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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Honduras (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
416
4782
9398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
415
4781
9398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
4703
9243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
267
3981
8121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
67
508
835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
90
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
41
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
20
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Honduras
2 Families width 56 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge49SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Honduras
20 Genera with 56 Species
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1968Midge32SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Honduras
56 Species
Alluaudomyia estevezae Spinelli & W..., 1984
Bezzia blantoni Spinelli & W..., 1989
Bezzia capitata Wirth & Grogan, 1983Clearwater phlox
Bezzia hondurensis Spinelli & W..., 1990
Brachypogon pallidipennis Spinelli & G..., 1994
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Clinohelea horacioi Lane, 1944
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides efferus Fox, 1952
Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides fieldi Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides fluvialis Macfie, 1940
Culicoides franklini Spinelli, 1993
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides glabrior Macfie, 1940
Culicoides haematopotus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides hayesi Matta, 1967
Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides hondurensis Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940
Culicoides iriartei Fox, 1952
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides lanei Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides limai Barretto, 1944
Culicoides luteoventus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides polypori Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Culicoides propriipennis Macfie, 1948
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides spurius Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides xanifer Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Forcipomyia copanensis Utmar & Wirth, 1976
Forcipomyia dorsalis Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia penultimata Wirth, 1972
Goeldichironomus amazonicus Fittkau, 1968Midge
Leptoconops (Holoconops) bequaerti (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops hondurensis Hoffman, 1926
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Nanocladius bubrachiatus Epler, 1986
Parabezzia hondurensis Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paryphoconus anomalicornis Kieffer, 1917
Phaenobezzia maya Spinelli & W..., 1986
Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia rabelloi Lane, 1947Wetherill's buckwheat
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Honduras
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
13
49
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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