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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
130
354
385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
130
354
385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
117
323
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
89
269
295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
11
15
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
7
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lake Eyre Basin
2 Families width 5 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids3SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lake Eyre Basin
3 Genera with 5 Species
Conochironomus Freeman, 19953SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lake Eyre Basin
5 Species
Conochironomus australiensis Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus cygnus Cranston & Hare, 1995
Conochironomus kakadu Cranston & Hare, 1995
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Lake Eyre Basin
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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