These 463 species belong to Chironomus, a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae.
Chironomus species
Chironomus aberratus Keyl, 1961 Chironomus abjectus Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus absconditus Kieffer, 1926 Chironomus acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939 Chironomus acerbus Hirvenoja, 1962 Chironomus acidophilus Keyl, 1960 Chironomus acuminatus Freeman, 1957 Chironomus acutiventris Wülker & Ryser, 1983 Chironomus acutus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus aegyptius (Kieffer, 1913) Chironomus affinis Wiedemann, 1817 Chironomus agilis Shobanov & Djomin, 1988 Chironomus albimaculatus Shobanov, Wülker & Kiknadze, 2002 Chironomus albomarginatus Kieffer, 1924 Chironomus alchichica Acosta & Prat, 2017 Chironomus alluaudi Kieffer, 1913 Chironomus alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934 Chironomus alternans Walker, 1856 Chironomus alternus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus amissum Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Michailova, 2013 Chironomus analis Freeman, 1959 Chironomus anchialicus Mikhailova, 1974 Chironomus androgyne Kieffer, 1918 Chironomus angustatus Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916 Chironomus annularius Meigen, 1818 Chironomus anonymus Williston, 1896 Chironomus antarcticus Walker, 1836 Chironomus antennalis Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860 Chironomus antipodensis Sublette & Wirth, 1980 Chironomus antiramus Kieffer, 1925 Chironomus antonioi Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007 Chironomus apicalis Kieffer, 1908 Chironomus apicatus Johannsen, 1932 Chironomus aprilinus Meigen, 1830 Chironomus arcuatus Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus arcustylus Siirin, 2003 Chironomus ashei Murray & O'Connor, 2025 Chironomus athalassicus Cannings, 1975 Chironomus atrella (Townes, 1945) Chironomus atripennis Rempel, 1939 Chironomus atritibia Malloch, 1934 Chironomus atrolineatus Goetghebuer, 1928 Chironomus atroviridis (Townes, 1945) Chironomus attenuatus Walker, 1848 Chironomus australis Macquart, 1847 Chironomus balatonicus Dévai, Wülker & Scholl, 1983 Chironomus balticus (Kieffer, 1925) Chironomus bavaricus Wülker & Ryser, 1983 Chironomus behningi Goetghebuer, 1928 Chironomus beljaninae Wülker, 1991 Chironomus bernensis Wülker & Klötzli, 1973 Chironomus bethsaidae (Kieffer, 1915) Chironomus bharati Singh & Kulshrestha, 1976 Chironomus bicolor Waltl, 1837 Chironomus bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964 Chironomus bicornutus (Kieffer, 1913) Chironomus bifidus Pal & Hazra, 2017 Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Martin, Kiknadze, Sublette & Michiels, 2009 Chironomus bimacula Walker, 1848 Chironomus bincus Kieffer, 1924 Chironomus binodulus Kieffer, 1922 Chironomus bipunctus Johannsen, 1932 Chironomus biseta (Townes, 1945) Chironomus biwaprimus (Sasa & Kawai, 1987) Chironomus blaylocki Wuelker, Martin, Kiknadze, Sublette & Michiels, 2009 Chironomus boliviensis Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus bonaerensis Lynch Arribálzaga, 1881 Chironomus bonus Shilova, 1974 Chironomus borealis Curtis, 1835 Chironomus borokensis Kerkis, Filippova & Shobanov, 1988 Chironomus boydi Chironomus breviantennatus Konstantinov, 1956 Chironomus brevibarba Kieffer, 1922 Chironomus brevidentatus Hirvenoja & Mikhailova, 1998 Chironomus brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1926) Chironomus brevisetis Shilova, 1989 Chironomus brevistylus Guha & Chaudhuri, 1985 Chironomus brunneipennis Johannsen, 1905 Chironomus brunneus Freeman, 1954 Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914 Chironomus calipterus Kieffer, 1908 Chironomus calligraphus Goeldi, 1905 Chironomus carolinensis Tokunaga, 1964 Chironomus cavazzi Kieffer, 1913 Chironomus chelonia (Townes, 1945) Chironomus chlorogaster Kieffer, 1911 Chironomus chlorophilus Weyenbergh, 1886 Chironomus cingulatus Meigen, 1830 Chironomus circumdatus (Kieffer, 1916) Chironomus citrinellus (Kieffer, 1913) Chironomus claggi Tokunaga, 1964 Chironomus clarinervis (Kieffer, 1924) Chironomus clarus Hirvenoja, 1962 Chironomus clavipenis Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus cloacalis Atchley & Martin, 1971 Chironomus