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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Makhanda (Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
229
1256
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
229
1256
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
219
1242
1781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
169
1090
1648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
41
216
316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
5
19
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
11
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
5
8
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
1 Family width 8 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
5 Genera with 8 Species
Chironomus Meigen, 1957Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1954Green Midges4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
8 Species
Chironomus satchelli Freeman, 1957
Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911
Tanypus guttatipennis Goetghebuer, 1935
Tanytarsus aterrimus Freeman, 1954
Tanytarsus hjulorum Ekrem & Stur, 2007
Tanytarsus luctuosus Freeman, 1958
Tanytarsus pallidulus Freeman, 1954

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Makhanda (Grahamstown)
FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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