Xenochironomus Kieffer

Fusari, Lívia Maria, Roque, Fabio De Oliveira & Hamada, Neusa, 2013, Review of Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with description of six new species, Zootaxa 3646 (2), pp. 101-126 : 102-103

Xenochironomus Kieffer

Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921: 273 ; Townes 1945: 91 (in part); Saether 1977: 171, fig. 83A; Pinder and Reiss 1983: 347, fig. 10.80; Pinder and Reiss 1986: 359, fig. 10.84; Cranston et al. 1989: 423, fig. 10.73. Chironomus (Chironomus) , gr. B: Edwards 1929a: 385.

Tendipes (Xenochironomus) : Kruseman 1933: 177; Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Lenz 1937–1960: 32. Chironomus (Xenochironomus) : Freeman 1957: 380.

Type species: Chironomus xenolabis Kieffer in Thienemann and Kieffer, 1916 by subsequent designation by Goetghebuer in Goetghebuer and Lenz (1937–1960: 32).

List of species of the genus. Holarctic Region: Xenochironomus xenolabis (Kieffer, 1916) ; Eastern Region, X. flaviventris (Kieffer, 1921) , X. longicrus (Kieffer, 1921) , X. trochanteratus (Thomson, 1969) , X. nigricaudus Hashimoto, 1981 , X. lacertus Dutta et Chaudhuri, 1995 and X. tuberosus Wang, 2000 ; Afrotropical Region: X.

trisetosus (Kieffer, 1922) , X. ugandae (Goetghebuer, 1936) and X. ethiopensis sp. n.; Australian Region: X. canterburyensis (Freeman, 1959) ; Neotropical Region: X. xenolabis (Kieffer, 1916) , X. ceciliae Roque et Trivinho- Strixino, 2005, X. alaidae sp. n., X. amazonensis sp. n., X. grini sp. n., X. martini sp. n., and X. mendesi sp. n.

Generic diagnosis: Saether (1977), Pinder and Reiss (1983, 1986), Cranston et al. (1989), Wang (2000), Roque and Trivinho-Strixino (2005).