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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Eswatini (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
155
1094
2038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
109
975
1895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
22
61
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
12
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
9
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
6
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eswatini
1 Family width 10 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eswatini
6 Genera with 10 Species
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1830Non-biting midges5SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Demeijerea Kruseman, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eswatini
10 Species
Cardiocladius latistilus Freeman, 1956
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1914
Chironomus callichirus Kieffer, 1911
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Cladopelma curtivalva Kieffer, 1917
Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Nanocladius ephippium (Freeman, 1956)⇒ Parakiefferiella ephippium Freeman, 1956
Parakiefferiella ephippium Freeman, 1956

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Eswatini
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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