AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 (Mountain midges)
and region Chile (Southern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
533
4848
12741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
533
4848
12741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
516
4794
12661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
348
3996
11136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1139
4089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
272
1467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Blephariceromorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
3
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blephariceroidea
Hennig, 1973
1
3
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlephariceridae
Loew, 1861
Mountain midges, Net-winged midge, Net-winged midges
3
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Chile
3 Genera with 9 Species
Curupira Distant, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsina Alexander, 19297SpeciesTaxom
Kelloggina Williston, 19531SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chile
9 Species
Curupira chilena (Alexander, 1953)⇒ Kelloggina chilena Alexander, 1953
Edwardsina bentulosa Edwards, 1934
Edwardsina chilensis Alexander, 1920
Edwardsina chilota Edwards, 1929
Edwardsina fuscipes Edwards, 1929
Edwardsina gracilis Edwards, 1929
Edwardsina luteipleura Alexander, 1953
Edwardsina stigmatica Edwards, 1929
Kelloggina chilena Alexander, 1953

Subnodes of Blephariceridae with occurrences in Chile
SubfamilyBlepharicerinae
Schiner, 1862
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEdwardsininae
Crampton, 1924
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Blephariceridae at gbif.org
Blephariceridae at irmng.org
Blephariceridae at itis.gov