Checklist of Chironomidae for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul

Chironomids (Diptera) are worldwide distributed, with approximately 4,147 species known to the World, but this value is already outdated; for to Brazil about 521 species are recorded. Here, we provide a current inventory of species of Chironomidae for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Up to now, 25 species are recorded to the state. These species belong to the genera: Aedokritus, Beardius, Chironomus, Corynoneura, Denopelopia, Djalmabatista, Fissimentum, Goeldichironomus, Nanocladius, Oukuriella, Polypedilum, Tanytarsus, Xenochironomus and Zavreliella. In addition, 83 morphospecies are known to 33 genera of Chinonominae, six of Orthocladiinae and ten of Tanypodinae, all from fauna surveys and ecological studies in the Upper Parana River and its adjacent rivers.