Species Detail - Chironomus pilicornis - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Chironomus pilicornis
N/A
NBNSYS0000027569
RecommendedWell-formed
Chironomus dolens Walker, 1856, Chironomus moerens Walker, 1848, Chironomus plumipes misident. (Walker, 1856), Chironomus uliginosus Fabricius, 1805, Tanypus plumipes misident. Walker, 1856, Tipula pilicornis Fabricius, 1787
N/A
chpil
(Fabricius, 1787)
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
4
4
3
28/03/1968
31/12/2000
28 March (recorded in 1968)
30 April (recorded in 1968)
University College Dublin, The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Chironomus pilicornis, accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/199/Species/89863