Tribelos
Appearance
Tribelos | |
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Tribelos intextum, Belgium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Chironomidae |
Subfamily: | Chironominae |
Tribe: | Chironomini |
Genus: | Tribelos Townes, 1945 |

Tribelos is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These eight species belong to the genus Tribelos:[1]
- Tribelos ater (Townes, 1945)
- Tribelos fuscicorne (Malloch, 1915) (sometimes fusicornis)
- Tribelos intextus (Walker, 1856) (Europe)
- Tribelos jucundus (Walker, 1848)
- Tribelos protextus (Townes, 1945)
- Tribelos quadripunctatus (Malloch, 1915)
- Tribelos subatrum Grodhaus, 1987
- Tribelos subletteorum Grodhaus, 1987
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Tribelos Townes, 1945". Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ "GBIF, Tribelos". Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ Townes, H. K. (1945). "The nearctic species of Tendipedini (Diptera, Tendipedidae (= Chironomidae))". American Midland Naturalist. 34 (1): 1–206. doi:10.2307/2421112. JSTOR 2421112.