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Dutch species names of Superfamily
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
Class
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species
Order
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
Family
Ceratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
342
9306
Genera
Species
Family
Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, Non biting midge, Non-biting midges
918
16138
Genera
Species
Distribution and Species lists of Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
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Afghanistan
2 Families 18 Genera 30 Species
Albania
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Algeria
2 Families 48 Genera 170 Species
Andorra
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Angola
2 Families 4 Genera 23 Species
Argentina
2 Families 111 Genera 381 Species
Armenia
2 Families 9 Genera 16 Species
Australia
2 Families 170 Genera 811 Species
Austria
2 Families 76 Genera 179 Species
Azerbaijan
2 Families 12 Genera 35 Species
Bahamas
2 Families 9 Genera 16 Species
Bahrain
1 Families 2 Genera 3 Species
Bangladesh
2 Families 4 Genera 7 Species
Barbados
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Belarus
2 Families 32 Genera 50 Species
Belgium
2 Families 126 Genera 602 Species
Belize
2 Families 16 Genera 28 Species
Benin
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Bhutan
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Bolivia
2 Families 36 Genera 30 Species
Botswana
2 Families 7 Genera 7 Species
Brazil
2 Families 150 Genera 737 Species
Brunei
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Bulgaria
2 Families 14 Genera 16 Species
Burkina Faso
2 Families 17 Genera 33 Species
Cambodia
1 Families 3 Genera 12 Species
Cameroon
2 Families 37 Genera 100 Species
Canada
2 Families 193 Genera 916 Species
Cape Verde
2 Families 46 Genera 48 Species
Central African Republic
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Chad
2 Families 31 Genera 73 Species
Chile
2 Families 84 Genera 222 Species
China
2 Families 165 Genera 729 Species
Colombia
2 Families 111 Genera 204 Species
Costa Rica
2 Families 73 Genera 183 Species
Croatia
1 Families 6 Genera 6 Species
Cuba
2 Families 17 Genera 20 Species
Cyprus
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Czech Republic
2 Families 138 Genera 555 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 Families 26 Genera 50 Species
Denmark
2 Families 163 Genera 628 Species
Dominica
2 Families 8 Genera 20 Species
Dominican Republic
2 Families 23 Genera 36 Species
East Timor
1 Family 1 Genus 15 Species
Ecuador
2 Families 34 Genera 68 Species
Egypt
2 Families 34 Genera 85 Species
El Salvador
2 Families 7 Genera 20 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Estonia
2 Families 76 Genera 333 Species
Ethiopia
2 Families 31 Genera 50 Species
Fiji
2 Families 18 Genera 35 Species
Finland
2 Families 181 Genera 1299 Species
France
2 Families 176 Genera 664 Species
Gabon
2 Families 6 Genera 9 Species
Gambia
2 Families 15 Genera 43 Species
Georgia
2 Families 78 Genera 115 Species
Germany
2 Families 202 Genera 1256 Species
Ghana
2 Families 41 Genera 155 Species
Greece
2 Families 48 Genera 52 Species
Grenada
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Guatemala
2 Families 34 Genera 77 Species
Guinea
1 Families 18 Genera 58 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Guyana
2 Families 18 Genera 53 Species
Haiti
1 Families 6 Genera 7 Species
Honduras
2 Families 20 Genera 56 Species
Hungary
2 Families 39 Genera 71 Species
Iceland
2 Families 89 Genera 184 Species
India
2 Families 110 Genera 719 Species
Indonesia
2 Families 92 Genera 436 Species
Iran
2 Families 10 Genera 47 Species
Iraq
2 Families 6 Genera 23 Species
Ireland
2 Families 128 Genera 485 Species
Israel
2 Families 29 Genera 101 Species
Italy
2 Families 147 Genera 580 Species
Ivory Coast
2 Families 16 Genera 30 Species
Jamaica
2 Families 18 Genera 39 Species
Japan
2 Families 191 Genera 1173 Species
Jordan
2 Families 4 Genera 3 Species
Kazakhstan
2 Families 19 Genera 57 Species
Kenya
2 Families 32 Genera 87 Species
Kiribati
2 Families 5 Genera 13 Species
Kyrgyzstan
2 Families 19 Genera 42 Species
Laos
1 Families 4 Genera 29 Species
Latvia
2 Families 35 Genera 74 Species
Lebanon
2 Families 65 Genera 130 Species
Lesotho
2 Families 28 Genera 32 Species
Liberia
2 Families 16 Genera 20 Species
Libya
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Lithuania
2 Families 35 Genera 84 Species
Luxembourg
2 Families 61 Genera 143 Species
Madagascar
2 Families 55 Genera 101 Species
Malawi
2 Families 15 Genera 22 Species
Malaysia
2 Families 23 Genera 187 Species
Mali
2 Families 10 Genera 21 Species
Marshall Islands
2 Families 10 Genera 36 Species
Mauritius
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Mexico
2 Families 100 Genera 421 Species
Micronesia
2 Families 50 Genera 255 Species
Moldova
1 Families 2 Genera 1 Species
Mongolia
2 Families 48 Genera 127 Species
Morocco
2 Families 24 Genera 74 Species
Mozambique
2 Families 28 Genera 42 Species
Myanmar
2 Families 30 Genera 62 Species
Namibia
2 Families 58 Genera 94 Species
Nepal
2 Families 23 Genera 47 Species
Netherlands
2 Families 166 Genera 656 Species
New Zealand
2 Families 83 Genera 228 Species
Nicaragua
2 Families 23 Genera 41 Species
Niger
2 Families 7 Genera 10 Species
Nigeria
2 Families 40 Genera 108 Species
Niue
1 Families 4 Genera 3 Species
North Korea
2 Families 13 Genera 16 Species
Norway
2 Families 410 Genera 3667 Species
Oman
2 Families 6 Genera 12 Species
Pakistan
2 Families 24 Genera 45 Species
Palau
2 Families 30 Genera 153 Species
Palestine
1 Families 2 Genera 1 Species
Panama
2 Families 43 Genera 251 Species
Papua New Guinea
2 Families 37 Genera 337 Species
Paraguay
2 Families 25 Genera 60 Species
Peru
2 Families 33 Genera 72 Species
Philippines