coaetaneus Hirvenoja, 1998 Chironomus columbiensis Wülker, Sublette, Morath & Martin, 1989 Chironomus commutatus Keyl, 1960 Chironomus confectus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus congolensis Goetghebuer, 1936 Chironomus coracellus Kieffer, 1922 Chironomus corax (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus cordovensis Weyenbergh, 1886 Chironomus corniger Goetghebuer, 1921 Chironomus costatus Johannsen, 1932 Chironomus crassicaudatus Malloch, 1915 Chironomus crassicaudus Tokunaga, 1964 Chironomus crassicornis (Kieffer, 1922) Chironomus crassiforceps (Kieffer, 1916) Chironomus crassimanus Strenzke, 1959 Chironomus cucini Webb, 1969 Chironomus culterus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus curabilis Belyanina, Sigareva & Loginova, 1990 Chironomus curtipalpis Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus dahlbomi Zetterstedt, 1860 Chironomus daitodeeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001 Chironomus daitofegea Sasa & Suzuki, 2001 Chironomus decksbachi Goetghebuer, 1930 Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905 Chironomus decumbens Malloch, 1934 Chironomus dendrophila (Zvereva, 1950) Chironomus despectus Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus detriticola Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007 Chironomus diakonoffi (Kruseman, 1949) Chironomus dilutus Shobanov, Kiknadze & Butler, 1999 Chironomus discolor (Santos Abreu, 1918) Chironomus distans Kieffer, 1909 Chironomus dolichotomus Kieffer, 1911 Chironomus dorsalis Meigen, 1818 Chironomus duplex Walker, 1856 Chironomus dystenus (Kieffer, 1916) Chironomus echizensis Sasa, 1994 Chironomus elatior Kieffer, 1916 Chironomus ellejorsava Murray & O'connor, 2025 Chironomus enshiensis Wang, 1994 Chironomus enteromorphae Tokunaga, 1936 Chironomus entis Shobanov, 1989 Chironomus equisitus Chironomus esai Wülker, 1997 Chironomus excavatus Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus excisus Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus famiabeus Sasa, 1996 Chironomus filimanus Kieffer, 1918 Chironomus fittkaui Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007 Chironomus flaveolus Meigen, 1818 Chironomus flavicollis Meigen, 1818 Chironomus flavitibia Johannsen, 1932 Chironomus flavofasciatus Kieffer, 1918 Chironomus flavoviridis Lundstrom, 1915 Chironomus fluminicola Weyenbergh, 1886 Chironomus formosae (Kieffer, 1912) Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 Chironomus forsythi Martin, 1999 Chironomus fortibracchius Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus fortistylus Chaudhuri, Das & Sublette, 1992 Chironomus fraternus Wülker, 1991 Chironomus frequentatus Belyanina & Filinkova, 1996 Chironomus frisianus (Kieffer, 1912) Chironomus frommeri Atchley & Martin, 1971 Chironomus fujitertius Sasa, 1985 Chironomus fulviventris (Kieffer, 1921) Chironomus fundatus Philinkova & Belyanina, 1993 Chironomus fusciceps Yamamoto, 1990 Chironomus galilaeus (Kieffer, 1915) Chironomus gelhausi Bouchard, 2022 Chironomus gigas Reiss, 1974 Chironomus ginzanabeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001 Chironomus globulus Filinkova & Belyanina, 1993 Chironomus grandivalva (Shilova, 1957) Chironomus grisescens Goetghebuer, 1921 Chironomus gualtemaltecus Cockerell, 1915 Chironomus halophilus Packard, 1873 Chironomus hamatus Freeman, 1957 Chironomus harpi Sublette, 1991 Chironomus harti Malloch, 1915 Chironomus harunaprimus Sasa, 1996 Chironomus hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901 Chironomus hemicyclius Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus heterodentatus Konstantinov, 1956 Chironomus heteropilicornis Wülker, 1996 Chironomus hirtimanus Kieffer & Thienemann, 1908 Chironomus hirtitarsis Johannsen, 1932 Chironomus holomelas Keyl, 1961 Chironomus holsatus (Lenz) Chironomus horni Kieffer, 1918 Chironomus hungaricus (Szitó, 1969) Chironomus hyperboreus Staeger, 1845 Chironomus ignotus Zavřel, 1932 Chironomus imberbis Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus imicola Kieffer, 1913 Chironomus improvidus Hirvenoja, 1998 Chironomus improvisus Shobanov, 2004 Chironomus incertipenis Chaudhuri, 1996 Chironomus incertus (Kieffer, 1924) Chironomus inermifrons Goetghebuer, 1921 Chironomus