Microtendipes

Microtendipes
Microtendipes pedellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Chironominae
Tribe: Chironomini
Genus: Microtendipes
Kieffer, 1915

Microtendipes is a genus of midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 60 described species in Microtendipes.[1][2][3][4]

Microtendipes pedellus
Microtendipes caducus, Wisconsin

Species

These 62 species belong to the genus Microtendipes:[3][5]

  • Microtendipes albitarsis (Lundström, 1910)
  • Microtendipes albus (Goetghebuer, 1936)
  • Microtendipes angustus Qi & Wang, 2006
  • Microtendipes anticus (Walker, 1848)
  • Microtendipes baishanzuensis Song & Qi, 2023
  • Microtendipes bicoloripennis Freeman, 1961
  • Microtendipes bifasciatus (Kieffer, 1921)
  • Microtendipes bimaculatus Song & Qi, 2023
  • Microtendipes brevissimus Qi, Lin & Wang, 2014
  • Microtendipes brevitarsis Brundin, 1947
  • Microtendipes britteni (Edwards, 1929)
  • Microtendipes caducus Townes, 1945
  • Microtendipes caelum Townes, 1945
  • Microtendipes chloris (Meigen, 1818)
  • Microtendipes confinis (Meigen, 1830)
  • Microtendipes diffinis Meigen
  • Microtendipes distalis Kieffer, 1918
  • Microtendipes famiefeus Sasa, 1996
  • Microtendipes flavipes (Kieffer, 1921)
  • Microtendipes globosus Qi, Li, Wang & Shao, 2014
  • Microtendipes kahuziensis Lehmann, 1979
  • Microtendipes lamprogaster (Kieffer, 1914)
  • Microtendipes lentiginosus Freeman, 1955
  • Microtendipes litoris Lehmann, 1981
  • Microtendipes lugubris Kieffer, 1921
  • Microtendipes luteipes (Kieffer, 1922)
  • Microtendipes masaakii Ashe, 1990
  • Microtendipes microsandulum Kieffer, 1915
  • Microtendipes morii Moubayed-Breil, 2017
  • Microtendipes nielseni Goetghebuer, 1929
  • Microtendipes nigellus Hirvenoja, 1963
  • Microtendipes nigrithorax Song & Qi, 2023
  • Microtendipes nigritia Langton, 2017
  • Microtendipes nitidus (Meigen, 1818)
  • Microtendipes numerosus Lehmann, 1979
  • Microtendipes obscurus (Meigen, 1804)
  • Microtendipes parachloris Niitsuma & Tang, 2017
  • Microtendipes paratamagouti Ree, 2012
  • Microtendipes pedellus (De Geer, 1776)
  • Microtendipes quasicaducas
  • Microtendipes quasicauducas Qi, 2006
  • Microtendipes robustus Song & Qi, 2023
  • Microtendipes rydalensis (Edwards, 1929)
  • Microtendipes satchelli Freeman, 1955
  • Microtendipes schenkling Kieffer, 1921
  • Microtendipes scheucki Reiss, 1997
  • Microtendipes schuecki Reiss, 1997
  • Microtendipes shoukomaki Sasa, 1989
  • Microtendipes taitae (Kieffer, 1913)
  • Microtendipes tarsalis (Walker, 1856)
  • Microtendipes tobaquintus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990
  • Microtendipes truncatus Kawai & Sasa, 1985
  • Microtendipes tuberosus Qi & Wang, 2006
  • Microtendipes tumulus (Dutta & Chaudhuri, 1995)
  • Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
  • Microtendipes urbanus (Kieffer, 1911)
  • Microtendipes wuyiensis Song & Qi, 2023
  • Microtendipes yaanensis Qi & Wang, 2006
  • Microtendipes zhamensis Qi & Wang, 2006
  • Microtendipes zhejiangensis Qi, Lin & Wang, 2012
  • † Microtendipes eocenicus Doitteau & Nel, 2007
  • † Microtendipes melainus Hong, 1981

References

  1. ↑ "GBIF, Microtendipes". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  2. ↑ "BugGuide.net, Microtendipes genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  3. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915". Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  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.
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