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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Galápagos (Ecuador)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
1579
2577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
297
1573
2569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
289
1551
2539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
178
1139
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
219
352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
30
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
12
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
7
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Galápagos
2 Families width 16 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids5SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Galápagos
7 Genera with 16 Species
Clunio Haliday, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1913Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19698SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 19282SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galápagos
16 Species
Clunio schmitti Stone & Wirth, 1947Island redberry
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Dasyhelea ancora Coquillett, 1902
Dasyhelea atlantis Wirth & Will..., 1957Flowery phlox
Dasyhelea bermudae Wirth & Will..., 1957Flowery phlox
Dasyhelea borgmeieri Wirth & Waugh, 1976
Dasyhelea mutabilis Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea paracincta Wirth, 1969
Dasyhelea sinclairi Borkent, 1991
Dasyhelea spathicercus Wirth, 1969
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia galapagensis Coquillett, 1901
Goeldichironomus holoprasinus Goeldi, 1905Midge
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960
Thalassomya longipes Johnson, 1924Common chickweed
Thalassomya pilipes Edwards, 1928

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Galápagos
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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