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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Gabon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
291
3232
9282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
291
3232
9282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
277
3152
9053
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
191
2847
8601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
32
114
241
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
30
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
15
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gabon
2 Families width 9 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids4SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gabon
6 Genera with 9 Species
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1953Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 20001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gabon
9 Species
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Avaritia) brosseti Vattier & Adam, 1966
Culicoides jouberti Huttel, Hutt..., 1953
Culicoides tristanii Huttel & Ver..., 1953
Forcipomyia marsalae Vattier & Adam, 1966
Monohelea legrandi Clastrier, 1984
Polypedilum ogoouense Bjørlo, 2001
Polypedilum patulum Bjørlo, 2001
Rheotanytarsus jongkindi Kyerematen &..., 2000

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Gabon
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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