Pseudochironomus

Pseudochironomus
Pseudochironomus, Wisconsin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Tribe:	Pseudochironomini
Genus:	Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915
Synonyms [1]
Proriethia Kieffer, 1921 Pseudochironmus

Pseudochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pseudochironomus, found in the Americas and Europe. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Pseudochironomus: ^[3]

• Pseudochironomus anas Townes, 1945
• Pseudochironomus ariquemis Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2018
• Pseudochironomus articaudus Saether, 1977
• Pseudochironomus badius Saether, 1977
• Pseudochironomus banksi Townes, 1945
• Pseudochironomus boraceia Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2018
• Pseudochironomus capivara Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2018
• Pseudochironomus chen Townes, 1945
• Pseudochironomus crassus Townes, 1945
• Pseudochironomus fulviventris (Johannsen, 1905)
• Pseudochironomus fuscus (Kieffer, 1925)
• Pseudochironomus jordensis Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017
• Pseudochironomus julia (Curran, 1930)
• Pseudochironomus middlekaufi Townes, 1945
• Pseudochironomus mocidade Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017
• Pseudochironomus netta Townes, 1945
• Pseudochironomus nigrimanus (Kieffer, 1924)
• Pseudochironomus ploenensis (Kieffer, 1921)
• Pseudochironomus prasinatus (Staeger, 1839)
• Pseudochironomus pseudoviridis (Malloch, 1915)
• Pseudochironomus rex Hauber, 1947
• Pseudochironomus richardsoni Malloch, 1915
• Pseudochironomus ruah Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017
• Pseudochironomus ruthae Andersen & Baranov, 2023
• Pseudochironomus seipi Andersen, 2023
• Pseudochironomus surianae Shimabukuro & Trivinho-Strixino, 2017
• Pseudochironomus viridis (Kieffer, 1925)

References

1. "ITIS report, Pseudochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
2. "GBIF, Pseudochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Pseudochironomus at iNaturalist