Stictochironomus is a genus of non-biting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 50 described species in Stictochironomus.
Members of this genus often have strongly marked wings and legs. The larvae of these midges may also have distinct dark patterns on the dorsal side of the head capsule. They live in sand and other sediments in a variety of fresh water habitats in densities of several hundred per square meter.
Stictochironomus maculipennis larvae have been reported to live relatively deep, up to 6 cm, in the sediment to avoid predation. It has been suggested they migrate between the deeper sediment layers and the sediment surface to breathe.
Species These 59 species belong to the genus Stictochironomus:
Stictochironomus abasirisecundus Sasa & Shirasaka, 1988 Stictochironomus aduncum (Konar & Hazra, 2017) Stictochironomus akizukii (Tokunaga, 1940) Stictochironomus albicrus (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus annulicrus (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus assimilis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Stictochironomus bengalensis Konar, 2021 Stictochironomus bisignatus (Kieffer, 1918) Stictochironomus caffrarius (Kieffer, 1921) Stictochironomus clavipennae (Hazra, Sanyal & Brahma, 2016) Stictochironomus crassiforceps (Kieffer, 1922) Stictochironomus devinctus (Say, 1829) Stictochironomus exterflexus (Hazra, Sanyal & Brahma, 2016) Stictochironomus festivus Kieffer, 1921 Stictochironomus flagellatum (Chaudhuri, Guha & Gupta, 1981) Stictochironomus flavicingulus (Walker, 1848) Stictochironomus fluviaticus (Skuse, 1889) Stictochironomus fusiformis (Kieffer, 1921) Stictochironomus han Na & Bae, 2010 Stictochironomus hibaradecimus (Sasa & Suzuki, 1998) Stictochironomus illawarra Freeman, 1961 Stictochironomus juncaii Qi, Shi & Wang, 2008 Stictochironomus kamiprimus Sasa & Hirabayashi, 1991 Stictochironomus kisopallidulus Sasa & Kondo, 1994 Stictochironomus kondoi Hashimoto, 1987 Stictochironomus labeculatus Goetghebuer, 1938 Stictochironomus longipugionis (Sahin, 1987) Stictochironomus longtanensis Lei & Zhang, 2026 Stictochironomus lutosus (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus maculipennis (Meigen, 1818) Stictochironomus marmoreus (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus multannulatus Tokunaga, 1938 Stictochironomus naevus (Mitchell, 1908) Stictochironomus narzykulovi Akhrorov, 1968 Stictochironomus natalensis Freeman, 1958 Stictochironomus oppetitus (Walker, 1856) Stictochironomus palliatus (Coquillett, 1902) Stictochironomus pictulus (Meigen, 1830) Stictochironomus psammophilus Chernovsky, 1949 Stictochironomus psilopterus (Edwards, 1935) Stictochironomus pulchipennis Kawai & Imbayashi, 2008 Stictochironomus puripennis (Kieffer, 1921) Stictochironomus quadrimaculatus Song & Qi, 2024 Stictochironomus quagga (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus reissi Cranston, 1989 Stictochironomus rosenscholdi (Zetterstedt, 1838) Stictochironomus simantomaculatum (Sasa, Suzuki & Sakai, 1998) Stictochironomus sinsauensis Ree & Jeong, 2010 Stictochironomus stackelbergi (Goetghebuer, 1938) Stictochironomus sticticus (Fabricius, 1782) Stictochironomus tadizkistanicus Akhrorov, 1968 Stictochironomus tamamontuki Sasa, 1983 Stictochironomus townesi Tokunaga, 1964 Stictochironomus translucens (Johannsen, 1932) Stictochironomus trifuscipes Song & Qi, 2024 Stictochironomus unguiculatus (Malloch, 1934) Stictochironomus varius (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus virgatus (Townes, 1945) Stictochironomus yalvacii Sahin, 1987
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