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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Brisbane (South East Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
2003
3155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
299
2002
3155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
284
1943
3073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
197
1664
2749
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
36
196
352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
35
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
24
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brisbane
2 Families width 9 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids6SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brisbane
7 Genera with 9 Species
Archaeochlus Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1986Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19731SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brisbane
9 Species
Archaeochlus bassianus Brundin, 1966
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) conicornis Drayson & Cr..., 2015
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) parbicinctus Drayson, Cra..., 2015
Culicoides (Trithecoides) longior Hagan & Reye, 1986
Eukiefferiella insolida Skuse, 1889
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Rheotanytarsus juliae Glover, 1973
Riethia cinctipes Freeman, 1961

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Brisbane
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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