Abstract
Preliminary investigation of the first chironomid material collected in North Korea shows the presence of 70 species and 34 genera. The low representation of species within the Orthocladiinae (10 %), together with the relatively high proportion of species in the Harnischia complex, is very striking. An exclusively Palaearctic representation is apparent at the generic level. East and west Palaearctic, Holarctic and Panpalaeotropical faunal elements are evident at the species level together with numerous not definable new species. An unexpected high proportion of the North Korean chironomid fauna (34%) has its distribution in or beyond the Palaearctic. From the present material North Korea shares only two species in common with Japan.
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