Checklist for Family Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 (Chironomids)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 591
9292
32656 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 588
9284
32647 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 562
9130
32273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 355
7129
27028 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 96
1334
6857 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 22
279
2398 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 6
95
961 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
52
468 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 23
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melanesia
23 Genera with 46 Species #ACDELMPRSTZ
| Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ainuyusurika Sasa & Shira..., 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironominae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1917 | Non-biting midges | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Clunio Haliday, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Compterosmittia Sæther, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1917 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1961 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Einfeldia Kieffer, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limnophyes Eaton, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontomyia Edwards, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Riethia Kieffer, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Skusella Freeman, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smittia Holmgren, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1985 | Green Midges | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassomya Schiner, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassomyia Schiner, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trondia Ferrington &..., 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zavreliella Kieffer, 1917 | | 10 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melanesia
46 Species | Ablabesmyia hilli Freeman, 1961 | | | Ainuyusurika tuberculata Tokunaga, 19..., 0 | | | Chironominae humilis Kieffer, 1917 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901 | Scaly swordfern | | Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) magnivalva Kieffer, 1917 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) plumatisetigerus Tokunaga, 1964 | | | Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916 | | | Chironomus humilis (Kieffer, 1917) | ⇒ Chironominae humilis Kieffer, 1917 | | Clunio pacificus Edwards, 1926 | | | Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930 | | | Cricotopus (Cricotopus) gressitti Tokunaga, 1964 | | | Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923) | ⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923 | | Cryptochironomus fulvus Johannsen, 1905 | Disphyma | | Cryptochironomus griseidorsum Kieffer, 1917 | | | Dicrotendipes candidibasis Edwards, 1924 | | | Dicrotendipes taylori Freeman, 1961 | | | Dicrotendipes vitellina Freeman, 1961 | | | Einfeldia vitellina (Freeman, 1961) | ⇒ Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924 | | Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916 | | | Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955 | | | Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum Johannsen, 1932 | | | Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926 | | | Riethia neocaledonica Cranston, 2019 | | | Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917 | | | Skusella subvittata Skuse, 1889 | | | Smittia arctica Malloch, 1923 | Laysan bur cucumber | | Tanytarsus dendyi Sublette, 1964 | | | Tanytarsus halophilae Edwards, 1926 | | | Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933 | | | Tanytarsus upoluensis Ashe, 1985 | | | Thalassomya maritima Wirth, 1947 | Florida phlox | | Thalassomya pilipes Edwards, 1928 | | | Thalassomyia bureni Wirth, 1949 | | | Trondia aequalis Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella apicale Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella dissimilis Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella dolichopelma Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella erimanus Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella humilis Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella huonensis Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella instabilis Walker, 1865 | | | Zavreliella neglectus Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella pallidiceps Kieffer, 1917 | | | Zavreliella pallidiforceps Kieffer, 1917 | |
Subnodes of Chironomidae with occurrences in Melanesia
 | | 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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