Life stages of eight new species of Chironomus Meigen are described from the Eastern Himalaya of India. These are, Chironomus acutus sp. nov., Chironomus alternus sp. nov., Chironomus clavipenis sp. nov., Chironomus confectus sp. nov., Chironomus culterus sp. nov., Chironomus fortibracchius sp. nov., Chironomus hemicyclius sp. nov. and Chironomus lurilatus sp. nov. With these, number of species
... [Show full abstract] of the genus is raised to 26 in India. A key to adult males of the species of Chironomus of the study area is presented here.