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]
| Endochironomus | |
|---|---|
| Endochironomus nigricans, Oklahoma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironominae |
| Tribe: | Chironomini |
| Genus: | Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editThese 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
edit- 1 2 3 "Catalogue of Life, Endochironomus Kieffer". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
- ↑ "BugGuide.net, Endochironomus genus Information". Retrieved 2026-06-25.
- ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Pape, T. (2026). "Systema Dipterorum". doi:10.48580/d3bz. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Endochironomus at iNaturalist
Media related to Endochironomus at Wikimedia Commons