Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Fiji (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 292
2001
4417 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 292
2001
4417 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 286
1980
4363 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 184
1536
3519 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 55
295
661 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 13
79
196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 4
30
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
18
35 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Fiji
2 Families width 35 Species
Genera for Fiji
18 Genera with 35 Species | Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1959 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Atrichopogon Kieffer, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bezzia Kieffer, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1917 | Non-biting midges | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Clinohelea Kieffer, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culicoides Latreille, 1928 | Midge | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1961 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Echinohelea Macfie, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Einfeldia Kieffer, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Foncipomyia | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Forcipomyia Meigen, 1896 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hebetula Wirth & Debe..., 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monohelea Kieffer, 1990 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontomyia Edwards, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stilobezzia Kieffer, 1990 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1985 | Green Midges | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Fiji
35 Species | Alluaudomyia bipunctata Tokunaga & M..., 1959 | | | Alluaudomyia tenuistylata Tokunaga, 1959 | | | Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907 | Biting midge | | Bezzia vitilevuensis Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) hawaiiensis Grimshaw, 1901 | Scaly swordfern | | Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) magnivalva Kieffer, 1917 | | | Clinohelea tasmaniensis Lee, 1948 | | | Culicoides (Avaritia) brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917 | Horse hypersensitive biting midge | | Culicoides (Trithecoides) belkini Wirth & Arnaud, 1969 | | | Culicoides (Trithecoides) cancrisocius Macfie, 1946 | | | Culicoides (Trithecoides) mollis Edwards, 1928 | | | Dicrotendipes candidibasis Edwards, 1924 | | | Dicrotendipes vitellina Freeman, 1961 | | | Downeshelea stenochora Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Echinohelea flava Tokunaga, 1963 | | | Einfeldia vitellina (Freeman, 1961) | ⇒ Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924 | | Foncipomyia tooheyae | | | Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1940 | | | Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818 | | | Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) fijiensis Macfie, 1945 | | | Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912 | | | Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) imparidentes Debenham, 1987 | | | Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896 | | | Hebetula tonnoiri Lee, 1948 | | | Monohelea beaveri Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Monohelea coloisuvae Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Monohelea fijiensis Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Monohelea leveri Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Nilobezzia fijiensis Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926 | | | Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) bifurcata Tokunaga, 1959 | | | Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) browni Wirth & Giles, 1990 | | | Tanytarsus halophilae Edwards, 1926 | | | Tanytarsus upoluensis Ashe, 1985 | |
Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Fiji | Family | Ceratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies | 13
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges | 5
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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