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Checklist of Family Chaoboridae Newman, 1834 (phantom midge)
for Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2109
116061
1221557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2100
115859
1220540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1811
113709
1208758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
928
84435
1006159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
233
14302
200600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
72
3723
71880
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
11
1207
25809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
4
161
5095
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
Phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges
32
266
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
32 Genera with 266 Species
#
A
B
C
D
E
G
H
I
J
L
M
P
R
S
T

Astrocorethra Kalugina, 19863SpeciesTaxom
Australomochlonyx Freeman, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Baleiomyia Kalugina, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Chachotosha Lukashevich, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboris3SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborites Kalugina, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1986Glassworm73SpeciesTaxom
Chaoburmus Lukashevich, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Chironomaptera Ping, 19809SpeciesTaxom
Corethra Meigen, 183114SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1942Frog-biting midges120SpeciesTaxom
Cryophila Edwards, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Dixamima Rohdendorf, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Eucorethra Underwood, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Eucorethrea1SpeciesTaxom
Eucorethrina Kalugina, 20014SpeciesTaxom
Gedanoborus Szadziewski ..., 20092SpeciesTaxom
Helokrenia Kalugina, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Hypsocorethra Kalugina, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Iyaiyai Evenhuis, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Jordanobotomus Kaddumi, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Libanoborus Azar & al., 20092SpeciesTaxom
Mesochaoborus Zhang & al., 19842SpeciesTaxom
Mesocorethra Kalugina, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Mochlonyx Loew, 183115SpeciesTaxom
Palaeomochlonyx Wichard & al., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Praechaoborus Kalugina, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Proboscistoma Saccardo, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Promochlonyx Edwards, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Rhaetomyia Rohdendorf, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Sayomyia Coquillett, 03SpeciesTaxom
Taimyborus Lukashevich, 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
266 Species
Astrocorethra gurvanica N. S. Kalugina, 1986
Astrocorethra khukhmortica N. S. Kalugina, 1986
Astrocorethra mjangadica N. S. Kalugina, 1986
Australomochlonyx nitidus Freeman, 1962
Baleiomyia discussoria N. S. Kalugina, 1993
Chachotosha perplexus E. D. Lukash..., 1996
Chachotosha probatus E. D. Lukash..., 1996
Chaoboris altopictus
Chaoboris astictopas
Chaoboris asutopictus
Chaoborites argillaceus N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) crystallinus De Geer, 1776Phantom larva
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) obscuripes van der Wulp, 1859Sangre de cristo woodlandsnail
Chaoborus (Neochaoborus) anomalus (Edwards, 1930)⇒ Chaoborus ceratopogones Theobald, 1903
Chaoborus (Peusomyia) pallidus Fabricius, 1794
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) albatus Johnson, 1921Michaux's stitchwort
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) astictopus Dyar & Shannon, 1924Clear Lake gnat
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) ceratopogones Theobald, 1903
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) festivus Dyar & Shannon, 1924
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) fryeri Verbeke, 1958
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) maculipes Stone, 1965Parry's jujube
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) microstictus Edwards, 1930
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Chaoborus (Schadanophasma) fuliginosus Felt, 1905
Chaoborus (Schadanophasma) lapponica Martini, 1928
Chaoborus (Schadanophasma) nyblaei Zetterstedt, 1838
Chaoborus (Schadanophasma) velutinus Ruthe, 1831
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) cooki Saether, 1970Northern sweetvetch
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) fuliginosus
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) lapponica
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) nyblaei Zetterstedt, 1838
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) trivittatus Loew, 1862
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) velutinus
Chaoborus albipes Johannsen, 1..., 2021
Chaoborus alpinus (Peus, 1938)⇒ Chaoborus flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus americana Johannsen, 1903
Chaoborus americanus Johannsen, 1903
Chaoborus annandalei Edwards, 1930
Chaoborus annulatus (Cook, 1956)⇒ Chaoborus festivus Dyar & Shannon, 1924
Chaoborus antillum Knab, 1913
Chaoborus antisepticus (Lichtenstein, 1800)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Chaoborus asiaticus Giles, 1901
Chaoborus australis Sahnnon & Ponte, 1928
Chaoborus bolviensis Lane & Heredia, 1956
Chaoborus brasiliensis Theobald, 1901
Chaoborus brevisector Edwards, 1930
Chaoborus ciliatus F. Meunier, 1904
Chaoborus cornfordii Theobald, 1903
Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Chaoborus edulis Edwards, 1930
Chaoborus elnorae Shannon & Ponte, 1928
Chaoborus eluthera (Dyar & Shannon, 1924)⇒ Chaoborus flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus flavidulus Edwards, 1930
Chaoborus freemani Verbeke, 1958
