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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Chiapas (Southwest Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
421
3952
7779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
419
3950
7777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
399
3889
7631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
258
3180
6501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
63
359
746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
14
120
362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
52
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
25
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Chiapas
2 Families width 37 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge29SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Chiapas
25 Genera with 37 Species
#ABCDFLMNOPS
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1955Midge11SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19022SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Oligosmittia1SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pellucidomyia Macfie, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19394SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chiapas
37 Species
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Amerohelea fasciata Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Amerohelea frontispina Dow & Turner, 1976
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) fusculus Coquillett, 1901
Atrichopogon altivolans Macfie, 1949
Atrichopogon mexicanus Huerta, 2001
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides crescentris Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides filarifer Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides filariferus Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides ocumarensis Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Lauterborniella longipalpis
Lauterborniella varipennis Coquillett, 1902
Mallochohelea pullata Wirth, 1952
Nilothauma mergae Adam & Saether, 1999
Oligosmittia larino
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Pellucidomyia wirthi Lane, 1956
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Stenoxenus johnsoni Coquillett, 1899
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia coquilletti Kieffer, 1917Brewer's redmaids
Stilobezzia glauca Macfie, 1939Clustered frostweed

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Chiapas
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
15
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
10
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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