Xenochironomus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Chironomidae
Subfamilia: Chironominae
Tribus: Chironomini
Genus: Xenochironomus
Species (19): X. alaidae – X. amazonensis – X. canterburyensis – X. ceciliae – X. ethiopensis – X. grini – X. jungorum – X. lacertus – X. loripes – X. martini – X. mendesi – X. meng – X. mulu – X. trisetosus – X. trochanteratus – X. tuberosus – X. ugandae – X. xenolabis – X. yue

Nomina dubia (1): X. nigricaudus

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus (7) X. alaidae – X. amazonensis – X. ethiopensis – X. grini – X. martini – X. mendesi – X. nigricaudus
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Check (2): X. flaviventris – X. longicrus

Name

Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921

References

Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Sur quelques diptères piqueurs de la tribu des Ceratopogoninae. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d' Afrique Nord 1: 107–115. Reference page.
Fusari, L.M.; Roque, F.de O.; Hamada, N. 2013: Review of Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with description of six new species. Zootaxa 3646(2): 101–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.2.1 Reference page.
Liu, S-T. & Tang, H-Q. 2025. Xylochironomus Cranston newly recorded in the Oriental region (Diptera, Chironomidae), with description of three new species. ZooKeys 1257: 127–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1257.163285 Reference page.