Welcome to the Chironomidae (Diptera) of Georgia (USA), a checklist of chironomid midges based upon published literature records and specimens examined by the author, B. A. Caldwell.  Literature records that can be considered doubtful are generally excluded, including instances where specimens are not available for verification.  A number of manuscript names from other sources, such as Labrundinia sp. 10 Roback, Tanytarsus sp. F Epler, etc. have been utilized for species not formally described (mostly larvae), so please note some of these taxa may also be represented by adult records and result in some duplication.  Records are periodically reviewed and updated.  Feel free to offer comments, suggestions, corrections or additions – including Georgia specimens not previously reported that can be verified and added to the checklist.  Please contact me at bacaldwell(at)mindspring(dot)com.  Some species yet to be reported for Georgia, but documented in other southeastern states, are likely to occur here and will be added when discovered and verified.  Many of the records below are based on adult males, but other life stages are often included.  This listing replaces those for Georgia in Hudson et al. (1990) and Caldwell et al. (1997).  Navigation for this site has now been improved, with subfamilies listed (below) and linked to respective starting pages.  Use NEXT PAGE (bottom right of pages) or the navigation bar at the top of each page to move through separate pages of the list.  Please check out the links to other sources of chironomid information on p. 6 (as well as a newly updated link to Odonata, including a checklist for GA species). 

 

Date of establishment of this checklist - October 31, 2004.

 

Last updated May 13, 2008 (previous updates August 5, 2007, February 5, 2007, January 16, 2007, July 21&13, 2006, April 11, 2006, June 1, 2005 and  Dec. 29, 2004).  Updates beginning May 13, 2008 are highlighted in RED.