Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Lesser Antilles (Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 261
1735
3079 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 260
1733
3077 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 253
1702
3037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 178
1421
2676 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 61
382
711 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 15
77
158 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 5
42
113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
25
63 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 12
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesser Antilles
12 Genera with 13 Species | Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1905 | Non-biting midges | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Clunio Haliday, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diplosmittia Saether, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1974 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lipurometriocnemus Saether, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smittia Holmgren, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassomya Schiner, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesser Antilles
13 Species | Ablabesmyia (Karelia) cinctipes Johannsen, 1946 | | | Chironomus anonymus (Williston, 1896) | ⇒ Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905 | | Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905 | Disphyma | | Clunio marshalli Stone & Wirth, 1947 | Cascara buckthorn | | Diplosmittia harrisoni Saether, 1981 | | | Goeldichironomus amazonicus Fittkau, 1968 | Midge | | Goeldichironomus fluctuans Reiss, 1974 | | | Lipurometriocnemus longicosta Oliver, 1985 | | | Parametriocnemus lundbecki Johannsen, 1905 | | | Pseudosmittia digitata Saether, 1981 | | | Smittia windwardensis Saether, 1981 | | | Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906 | | | Thalassomya bureni Wirth, 1949 | Trailing phlox |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Lesser Antilles
 | | 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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