Xenochironomus

Xenochironomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Chironomidae
Subfamily:	Chironominae
Genus:	Xenochironomus ; Kieffer, 1921

Last updated April 27, 2025

Xenochironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are about 16 described species in Xenochironomus.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Xenochironomus:

Xenochironomus canterburyensis (Freeman, 1959)
Xenochironomus ceciliae Roque & Trivinho-Strixino, 2005
Xenochironomus festivus Say
Xenochironomus flaviventris (Kieffer, 1911) Kieffer, 1911
Xenochironomus glaber Yu & Wang, 2010
Xenochironomus hexataeniorhynchus Ree, 2009
Xenochironomus jungorum Albu, 1980
Xenochironomus lacertus Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1995
Xenochironomus loripes Guha & Chaudhuri, 1980
Xenochironomus nigricaudus Hashimoto, 1981
Xenochironomus taenionotus Say
Xenochironomus trisetosus (Kieffer, 1922)
Xenochironomus trochanteratus (Thomson, 1869)
Xenochironomus tuberosus Wang, 2000
Xenochironomus ugandae (Goetghebuer, 1936)
Xenochironomus xenolabis (Kieffer, 1916)

References

↑ "ITIS report, Xenochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
↑ "GBIF, Xenochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.
↑ "Catalogue of Life, Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.

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[itis-1] "ITIS report, Xenochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.

[gbif-2] "GBIF, Xenochironomus" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.

[catlife-3] "Catalogue of Life, Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921" . Retrieved 2025-04-26.

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