Chaoborus fusca Staeger, 1839
Chaoborus fuscinervis Edwards, 1930
Chaoborus hafniensis Gmelin, 1790
Chaoborus indicus Giles, 1904
Chaoborus lateralis Meigen, 1804
Chaoborus longicercus Colless, 1986
Chaoborus magnificus Lane, 1942
Chaoborus manilensis Schiner, 1868
Chaoborus ornatipennis Colless, 1986Phantom Midge
Chaoborus pallidipes Theobald, 1911
Chaoborus pellucens Saccardo, 1864
Chaoborus pilicornis Fabricius, 1787
Chaoborus pilipes Gimmerthal, 1845
Chaoborus plumicornis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Chaoborus crystallinus De Geer, 1776
Chaoborus posio Salmela, Här..., 2021
Chaoborus punctilliger Colless, 1986
Chaoborus queenslandensis Theobald, 1905
Chaoborus rarus F. Seredszus, 2009
Chaoborus sampsera Ogawa & Judd, 2008
Chaoborus souzai Lane, 1939
Chaoborus stonei Lane, 1942
Chaoborus tertiarius C. von Heyden, 1862
Chaoborus trivittata Loew, 1862
Chaoborus unicolor Lane, 1942
Chaoborus vagus Colless, 1986
Chaoburmus amphilogos E. D. Lukash..., 2011
Chaoburmus breviusculus Lukashevich, 2000
Chaoburmus victimaartis Lukashevich, 2000
Chironomaptera bucucunica N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Chironomaptera collessi P. A. Jell, 1986
Chironomaptera gobiensis T. D. A. Coc..., 1924
Chironomaptera gregaria C. Ping, 1928
Chironomaptera karabonica N. S. Kalugina, 1993
Chironomaptera robustus
Chironomaptera scobloi N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Chironomaptera vesca Q. B. Lin, 1980
Corethra australiensis (Ferguson, 1921)⇒ Promochlonyx australiensis Ferguson, 1921
Corethra brakeleyi (Coquillett, 1902)⇒ Corethrella brakeleyi Coquillett, 1902
Corethra ciliata
Corethra cinctipes (Coquillett, 1903)⇒ Mochlonyx cinctipes Coquillett, 1903
Corethra exita Scudder, 1877
Corethra flavicans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Chaoborus flavicans Meigen, 1830
Corethra fuliginosus (Felt, 1905)⇒ Mochlonyx fuliginosus Felt, 1905
Corethra fusca (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Corethra lateralis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Corethra obscuripes (Wulp, 1859)⇒ Chaoborus obscuripes van der Wulp, 1859
Corethra pilipes (Gimmerthal, 1845)⇒ Chaoborus crystallinus De Geer, 1776
Corethra rufa (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Mochlonyx velutina Ruthe, 1831
Corethra velutina (Ruthe, 1831)⇒ Mochlonyx velutinus Ruthe, 1831
Corethrella (Corethrella) alba Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) albicoxa Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) alticola Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) amabilis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) amazonica Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) ananacola Dyar, 1926
Corethrella (Corethrella) andersoni G. O. Poinar, 2007
Corethrella (Corethrella) anniae Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) appendiculata Grabham, 1906Akolea
Corethrella (Corethrella) aridicola Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) atricornis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) aurita Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) badia Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) baltica A. Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) belkini Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) bicolor Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) blanda Dyar, 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) blandafemur Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) blantoni Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) brakeleyi Coquillett, 1902
Corethrella (Corethrella) brandiae Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) brevivena Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) briannae Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) brunnea Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) buettikeri Cranston, 1980
Corethrella (Corethrella) calathicola Edwards, 1930
Corethrella (Corethrella) canningsi Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) carariensis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) cardosoi Lane, 1942
Corethrella (Corethrella) caribbeana Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) collessi Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) colombiana Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) condita Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) contraria Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) curta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) davisi Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) dicosimoae Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) dominicana A. Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) douglasi Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) drakensbergensis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) edwardsi Lane, 1942
Corethrella (Corethrella) evenhuisi Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) flavitibia Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) fulva Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) fuscipalpis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) fusciradialis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) globosa Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) gloma Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) grandipalpis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) guadeloupensis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) harrisoni Freeman, 1962
Corethrella (Corethrella) hirta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) hispaniolensis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) incompta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) inepta Annandale, 1911
Corethrella (Corethrella) infuscata Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) inornata Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) jenningsi Lane, 1942
Corethrella (Corethrella) kerrvillensis Stone, 1965
