Species list, Checklist of Family Chironomidae (Chironomids) for Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	118 288 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	118 288 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	115 284 416	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	80 221 347	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	19 27 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Nematocera Latreille, 1825 Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns	6 11 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 Mosquitoes and Midges	2 3 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Chironomoidea Newman, 1834	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Ascension
2 Genera with 2 Species

Allocladius Kieffer, 2011		1	Species	Taxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 1818		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ascension
2 Species

Allocladius lusciniolus Sæther & An..., 2011
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)	⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975

Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Ascension

Subfamily

Orthocladiinae
Lenz, 1921
Orthoclads

2
2

Genera
Species

Taxom

Chironomidae (Erichson 1842)

Links, sources and further information

Chironomidae at artfakta.se
Chironomidae at dyntaxa.se
Chironomidae at gbif.org
Chironomidae at irmng.org
Chironomidae at itis.gov
Chironomidae at marinespecies.org