Species list, Checklist of Tribe Chironomini for Faial Island (Azores)

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Checklist for Tribe Chironomini Newman, 1834
and region Faial Island (Azores)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	181 608 809	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	179 605 806	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	175 601 801	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	122 458 608	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	42 140 186	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Nematocera Latreille, 1825 Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns	10 40 51	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 Mosquitoes and Midges	4 26 33	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Chironomoidea Newman, 1834	2 23 30	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges	20 23	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Chironominae Newman, 1834	4 7	Genera Species	Taxom
Tribe	Chironomini Newman, 1834	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Faial Island
2 Genera with 5 Species

Chironomus Meigen, 1818	Non-biting midges	4	Species	Taxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 1804		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Faial Island
5 Species

Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)	⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804	Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)	⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804

Links, sources and further information

Chironomini at artfakta.se
Chironomini at dyntaxa.se
Chironomini at itis.gov
Chironomini at marinespecies.org