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Original Article 

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Checklist of the family Chironomidae (Diptera) of Southern 
Morava River basin, Serbia 
 

Djuradj Milošević1, Vladica Simić2, Ivan Todosijević1, Milica Stojković1 

 
1University of Niš, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, 
Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia 
2University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Institute of Biology and 
Ecology, Radoja Domanovića 14, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia 
 
* E-mail: djuradj@pmf.ni.ac.rs 

 
 
Abstract:  
Milošević, Dj., Simić, V., Todosijević, I., Stojković, M.: Checklist of the family Chironomidae (Diptera) of 
Southern Morava River basin, Serbia. Biologica Nyssana, 2 (2), December 2011: 123-128. 
 
This paper presents the first checklist of the family Chironomidae (Diptera) in Serbia, based on literature 
citations in two periods (1981/82 and 2010/11) and the unpublished data as well as material examined by the 
authors. Our survey ranges over the Central, Eastern, Southern and Southeastern parts of Serbia (Southern 
Morava River basin). We have listed 110 taxa distributed in following five subfamilies: Chironominae (39), 
Diamesinae (3), Orthocladiinae (48), Prodiamesinae (2) and Tanypodynae (16). 
 
Key words: checklist, Chironomidae, Serbia, Southern Morava River 

   
 
Introduction 

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Chironomidae represent the group of flies in 

the suborder Nematocera (Diptera). This group is 
usually the most abundant macroinvertebrate group 
in number of species and individuals, encountered in 
the majority of fresh-water aquatic habitats. The 
fauna of family Chironomidae currently consists of 
11 described subfamilies and nominally, 22 tribes 
with 339 genera counting 4147 (sub)species. 
(F e r r i n g t o n , 2008). 

The family Chironomidae plays the most 
important role in detritus processing in freshwater 
ecosystems, recycling natural and introduced 
organic matter (H i r a b a y a s h i  & W o t t o n , 
1998; J o n e s  & G r e y , 2004). Also, they present 
an important part of the food chain (A r m i t a g e  et 
al., 1995). Considering the characteristics mentioned 
above, Chironomidae presents a proper candidate 
for the water quality assessment. Regardless their 
importance in aquatic ecosystems, little information 

on qualitative composition of the chironomid fauna 
in Serbia is available at the moment. This is 
particularly true for lotic systems in Central, 
Eastern, Southern and Southeastern parts of Serbia, 
where research on this topic has not been conducted 
for 29 years (1981 - 2010). The first investigation 
was those of J a n k o v i ć  (1985), who sampled 
across the entire drainage basin of the Southern 
Morava River, Serbia, in 1981. Recently, 
M i l o š e v i ć  et al. (2012) repeated the survey of 
J a n k o v i ć  (1985) over the same range, with the 
aim of examining the changes in the Southern 
Morava River basin. According to the investigations 
of the authors mentioned above, as well as 
unpublished data examined by author from the 
Southern Morava range, we presented the first 
chironomid check list of Central, Eastern, Southern 
and Southeastern parts of Serbia. 

The checklist should contribute to the 
research on this unexplored group of insects in 

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Serbia which have often been proved as useful in 
the water quality assessment. 

 
Materials and methods 
 

The Southern Morava River, also known as 
the Binačka Morava, has its source in the Skopska 
Crna Gora Mountain, Macedonia, and flows roughly 
towards the north. At km 49 it joins up with the 
Preševska Moravica and at km 295 it flows into the 
Morava, which itself eventually flows into the Black 
Sea. The Southern Morava River has a catchment 
area of 15,469 km2 of which 14,372 km2 (92.91%) 
are situated in Serbia and 1,097 km2 (7.09%) in 
Bulgaria, through this river’s right-hand tributary, 
the river Nišava. The Southern Morava has 157 
tributaries most of which dry out during summer. 
Larger, permanent left-hand tributaries are the 
Jablanica, Veternica, Toplica and Pusta Reka rivers. 