2 Families 27 Genera 106 Species
Poland
2 Families 86 Genera 272 Species
Portugal
2 Families 65 Genera 133 Species
Republic South Africa
2 Families 170 Genera 803 Species
Romania
2 Families 22 Genera 31 Species
Russia
2 Families 203 Genera 1232 Species
Rwanda
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Saint Lucia
2 Families 5 Genera 6 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families 24 Genera 44 Species
Samoa
2 Families 16 Genera 33 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Families 4 Genera 16 Species
Saudi Arabia
2 Families 23 Genera 52 Species
Senegal
2 Families 32 Genera 110 Species
Serbia
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Seychelles
2 Families 41 Genera 117 Species
Sierra Leone
2 Families 10 Genera 12 Species
Singapore
2 Families 11 Genera 16 Species
Slovakia
2 Families 20 Genera 74 Species
Solomon Islands
2 Families 20 Genera 57 Species
Somalia
1 Families 2 Genera 3 Species
South Korea
2 Families 25 Genera 45 Species
Spain
2 Families 71 Genera 111 Species
Sri Lanka
2 Families 26 Genera 93 Species
Sudan
2 Families 42 Genera 95 Species
Suriname
2 Families 8 Genera 9 Species
Sweden
2 Families 217 Genera 1720 Species
Switzerland
2 Families 28 Genera 43 Species
Syria
2 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
Taiwan
2 Families 72 Genera 395 Species
Tajikistan
2 Families 23 Genera 69 Species
Tanzania
2 Families 39 Genera 75 Species
Thailand
2 Families 55 Genera 181 Species
Tonga
2 Families 3 Genera 6 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
2 Families 13 Genera 72 Species
Tunisia
2 Families 17 Genera 42 Species
Turkey
2 Families 58 Genera 109 Species
Turkmenistan
1 Families 12 Genera 38 Species
Tuvalu
1 Families 3 Genera 4 Species
Uganda
2 Families 42 Genera 96 Species
Ukraine
2 Families 42 Genera 86 Species
United Arab Emirates
2 Families 7 Genera 9 Species
United Kingdom
2 Families 201 Genera 1094 Species
Uruguay
2 Families 20 Genera 22 Species
USA
2 Families 293 Genera 2113 Species
Uzbekistan
2 Families 5 Genera 7 Species
Vanuatu
2 Families 4 Genera 6 Species
Venezuela
2 Families 29 Genera 87 Species
Vietnam
2 Families 16 Genera 36 Species
Yemen
2 Families 11 Genera 15 Species
Zambia
2 Families 14 Genera 11 Species
Zimbabwe
2 Families 86 Genera 236 Species
Distribution on islands
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Adam
1 Families 9 Genera 5 Species
Aguas Buenas
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Aldabra Group
2 Families 17 Genera 15 Species
Amchitka Island
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Antipodes Island
1 Families 5 Genera 5 Species
Antipodes Islands
1 Families 5 Genera 5 Species
Azores
2 Families 45 Genera 74 Species
Baffin Island
2 Families 15 Genera 11 Species
Baranof Island
1 Families 16 Genera 0 Species
Basse-Terre Island
1 Family 1 Genus 7 Species
Bylot Island
2 Families 26 Genera 28 Species
Capricorn Group
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Caroline Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Clarke Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Cornwallis Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Desertas
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Devon Island
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species
El Farallón
1 Family 1 Genus 4 Species
Ellesmere Island
2 Families 31 Genera 47 Species
Gran Canaria
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Hebrides
2 Families 4 Genera 4 Species
Heron Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Hiiumaa
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Inner Hebrides
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Isla Deceit
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species
Islands of Chile
2 Families 47 Genera 57 Species
Kodiak Island
2 Families 7 Genera 9 Species
La Gomera
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
La Graciosa
1 Families 8 Genera 11 Species
La Palma
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Lord Howe Island
2 Families 5 Genera 5 Species
Macaronesia
2 Families 88 Genera 302 Species
Mahé
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Møn
1 Families 6 Genera 3 Species
Outer Hebrides
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Penguin Island
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species
Porto Santo Island
2 Families 5 Genera 8 Species
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)
2 Families 14 Genera 0 Species
Puhtu
1 Families 6 Genera 11 Species
Queen Elizabeth Islands
2 Families 31 Genera 47 Species
Rat Islands
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Robert Island
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species
Santa Maria Island
2 Families 19 Genera 23 Species
Santa Rosa Island
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Skye
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
South Shetland Islands
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Southern Line Islands
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Stradbroke Island
2 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
Tenerife
2 Families 4 Genera 4 Species
Tryon Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Uist
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Vancouver Island
2 Families 57 Genera 47 Species
Wellington
2 Families 44 Genera 49 Species
West Aleutians
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds
1 Families 2 Genera 9 Species
Green River Formation
1 Families 6 Genera 6 Species
Posidonia Shale
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Rott Formation
2 Families 12 Genera 27 Species
Tiaojishan Formation
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species
Wellington Formation
1 Families 14 Genera 16 Species
Yixian Formation
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Links, sources and further information
Chironomoidea at
artfakta.se
Chironomoidea at
dyntaxa.se