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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Atherton Tablelands (Tablelands, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
276
1425
2013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
275
1424
2013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
259
1363
1919
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
175
1134
1640
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
33
113
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
21
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
16
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Atherton Tablelands
2 Families width 7 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids5SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Atherton Tablelands
5 Genera with 7 Species
Archaeochlus Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Echinocladius Cranston, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 2000Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Atherton Tablelands
7 Species
Archaeochlus bassianus Brundin, 1966
Echinocladius martini Cranston, 2000
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Riethia cinctipes Freeman, 1961
Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917
Tanytarsus humphreyi Cranston, 2000

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Atherton Tablelands
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Chironomoidea at artfakta.se
Chironomoidea at dyntaxa.se