Checklist for Tribe Chironomini Newman, 1834
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 45
202
286 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 11
55
83 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 5
35
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
30
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges | 26
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Chironominae
Newman, 1834
| 12
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Chironomini
Newman, 1834
| 8
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
8 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for Cape Town
15 Species | Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805 | | | Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916 | | | Chironomus brunneus (Freeman, 1954) | ⇒ Micropsectra connexa Kieffer, 1906 | | Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914 | | | Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830) | ⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761 | | Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923) | ⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923 | | Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914) | ⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908 | | Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915 | | | Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918 | | | Microtendipes lamprogaster Kieffer, 1914 | | | Pentapedilum anale Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) lobiferum Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pruina Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) annulatum Freeman, 1954 | |
Links, sources and further information Chironomini at artfakta.se
Chironomini at dyntaxa.se
Chironomini at itis.gov
Chironomini at marinespecies.org
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