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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
361
5373
14341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
230
4404
12651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
53
297
812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
84
479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
43
312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
16
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for French Guiana
1 Family width 39 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge31SpeciesTaxom


Genera for French Guiana
9 Genera with 39 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1971Midge9SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 197212SpeciesTaxom
Lasiohelea Kieffer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Schizonyxhelea Clastrier, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19072SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Guiana
39 Species
Atrichopogon homopterus (Kieffer, 1919)⇒ Atrichopogon lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon maculipennis Clastrier, 1968
Atrichopogon pictipennis Clastrier, 1979
Ceratopogon maculipennis (Clastrier, 1968)⇒ Atrichopogon maculipennis Clastrier, 1968
Culicoides (Hoffmania) maruim Lutz, 1913
Culicoides bimaculatus Floch & Abon..., 1942
Culicoides coutinhoi Barretto, 1944
Culicoides crucifer Clastrier, 1968
Culicoides denisae Clastrier, 1971
Culicoides guyanensis Floch & Abon..., 1942
Culicoides horticola Lutz, 1913
Culicoides quaiparaensis Clastrier, 1971
Culicoides quasiparaensis Clastrier, 1971
Forcipomyia aeronauctica Macfie, 1935
Forcipomyia brevilabellata Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia bromelicola Lutz, 1914
Forcipomyia desutterae Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia donskoffi Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia grandcolasi Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia guyana Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia kawensis Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia macheti Clastrier & ..., 1990
Forcipomyia musae Clastrier & ..., 1994
Forcipomyia roubaudi Clastrier & ..., 1997
Forcipomyia squamithorax Clastrier, 1972
Lasiohelea bromelicola (Lutz, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia bromelicola Lutz, 1914
Monohelea maculipennis Coquillett, 1905
Palpomyia guyana Clastrier, 1992
Schizonyxhelea guyana Clastrier, 1984
Stilobezzia amazonica Clastrier, 1991
Stilobezzia elegantula Johannsen, 1907

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in French Guiana
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
9
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



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