Right-hand tributaries are the Vlasina, Nišava (the 
longest) and Sokobanjska Moravica rivers 
(G a v r i l o v i c  & D u k i c , 2002). 

We studied the chironomid faunal 
composition once in the each season of 2010 at 28 
localities, chosen across the Southern Morava range 
to include different stream orders and a variety of 
habitats (Fig. 1). Specimens were identified up to 
the genus- or species-level with established keys 
(S m i t h  & D i s t l e r , 1981, W i e d e r h o l m , 
1983, P i l l o t , 1984a, 1984b, 2009, 
V a l l e n d u u k  & P i l l o t , 2007). The taxonomy 
used here is that of S p i e s  & S æ t h e r  (2004), 
with adjustments following H. M. P i l l o t  (pers. 
comm.). Our survey ranges over the Central, 
Eastern, Southern and Southeastern parts of Serbia 
(M a r k o v i c , 1970). 

 

 

 
Figure 1. Sampling localities over the Southern Morava River. Squares indicate localities studied in 1981 

and circles indicate localities studied in 2010 



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Results 

We have listed 110 taxa distributed into the 
following five subfamilies: Chironominae (39), 
Diamesinae (3), Orthocladiinae (48), Prodiamesinae 
(2) and Tanypodynae (16). 
 
The review of taxa 
 
Subfamily Chironominae 

1. Beckidia zabolotzkyi (Goetghebuer 1938) 
Site:BOB,  

2. Chernovskiia orbicus (Townes 1945) 
Site:BIM, STA 

3. Chironomus sp. 
Site:GRD, MEZ, STA, BOB, VET, 2 ,3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 
26, 27 

4. Cladotanytarsus sp.  
Site: BIM, MEZ, BRE, JAB, TOP, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 
13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26 

5. Cryptochironomus sp.  
Site: BIM, GRD, MEZ, BRE, JAB, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 
9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 
26, 27 

6. Demicryptochironomus vulneratus (Zetterstedt 
1838) 

Site: BIM, BOB, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 21 

7. Dicrotendipes nervosus (Staeger 1839) 
Site: 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26  

8. Dicrotendipes notatus (Meigen 1818) 
Site: 23 

9. Endochironomus albipennis (Meigen 1830) 
Site: 14, 26 

10. Endochironomus dispar (Meigen, 1830) 
Site: 12 

11. Glyptotendipes cauliginellus (Kieffer 1913) 
Site: VLH, 13 

12. Harnischia fuscimanus Kieffer 1921 
Site: BOB, 1, 10, 13, 18, 19, 21, 27 

13. Microchironomus tener (Kieffer, 1918) 
Site: 19  

14. Micropsectra bidentata Goetghebuer 1921 
Site: 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 28 

15. Micropsectra sp.  
Site: PUT, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 22, 23, 25, 27 

16. Microtendipes pedellus (De Geer 1776) 
Site:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27  

17. Parachironomus frequens (Johannsen 1905) 
Site: 4 

18. Paracladopelma laminatum (Kieffer 1921) 
Site: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 
22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 

19. Paracladopelma nigritulum (Goetghebuer 1942) 
Site: MPV, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18 

20. Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis (Malloch 1915) 
Site: 1, 2, 16, 17 

21. Paratanytarsus austriacus (Kieffer 1924) 
Site: 19 

22. Paratanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen 1905) 
Site: BRE, PUT, VET, 1, 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 
25, 26, 27 

23. Paratendipes albimanus (Meigen 1818) 
Site: GRD, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 

24. Phaenopsectra sp.  
Site: GRD, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 
25, 26, 27 

25. Polypedilum albicorne (Meigen 1838) 
Site: 1, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 
25, 27, 28 

26. Polypedilum convictum (Walker 1856) 
Site: MEZ, BRE, STA, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 
25, 26, 27, 28 

27. Polypedilum cultellatum Goetghebuer 1931 
Site: 13, 25 

28. Polypedilum laetum (Meigen 1818) 
Site: MIV, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 
19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28  

29. Polypedilum pedestre (Meigen 1830) 
Site: GRD, MEZ, BRE, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 
19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28 