Corethrella (Corethrella) lepida Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) librata Belkin, Hein..., 1970
Corethrella (Corethrella) longituba Belkin, Hein..., 1970
Corethrella (Corethrella) lopesi Lane, 1942
Corethrella (Corethrella) manaosensis Lane & Cerqu..., 1958
Corethrella (Corethrella) marksae Colless, 1986
Corethrella (Corethrella) mckeeveri Colless, 1994
Corethrella (Corethrella) melanica Lane & Aitken, 1956
Corethrella (Corethrella) miocaenica R. Szadziewski, 1994
Corethrella (Corethrella) nippon Miyagi, 1980
Corethrella (Corethrella) nudistyla A. Borkent, 1992
Corethrella (Corethrella) orthicola Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) pallidula Bugledich, 1999
Corethrella (Corethrella) pallitarsis Edwards, 1930
Corethrella (Corethrella) pauciseta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) peruviana Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) picticollis Edwards, 1930
Corethrella (Corethrella) pillosa Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) prisca A. Borkent, 1992
Corethrella (Corethrella) procera Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) puella Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) quadrivittata Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) ramentum Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) ranapungens Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) redacta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) remiantennalis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) rotunda Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) rovnoensis Baranov & Kv..., 2016
Corethrella (Corethrella) selvicola Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) solomonis Belkin, 1962
Corethrella (Corethrella) sontagae Baranov & Kv..., 2016
Corethrella (Corethrella) squamifemora Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) tarsata Lane, 1942
Corethrella (Corethrella) towadensis Okada & Hara, 1962
Corethrella (Corethrella) travassosi Lane, 1942
Corethrella (Corethrella) truncata Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) ugandensis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) unisetosa Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) urumense Miyagi, 1980
Corethrella (Corethrella) varia Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) vittata Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) whartoni Vargas, 1952
Corethrella (Corethrella) wirthi Stone, 1968Common jujube
Corethrella (Fossicorethrella) cretacea R. Szadziewski, 1995
Corethrella (Notocorethrella) novaezealandiae Tonnoir, 1927
Corethrella arborealis (Shannon & Ponte, 1928)⇒ Corethrella appendiculata Grabham, 1906
Corethrella barrettoi Lane, 1942
Corethrella borkenti Amaral & Pinho, 2015
Corethrella dyari (Lane, 1942)⇒ Corethrella quadrivittata Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella japonica (Komyo, 1954)⇒ Corethrella nippon Miyagi, 1980
Corethrella laneana (Vargas, 1946)⇒ Corethrella puella Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella longitubus Belkin, Hein..., 1970
Corethrella maculata Lane, 1939
Corethrella pallidus Lane, 1942
Corethrella shannoni Lane, 1939
Corethrella stonei Lane, 1942
Corethrella striata Lane, 1942
Corethrella tripunctata (Lane, 1942)⇒ Corethrella vittata Lane, 1939
Corethrella whitmani Lane, 1942
Cryophila lapponica Martini, 1928Dry Creek woodlandsnail
Dixamima villosa B. B. Rohden..., 1951
Eucorethra underwoodi Underwood, 1903Water parsnip
Eucorethrea underwoodi
Eucorethrina convexa E. D. Lukash..., 1996
Eucorethrina flexa N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Eucorethrina westwoodi E. D. Lukash..., 2001
Gedanoborus kerneggeri R. Szadziewski, 2007
Gedanoborus resinatus F. Seredszus, 2009
Helokrenia nana N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Hypsocorethra jurassica N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Hypsocorethra toficola N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Iyaiyai gracilis Hong, 1981
Jordanobotomus faigi Kaddumi, 2005
Libanoborus lukashevichae D. Azar, 2009
Libanoborus lukashevichi Azar et al., 2009
Mesochaoborus pallens J. F. Zhang, 1986
Mesochaoborus zhangshanyingensis Y. C. Hong, 1984
Mesocorethra cincta E. D. Lukash..., 2011
Mesocorethra levis N. S. Kalugina, 1993
Mochlonyx cinctipes Coquillett, 1903
Mochlonyx culiciformis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Mochlonyx velutinus Ruthe, 1831
Mochlonyx effoetus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Mochlonyx velutina Ruthe, 1831
Mochlonyx fuliginosa Felt, 1905
Mochlonyx fuliginosus Felt, 1905
Mochlonyx lapponica (Martini, 1928)⇒ Cryophila lapponica Martini, 1928
Mochlonyx martinii (Edwards, 1930)⇒ Mochlonyx fuliginosus Felt, 1905
Mochlonyx rufus Zetterstedt, 1838
Mochlonyx secundus F. Seredszus, 2009
Mochlonyx sepultus H. Loew, 1844
Mochlonyx simplex Sasa & Takah..., 1948
Mochlonyx triangularis Klink, 1982
Mochlonyx velutina Ruthe, 1831
Mochlonyx velutinus Ruthe, 1831
Palaeomochlonyx aestimabilis F. Seredszus, 2009
Praechaoborus tugnuicus N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Praechaoborus udaensis N. S. Kalugina, 1985
Proboscistoma pellucens (Saccardo, 1864)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Promochlonyx australiensis Ferguson, 1921Phantom Midge
Rhaetomyia herrigi J. Ansorge, 1996
Rhaetomyia necopinata B. B. Rohden..., 1962
Sayomyia knabi (Dyar, 1905)⇒ Chaoborus trivittata Loew, 1862
Sayomyia lanei
Taimyborus aequiarticulatus E. D. Lukash..., 1999

Subnodes of Chaoboridae with occurrences in Continents
SubfamilyChaoborinae
Edwards, 1912
3
84
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCorethrellinae
Cook, 1965
Frog-biting midges
1
118
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEucorethrinae
Cook, 1965
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Chaoboridae (Newman 1834)
Chaoboridae (Newman 1834)


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