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Checklist for Family Chaoboridae Newman, 1834 (phantom midge)
and region Europe (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1408
35417
222091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1401
35364
221754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1211
34497
219210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
647
26961
190296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
167
5573
51118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
50
1884
22310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
689
8836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
78
984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
Phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges
12
61
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Europe
12 Genera with 61 Species
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1862Glassworm31SpeciesTaxom
Chironomaptera Ping, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Corethra Meigen, 18318SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 2016Frog-biting midges6SpeciesTaxom
Cryophila Edwards, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Eucorethrina Kalugina, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Gedanoborus Szadziewski ..., 20071SpeciesTaxom
Mochlonyx Loew, 183112SpeciesTaxom
Palaeomochlonyx Wichard & al., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Proboscistoma Saccardo, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Rhaetomyia Rohdendorf, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Sayomyia Coquillett, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
61 Species
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) crystallinus De Geer, 1776Phantom larva
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) obscuripes van der Wulp, 1859Sangre de cristo woodlandsnail
Chaoborus (Peusomyia) pallidus Fabricius, 1794
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) fuliginosus
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) lapponica
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) nyblaei Zetterstedt, 1838
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) velutinus
Chaoborus albipes Johannsen, 1..., 2021
Chaoborus alpinus (Peus, 1938)⇒ Chaoborus flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus americanus Johannsen, 1903
Chaoborus antisepticus (Lichtenstein, 1800)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Chaoborus fusca Staeger, 1839
Chaoborus hafniensis Gmelin, 1790
Chaoborus lateralis Meigen, 1804
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 rarus F. Seredszus, 2009
Chaoborus tertiarius C. von Heyden, 1862
Chironomaptera collessi P. A. Jell, 1986
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) baltica A. Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) fulva Lane, 1939
Corethrella (Corethrella) miocaenica R. Szadziewski, 1994
Corethrella (Corethrella) prisca A. Borkent, 1992
Corethrella (Corethrella) rovnoensis Baranov & Kv..., 2016
Corethrella (Corethrella) sontagae Baranov & Kv..., 2016
Cryophila lapponica Martini, 1928Dry Creek woodlandsnail
Eucorethrina westwoodi E. D. Lukash..., 2001
Gedanoborus kerneggeri R. Szadziewski, 2007
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 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
Proboscistoma pellucens (Saccardo, 1864)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776
Rhaetomyia herrigi J. Ansorge, 1996

Subnodes of Chaoboridae with occurrences in Europe
SubfamilyChaoborinae
Edwards, 1912
3
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCorethrellinae
Cook, 1965
Frog-biting midges
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom



Chaoboridae (Newman 1834)
Chaoboridae (Newman 1834)


Links, sources and further information
Chaoboridae at artfakta.se
Chaoboridae at dyntaxa.se
Chaoboridae at gbif.org
Chaoboridae at irmng.org
Chaoboridae at itis.gov