30. Polypedilum scalaenum (Schrank 1803) 
Site: BIM, MIV, MPV, GRD, MEZ, BRE, STA, 
BOB, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 



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31. Polypedilum uncinatum Goetghebuer 1921 
Site: 5, 12 

32. Pseudochironomus prasinatus (Staeger 1839) 
Site: STA  

33. Rheotanytarsus sp.  
Site: JAB, STA, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 

34. Saetheria reissi Jackson 1977 
Site: 2, 6, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 

35. Saetheria sp.  
Site: MPV, BRE, JAB, 1 

36. Stempellinella brevis (Edwards 1929) 
Site: 11, 12, 28 

37. Stictochironomus maculipennis (Meigen 1818) 
Site: 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 26, 28 

38. Stictochironomus pictulus (Meigen 1830)  
Site: 1, 4, 7, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25 

39. Tanytarsus sp. 
Site: GRD, MEZ, BRE, JAB, STA, BOB, 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 

Subfamily Diamesinae 

40. Diamesa sp. 
Site: MIV, 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 13, 24, 28 

41. Potthastia gaedii (Meigen 1838) 
Site: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27  

42. Potthastia longimanus Kieffer 1922 
Site: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 
20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 

Subfamily Orthocladiinae 

43. Brillia flavifrons (Johannsen 1905) 
Site: 9, 10, 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 27 

44. Brillia bifida (Kieffer 1909) 
Site: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 24, 26, 28 

45. Bryophaenocladius subvernalis (Edwards 1929) 
Site: GRD 

46. Cardiocladius fuscus Kieffer 1924 
Site: 3, 8, 13, 18, 19, 21, 27 

47. Corynoneura celeripes Winnertz 1852 
Site: GRD, MEZ 

48. Corynoneura lobata Edwards 1924 
Site: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 28  

49. Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz 1846 
Site: GRD, MEZ, 27 

50. Cricotopus triannulatus agg. sensu Moller Pillot 1984
Site: MIV, VLH, GRD, MEZ, BRE, STA, VET, 1, 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 
19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 

51. Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen 1818) 
Site:VLH, GRD, MEZ, BRE, JAB, STA, BOB, 
VET, TOP, 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 

52. Cricotopus gr. sylvestris sensu Hirvenoja 1973 
Site: BRE, 10 

53. Cricotopus tremulus (Linnaeus 1758) 
Site: VLH, BRE, JAB, VET, 3, 4, 13, 24, 25 

54. Cricotopus trifascia Edwards 1929 
Site: MEZ, JAB, 3, 8, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 
27 

55. Epoicocladius ephemerae (Kieffer 1924) 
Site: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 28 

56. Eukiefferiella brevicalcar (Kieffer 1911) 
Site: MOR, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 20, 28 

57. Eukiefferiella claripennis (Lundbeck 1898) 
Site: BRE, 22 

58. Eukiefferiella clypeata (Kieffer 1923) 
Site: 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 

59. Eukiefferiella gracei (Edwards 1929) 
Site: MIV, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 
19, 25, 27 

60. Eukiefferiella ilkleyensis (Edwards 1929) 
Site: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 
19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 

61. Eukiefferiella lobifera Goetghebuer 1934  
Site: VLH, BRE, 2, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27 

62. Eukiefferiella minor (Edwards 1929)  
Site: 4 

63. Eukiefferiella sp. 
Site: MIV 

64. Heleniella ornaticollis (Edwards 1929) 
Site: 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 28 

 



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65. Hydrobaenus sp. 
Site: MOR, MIV, BRE, JAB 

66. Limnophyes sp. 
Site: GRD, 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 19, 27 

67. Nanocladius bicolor (Zetterstedt 1838) 
Site: 6, 7, 16, 26 

68. Nanocladius  rectinervis (Kieffer 1911) 
Site: MEZ, BRE, JAB, TOP,  4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 14, 
17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 28 

69. Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) sp. 
Site: MIV, VLH, MEZ, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 
25, 26, 27, 28  

