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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
805
15523
74568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
800
15509
74545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
756
15287
74011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
490
12882
67015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
132
3537
26983
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
32
1282
12881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
518
5188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
32
418
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
Phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges
7
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scandinavia
7 Genera with 42 Species
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 2009Glassworm20SpeciesTaxom
Chironomaptera Ping, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Corethra Meigen, 18318SpeciesTaxom
Cryophila Edwards, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Mochlonyx Loew, 183110SpeciesTaxom
Palaeomochlonyx Wichard & al., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Proboscistoma Saccardo, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scandinavia
42 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) nyblaei Zetterstedt, 1838
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) fuliginosus
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) lapponica
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) nyblaei Zetterstedt, 1838
Chaoborus (Schadonophasma) velutinus
Chaoborus alpinus (Peus, 1938)⇒ Chaoborus flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus antisepticus (Lichtenstein, 1800)⇒ 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 rarus F. Seredszus, 2009
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
Cryophila lapponica Martini, 1928Dry Creek woodlandsnail
Mochlonyx culiciformis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Mochlonyx velutinus Ruthe, 1831
Mochlonyx effoetus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Mochlonyx velutina Ruthe, 1831
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 velutinus Ruthe, 1831
Palaeomochlonyx aestimabilis F. Seredszus, 2009
Proboscistoma pellucens (Saccardo, 1864)⇒ Chaoborus crystallina De Geer, 1776

Subnodes of Chaoboridae with occurrences in Scandinavia
SubfamilyChaoborinae
Edwards, 1912
3
31
Genera
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