Demicryptochironomus

Demicryptochironomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Demicryptochironomus
Lenz, 1941
Type species
Demicryptochironomus vulneratus[1]
(Zetterstedt, 1838)
Subgenera
  • Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941
  • Irmakia Reiss, 1988
Synonyms[2]
  • Irmakia Reiss, 1988
  • Schadinia Lipina, 1939

Demicryptochironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 30 described species in Demicryptochironomus.[3][2][4]

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

Species

These 33 species belong to the genus Demicryptochironomus:[2][5]

  • Demicryptochironomus americana
  • Demicryptochironomus antennarius Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
  • Demicryptochironomus asamaprimus Sasa, 1991
  • Demicryptochironomus banepae Reiss, 1988
  • Demicryptochironomus chuncheonensis Ree & Jeong, 2010
  • Demicryptochironomus cinereithorax (Goetghebuer, 1934)
  • Demicryptochironomus clarilatus (Guha & Chaudhuri, 1981)
  • Demicryptochironomus concavus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
  • Demicryptochironomus constrictus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
  • Demicryptochironomus cuneatus (Townes, 1945)
  • Demicryptochironomus dividuus Mukherjee & Hazra, 2022
  • Demicryptochironomus evgeniii Zorina, 2004
  • Demicryptochironomus fastigatus (Townes, 1945)
  • Demicryptochironomus ginzancedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
  • Demicryptochironomus irioabeus (Sasa & Suzuki, 2000)
  • Demicryptochironomus latior Reiss, 1988
  • Demicryptochironomus lobus (Yan, Saether, Jin & Wang, 2008)
  • Demicryptochironomus lutoga Zorina, 2004
  • Demicryptochironomus minus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
  • Demicryptochironomus neglectus Reiss, 1988
  • Demicryptochironomus oyabeprimus (Sasa, Kawai & Ueno, 1988)
  • Demicryptochironomus pannus Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
  • Demicryptochironomus paracamptolabis Ree, 2012
  • Demicryptochironomus praeacutus Mukherjee & Hazra, 2022
  • Demicryptochironomus retusus Yan, Saether, Jin & Wang, 2008
  • Demicryptochironomus schachti Reiss, 1988
  • Demicryptochironomus spatulatus Wang & Zheng, 1994
  • Demicryptochironomus tamacutus (Sasa, 1983)
  • Demicryptochironomus uresicarinus Sasa, 1989
  • Demicryptochironomus vulneratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • Demicryptochironomus wontongensis Ree, 2012
  • Demicryptochironomus yui Yan, Tang & Wang, 2005
  • Demicryptochironomus zairensis Lehmann, 1979

References

  1. 1 2 "Demicryptochironomus Lenz 1941 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1941". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  3. ↑ "BugGuide.net, Demicryptochironomus genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  4. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  5. ↑ 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.