Checklist of the Family Chironomidae (Order: Diptera) from Turkey Author Tasdemir, Ayse Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, 35100, İzmir, Turkey Author Akyildiz, Gurcay Kivanc Pamukkale University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, 20160, Denizli, Turkey text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-20 5318 3 301 338 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.1 journal article 57484 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.1 ca0dd858-27d0-485d-9fdc-88df70d4ae5c 1175-5326 8166805 582D39A6-D002-41E7-AA88-27F68D535AFB Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818 : Tunca river ( Çamur-Elipek et al. 2006 ); Meriç and Ergene rivers ( Özkan et al. 2010a ; Özkan & Elipek 2006 ); Trakya region ( Özkan 2006a ); Gökçeada ( Özkan 2006c ); Marmara and Aegean regions, Sakarya river ( Şahin 1987c ); Çanakkale region (Özkan 2007); Kırklareli ( Aydın & Ģher 2017); Gala lake ( Çamur-Elipek et al. 2010 ); Sazlıdere stream ( Özkan & Çamur-Elipek 2007 ); Selçuk ( İzmir ) ( Balık et al. 2006a ); Küçük Menderes river ( Yıldız et al. 2010 ); Mert lake ( Çamur-Elipek et al. 2012 ); Cheklist ( Çağlar and İpekdal 2004 ). = Chironomus halophilus Kieffer, 1913 .