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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Paraguay (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
403
4047
8334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
402
4046
8333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3986
8213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
250
3207
6803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
60
467
992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
102
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
43
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
25
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Paraguay
2 Families width 60 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge36SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids24SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Paraguay
25 Genera with 60 Species
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Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Baeodasymyia Clastrier & ..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1917Non-biting midges8SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Coelotanypus Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 2005Midge6SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 20025SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19179SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19175SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Paraguay
60 Species
Alluaudomyia guarani Spinelli, 1988
Atrichopogon fiebrigi Kieffer, 1917
Atrichopogon pallidipes Kieffer, 1917
Atrichopogon piceiventris Kieffer, 1917
Atrichopogon sanctilaurentii Kieffer, 1917
Baeodasymyia gustavoi Borkent, 1999
Bezzia brevicornis Kieffer, 1917
Bezzia pulchripes Kieffer, 1917
Camptocladius petiolatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) pectoralis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus abjectus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus antennalis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus curtipalpis Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus despectus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus loricatus Kieffer, 1917
Chironomus petiolatus Kieffer, 1917
Clinohelea fallax Kieffer, 1917
Clinohelea rubriceps Kieffer, 1917
Coelotanypus neotropicus Kieffer, 1917
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides bachmanni Spinelli, 2005
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides dureti Ronderos & S..., 1995
Culicoides polystictus Kieffer, 1921
Culicoides williamsi Spinelli, 2005
Dasyhelea villospies Kieffer, 1917
Dicrotendipes paxillus Guha, Chaudh..., 1982
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia guarani Ronderos & S..., 1999
Forcipomyia ixodoides Fiebrig-Gertz, 1928
Forcipomyia microtoma Kieffer, 1917
Forcipomyia taragui Marino, Spin..., 2002
Heteromyia nigra Kieffer, 1917
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Palpomyia crassicrus Kieffer, 1917
Palpomyia inermicollis Kieffer, 1917
Palpomyia tenuicrus Kieffer, 1917
Parachironomus guarani Spies, Fittk..., 1994
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paryphoconus anomalicornis Kieffer, 1917
Polypedilum clavatum Kieffer, 1917
Procladius brevipalpis Kieffer, 1921
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) guarani Cazorla & Sp..., 2010
Stilobezzia albocincta Kieffer, 1917
Stilobezzia americana Kieffer, 1917
Stilobezzia bispinosa Kieffer, 1917
Stilobezzia coracina Kieffer, 1917
Stilobezzia fiebrigi Kieffer, 1917
Stilobezzia sanctibernardini Kieffer, 1917
Stilobezzia subsessilis Kieffer, 1917
Tanypus bicoloripennis Kieffer, 1917
Tanypus fiebrigi Kieffer, 1917
Tanypus myrmedon Kieffer, 1917
Tanypus neotropicus Kieffer, 1917
Tanypus pelargus Kieffer, 1917
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Paraguay
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
12
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
13
24
Genera
Species

Taxom



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