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Eukiefferiella similis Goetghebuer, 1939

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eukiefferiella similis Goetghebuer, 1939
Name authority
Goetghebuer, 1939
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Eukiefferiella
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderDiptera
  7. familyChironomidae
  8. subfamilyOrthocladiinae
  9. genusEukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926
  10. speciesEukiefferiella similis Goetghebuer, 1939

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eukiefferiella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eukiefferiella angustistilus Freeman, 1953ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella asamaseptima Sasa & Hirabayashi, 1993ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella bedmari Vilchez-Quero & Laville, 1988ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella brehmi Gouin, 1943ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella brevicalcar (Kieffer, 1911)ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella changbaiensis Wang & Halvorsen, 2002ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella chuzeoctava Sasa, 1984ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella daitoquerea Sasa & Suzuki, 2001ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella debilis Sinharay & Chaudhuri, 1978ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella devonica (Edwards, 1929)ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella fuldensis Lehmann, 1972ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eukiefferiella ilkleyensis (Edwards, 1929)ChironomidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 112 records assigned to Chironomidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Goetghebuer, M. (1939) Ceratopogonidae et Chironomidae nouveaux ou peu connus d'Europe (Neuvieme note). Bull. Annls Soc. r. ent. Belg, 79.Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3C986. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.