70. Orthocladius (Orthocladius) sp. 
Site: MIV, BRE, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 
26, 27, 28 

71. Orthocladius frigidus (Zetterstedt 1838) 
Site: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 

72. Orthocladius rivulorum Kieffer 1909 
Site: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16 

73. Paracladius conversus (Walker 1856) 
Site: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27 

74. Paracricotopus niger (Kieffer 1913) 
Site: 4, 22 

75. Parakiefferiella gracillima (Kieffer 1922)  
Site: MOR 

76. Parametriocnemus stylatus (Spaerck 1923) 
Site: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 

77. Paratrichocladius rufiventris (Meigen 1830) 
Site: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28  

78. Paratrissocladius excerptus (Walker 1856) 
Site: 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 23, 28 

79. Psectrocladius calcaratus (Edwards 1929) 
Site: MEZ, 1, 6 

80. Pseudosmittia danconai (Marcuzzi 1947) 
Site: VLH, TOP 

81. Rheocricotopus chalybeatus (Edwards 1929) 
Site: 1, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 
25, 26, 27 

 

82. Rheocricotopus effusus (Walker 1856) 
Site: JAB, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 23, 28 

83. Rheocricotopus fuscipes (Kieffer 1909) 
Site: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 22, 24, 28 

84. Rheosmittia spinicornis (Brundin 1956) 
Site: 5, 11, 28 

85. Smittia sp. 
Site: BRE, 20 

86. Synorthocladius semivirens (Kieffer 1909) 
Site: MOR, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 

87. Thienemanniella clavicornis (Kieffer 1911) 
Site: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 
27, 28 

88. Thienemanniella majuscula (Edwards 1924) 
Site: JAB, 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 
26 

89. Tvetenia bavarica (Goetghebuer 1934) 
Site: 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 22, 28 

90. Tvetenia calvescens (Edwards 1929) 
Site: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 
23, 24, 25, 27  

91. Tvetenia discoloripes (Goetghebuer & 
Thienemann 1936) 

Site: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 23, 25, 28 

Subfamily Prodiamesinae 

92. Odontomesa fulva (Kieffer 1919) 
Site: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12 

93. Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen 1818) 
Site: GRD, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 
15 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 , 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 

Subfamily Tanypodinae 

94. Ablabesmyia longistyla Fittkau 1962 
Site: MEZ,  10, 16, 20 

95. Ablabesmyia phatta (Egger 1864) 
Site: 18 

96. Anatopynia plumipes (Fries 1823) 
Site: 4 

97. Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis (Zetterstedt 1838) 
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98. Arctopelopia barbitarsis (Zetterstedt 1850) 
Site: 5, 12 

99. Conchapelopia melanops (Meigen 1818) 
Site: MEZ, JAB, STA, PUT, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 
12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27 

100. Krenopelopia sp. 
Site: 1, 4 

101. Larsia curticalcar (Kieffer 1918) 
Site: MEZ, BRE, JAB 

102. Macropelopia adaucta Kieffer 1916 
Site: 6, 22, 23 

103. Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen 1804) 
Site: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 23, 27, 
28 

104. Nilotanypus dubius (Meigen 1804) 
Site: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 22, 24, 25, 28 

105. Procladius sp. 
Site: GRD, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 

106. Rheopelopia sp. 
Site: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 

107. Tanypus punctipennis Meigen 1818 
Site: GRD, STA, BOB, 19, 27 

108. Thienemannimyia sp. 
Site: MEZ, JAB, STA, PUT, 4, 5, 6, 12, 22, 28 

109. Trissopelopia flavida Kieffer 1923 
Site: MEZ, STA 

110. Zavrelimyia sp. 
Site: 7 

  
Acknowledgements. This work was supported by grant # 
043002 ‘Biosensing technologies and global system for 
long-term research and integrated management of 
ecosystems’ by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of 
Serbia. We want to thank H. M. Pillot (Tilburg, The 
Netherlands) for the great support and useful advice 
about this work. 
 
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