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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region North-Central Mexico (Central Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
381
3211
5854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3210
5853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
364
3146
5687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
240
2486
4623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
224
386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
36
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
26
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
9
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North-Central Mexico
2 Families width 16 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge14SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North-Central Mexico
9 Genera with 16 Species
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1960Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North-Central Mexico
16 Species
Bezzia mexicana Spinelli, 1991
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea huasteca Huerta & Iba..., 1999
Dasyhelea ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea scissurae Macfie, 1937Bushy frostweed
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia mexicana Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Forcipomyia nodosa Saunders, 1959
Mesosmittia guanajensis Andersen & M..., 2002
Palpomyia bottimeri Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in North-Central Mexico
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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