goetghebuer, 1931
• Micropsectra xantha (Roback, 1955)
• Micropsectra yunoprima Sasa, 1984
• Micropsectra zernyi Marcuzzi, 1950

References

1. "ITIS report, Micropsectra" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
2. "GBIF, Micropsectra" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
3. "BugGuide.net, Micropsectra genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
4. "Catalogue of Life, Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Micropsectra at iNaturalist