Endochironomus

Endochironomus
Endochironomus nigricans, Oklahoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Endochironomus
Kieffer, 1918
Synonyms[1]
  • Endochironmus
Endochironomus subtendens, California

Endochironomus is a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 30 described species in Endochironomus, found mainly in North America and Europe.[2][1][3]

Species

These 33 species belong to the genus Endochironomus:[1][4][5]

  • Endochironomus abranchius (Kieffer, 1913)
  • Endochironomus albipennis (Meigen, 1830)
  • Endochironomus alismatis (Keiffer)
  • Endochironomus altaicus Kruglova, 1940
  • Endochironomus ampliceps Dutta, 1994
  • Endochironomus cognatus (Kieffer, 1909)
  • Endochironomus dispar (Meigen, 1830)
  • Endochironomus disparilis (Goetghebuer, 1936)
  • Endochironomus diversicolor Linevich, 1963
  • Endochironomus donatoris Shilova, 1974
  • Endochironomus effusus Dutta, 1994
  • Endochironomus impar (Walker, 1856)
  • Endochironomus lepidus (Meigen, 1830)
  • Endochironomus leucolabis (Kieffer, 1915)
  • Endochironomus longiclava (Kieffer, 1913)
  • Endochironomus meinerti (Kieffer, 1918)
  • Endochironomus nervicola (Kieffer, 1913)
  • Endochironomus nigricans (Johannsen, 1905)
  • Endochironomus notabilis (Macquart, 1834)
  • Endochironomus nymphaeae (Willem, 1908)
  • Endochironomus occultus Kieffer, 1922
  • Endochironomus oldenbergi Goetghebuer, 1932
  • Endochironomus palauensis (Tokunaga, 1964)
  • Endochironomus parvulus Kieffer, 1924
  • Endochironomus pekanus (Kieffer, 1916)
  • Endochironomus scripicola (Kieffer, 1913)
  • Endochironomus signaticornis (Kieffer, 1913)
  • Endochironomus stackelbergi Goetghebuer, 1935
  • Endochironomus subtendens (Townes, 1945)
  • Endochironomus tendens (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Endochironomus tenuicaudus (Tokunaga, 1964)
  • Endochironomus uresipallidulus Sasa, 1989
  • † Endochironomus eocenicus Doitteau & Nel, 2007

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Endochironomus Kieffer". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. ↑ "BugGuide.net, Endochironomus genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  3. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  4. ↑ Durnova, Natalya; Sigareva, Ludmila; Sinichkina, Olga (10 September 2015). "Chromosome analysis of Endochironomusalbipennis Meigen, 1830 and morphologically similar Endochironomus sp. (Diptera, Chironomidae) from water bodies of the Volga region, Russia". Comparative Cytogenetics. 9 (4): 579–593. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5172. ISSN 1993-0771. PMC 4698572. PMID 26752268.
  5. ↑ Michailova, Paraskeva (1 June 1992). "Endochironomus tendens (F.) (Chironomidae, Diptera) an example of stasipatric speciation". Netherland Journal of Aquatic Ecology. 26 (2): 173–180. Bibcode:1992NJAqE..26..173M. doi:10.1007/BF02255238. ISSN 1573-5125. S2CID 8927569.
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