Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Iowa (USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 420
3273
6617 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 418
3269
6613 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 397
3198
6446 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 286
2586
5175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 65
374
630 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 16
83
168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 6
29
70 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
14
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Iowa
2 Families width 17 Species
Genera for Iowa
14 Genera with 17 Species | Axarus Roback, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chernovskiia Sæther, 1945 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1945 | Non-biting midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1945 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culicoides Latreille, 1956 | Midge | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 1945 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Forcipomyia Meigen, 1972 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Halliella Ulrich, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nanocladius Kieffer, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1945 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1883 | Green Midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenochironomus Kieffer, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Iowa
17 Species | Axarus festivus Say, 1823 | Indigobush | | Chernovskiia amphitrite Townes, 1945 | | | Chironomus (Chaetolabis) atroviridis Townes, 1945 | | | Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794 | Phantom midge | | Cryptotendipes emorsus Townes, 1945 | | | Culicoides parapiliferus Wirth & Blanton, 1974 | | | Culicoides wisconsinensis Jones, 1956 | Arctic catchfly | | Demicryptochironomus cuneatus Townes, 1945 | | | Forcipomyia leptognatha Wirth & Mess..., 1971 | Longleaf phlox | | Forcipomyia sinuosa Dow & Wirth, 1972 | | | Halliella linepunctata | | | Halliella magnapuncta | | | Nanocladius crassicornus Saether, 1977 | Western sweetvetch | | Polypedilum albulum (Townes, 1945) | ⇒ Polypedilum tritus Walker, 1856 | | Pseudochironomus rex Hauber, 1947 | Mountain larkspur | | Tanytarsus gracilentus Holmgren, 1883 | | | Xenochironomus taenionotus Say, 0 | Indigobush |
Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Iowa | Family | Ceratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges | 12
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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