Species Detail - Cryptochironomus defectus - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Cryptochironomus defectus
N/A
NBNSYS0100027552 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
crdef
(Kieffer, 1925)
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
8
8
7
20/06/2000
29/07/2009
20 June (recorded in 2000)
29 July (recorded in 2009)
University College Dublin, The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Cryptochironomus defectus, accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/199/Species/107398

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)