Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Atlantic Ocean (World Oceans)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 268
1353
2302 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 267
1351
2298 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 257
1324
2247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 181
1072
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 51
156
226 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 12
39
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 4
18
26 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
15
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 12
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Atlantic Ocean
12 Genera with 14 Species | Allocladius Kieffer, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Chasmatonotus Loew, 1864 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1908 | Non-biting midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Edwardsidia Sæther, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eretmoptera Kellog, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limnophyes Eaton, 1975 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parochlus Enderlein, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smittia Holmgren, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933 | Green Midges | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Telmatogeton Schiner, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Atlantic Ocean
14 Species | Allocladius lusciniolus Sæther & An..., 2011 | | | Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 | | | Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Edwardsidia philhygra Edwards, 1931 | | | Eretmoptera murphyi Schaeffer, 1914 | | | Limnophyes habilis Walker, 1856 | | | Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818) | ⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975 | | Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975 | Alpine French-honeysuckle | | Parochlus steinenii Gercke, 1889 | | | Smittia foliacea Kieffer, 1921 | | | Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960 | | | Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933 | | | Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933 | Marine splash midge | | Telmatogeton sanctipauli Schiner, 1866 | Cut-leaf water-milfoil |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Atlantic Ocean
 | | 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
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