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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region El Salvador (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
259
1677
2897
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
258
1676
2896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
248
1635
2825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
176
1334
2414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
51
220
480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
64
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
22
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
7
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for El Salvador
2 Families width 20 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge18SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for El Salvador
7 Genera with 20 Species
Bezzia Kieffer, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1948Midge7SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19724SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19873SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for El Salvador
20 Species
Bezzia glabra Coquillett, 1902
Bezzia hondurensis Spinelli & W..., 1990
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides hondurensis Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Forcipomyia cylindrica Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia dorsalis Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia messersmithi Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia minisquamosa Wirth, 1972
Palpomyia hispida Borkent, 1997
Palpomyia multispinosa W. D. Pierce, 1966
Parabezzia clastrieri Spinelli & G..., 1987
Parabezzia neunguis Grogan & Wirth, 1977Gray's cloak fern
Parabezzia raccurti Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in El Salvador
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
5
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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