Genus: Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874

With nearly 400 described species, Tanytarsus is the largest genus in the tribe and the second most diverse genus of the family Chironomidae (cf. Dantas et al. 2022). At least 11 species of Tanytarsus have been recorded from North Korea. The review comprises 3 species found previously (Reiss 1980, apart form 6 species ascribed to Tanytarsus as “sp. K1–6”) and 8 species here recorded for the first time from North Korea (Table 2).