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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Ottawa (Eastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
243
1010
1459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
243
1010
1459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
228
975
1407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
175
799
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
152
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
19
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
11
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
4
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ottawa
2 Families width 4 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ottawa
4 Genera with 4 Species
Axarus Roback, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ottawa
4 Species
Axarus festivus Say, 1823Indigobush
Bezzia obelisca Dow & Turner, 1976
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Ottawa
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
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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