inquinatus Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Mikhailova, 2006 Chironomus islandicus (Kieffer, 1913) Chironomus jamaicensis Gerry, 1933 Chironomus jangchunensis Ree, 2012 Chironomus januarius Skuse, 1889 Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924 Chironomus joni Spies & Reiss, 1996 Chironomus jonmartini Lindeberg, 1979 Chironomus kagaensis Sasa, 1994 Chironomus kanazawai (Yamamoto, 1996) Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga, 1936 Chironomus kiknadzeae Mikhailova, 1984 Chironomus komensis (Zvereva, 1950) Chironomus lacunarius Wülker & Klötzli, 1973 Chironomus lacustris (Kieffer, 1913) Chironomus lasiopus Walker, 1848 Chironomus latistylus Reiss, 1974 Chironomus latusus Jiang & Wang, 2011 Chironomus lenzi Kieffer, 1922 Chironomus leucochlorus Kieffer, 1923 Chironomus leucopterus Linevich, 1971 Chironomus linearis Kieffer, 1911 Chironomus longiforceps Kieffer, 1918 Chironomus longilobus (Kieffer, 1916) Chironomus longistylus Goetghebuer, 1921 Chironomus longivalvis Kieffer, 1910 Chironomus loricatus Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus lugubris Zetterstedt, 1850 Chironomus lundstroemi Saether, 2004 Chironomus luridus Strenzke, 1959 Chironomus lurilatus Das, Majumdar, Mazumdar & Hazra, 2015 Chironomus macani Freeman, 1948 Chironomus macrogaster Kieffer, 1911 Chironomus maddeni Martin & Cranston, 1995 Chironomus maerens Sherborn, 1928 Chironomus major Wülker & Butler, 1983 Chironomus markosjani Shilova, 1983 Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908 Chironomus mayri Mazumdar, Mazumdar & Chaudhuri, 2009 Chironomus meinerii Kieffer, 1915 Chironomus melanderi Kieffer, 1917 Chironomus melanescens Keyl, 1961 Chironomus melanopus Kieffer, 1916 Chironomus melanotus Keyl, 1961 Chironomus mongolabeus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1997) Chironomus mongolbeceus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1997) Chironomus mongolcedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997 Chironomus mongoldeeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997 Chironomus mongolefeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997 Chironomus mongolfegeus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997 Chironomus mongolgeheus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997 Chironomus mongolheius Sasa & Suzuki, 1997 Chironomus montuosus Ryser, Wülker & Scholl, 1985 Chironomus mozleyi Wülker, 2007 Chironomus muratensis Ryser & Scholl, 1983 Chironomus neocorax Wülker & Butler, 1983 Chironomus neofulvus Rempel, 1939 Chironomus nepalensis (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus nepeanensis Skuse, 1889 Chironomus niger Chaudhuri, Das & Sublette, 1992 Chironomus nigerilateralis Tokunaga, 1964 Chironomus nigricans Goetghebuer, 1927 Chironomus nigrifrons Linevich, 1971 Chironomus nigritibia Walker, 1848 Chironomus nigrocaudata Erbaeva, 1968 Chironomus nigroviridis Macquart, 1834 Chironomus nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979 Chironomus nipponensis Tokunaga, 1940 Chironomus nipponicus Tokunaga, 1940 Chironomus nitidiventris Edwards, 1931 Chironomus nivalis Freeman, 1954 Chironomus noctivagus (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus noctuabundus Kieffer, 1911 Chironomus nocturnalis Kieffer, 1911 Chironomus novaeguineensis Meijere, 1906 Chironomus novosibiricus Kiknadze, Siirin & Kerkis, 1993 Chironomus nuditarsis Keyl, 1961 Chironomus nudiventris Ryser & Scholl, 1983 Chironomus obensis Filinkova & Belyanina, 1996 Chironomus obscuripes Holmgren, 1869 Chironomus obscurus (Filinkova & Belyanina, 1994) Chironomus obtusidens Goetghebuer, 1921 Chironomus occidentalis Skuse, 1889 Chironomus ochreatus (Townes, 1945) Chironomus ochrocoma Kieffer, 1922 Chironomus oculatus Shobanov, 1996 Chironomus okinawanus Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987 Chironomus okisiroia (Sasa, 1993) Chironomus oliveirai Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007 Chironomus oppositus Walker, 1856 Chironomus ovazzai Freeman, 1957 Chironomus pacificus Tokunaga, 1936 Chironomus palidus Linevich, 1971 Chironomus pallidiramus Kieffer, 1925 Chironomus pallidivittatus Malloch, 1915 Chironomus palpalis Johannsen, 1932 Chironomus pankratovi Grebenyuk, Kiknadze & Belyanina, 1989