Genus Chironomus Meigen

Chironomus Meigen, 1803: 260 . Type species, Tipula plumosa Linnaeus (subs. des. Latreille 1810: 42). Refs.: Ashe, 1983: 16 for synonyms; Reiss, 1974b: 4 (desc. Amazonian species); Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1981: 333 (new spec.); Spies & Reiss, 1996: 69 (cat.); Correia et al., 2005: 30 (new spec.); Correia et al., 2006: 58 (new spec.); Correia & Trivinho-Strixino, 2007: 54 (new spec.).