Checklist of Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
for Samoa (Polynesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 191
921
1762 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 191
921
1762 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 187
916
1755 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 117
679
1372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 38
204
466 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 11
88
214 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 3
22
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
16
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Samoa
2 Families width 33 Species
Genera for Samoa
16 Genera with 33 Species | Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1889 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Atrichopogon Kieffer, 1907 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Bezzia Kieffer, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachypogon Kieffer, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1928 | Non-biting midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clunio Haliday, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culicoides Latreille, 1969 | Midge | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Forcipomyia Meigen, 0 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pontomyia Edwards, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhagosmittia Ferrington &..., 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stilobezzia Kieffer, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1985 | Green Midges | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassomya Schiner, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Samoa
33 Species | Ablabesmyia atromaculata Edwards, 1928 | | | Ablabesmyia hilli Freeman, 1961 | | | Ablabesmyia notabilis Skuse, 1889 | | | Atrichopogon abrasus Edwards, 1928 | | | Atrichopogon atroscutellatus Edwards, 1928 | | | Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907 | Biting midge | | Bezzia sexspinosa Edwards, 1928 | | | Brachypogon (Brachypogon) peregrinator Edwards, 1928 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928 | | | Clunio pacificus Edwards, 1926 | | | Culicoides (Oecacta) insulanus Macfie, 1933 | | | Culicoides (Oecacta) shortti Smith & Swam..., 1932 | | | Culicoides (Trithecoides) mollis Edwards, 1928 | | | Culicoides (Trithecoides) samoensis Wirth & Arnaud, 1969 | | | Dasyhelea radialis Edwards, 1928 | | | Dicrotendipes candidibasis Edwards, 1924 | | | Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) punctipes Edwards, 1928 | | | Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818 | | | Forcipomyia (Microhelea) globularis Edwards, 1928 | | | Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912 | | | Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) samoensis Edwards, 1928 | | | Forcipomyia latiunguis Clastrier, 1983 | | | Forcipomyia unicicauda | | | Pontomyia natans Edwards, 1926 | | | Pseudosmittia macrobrachia Edwards, 1928 | | | Pseudosmittia macrobranchia Edwards, 1928 | | | Rhagosmittia maculiventris Edwards, 1935 | | | Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) samoana Edwards, 1928 | | | Stilobezzia tibialis Lane & Forat..., 1956 | | | Tanytarsus halophilae Edwards, 1926 | | | Tanytarsus hopkinsi Edwards, 1928 | | | Tanytarsus upoluensis Ashe, 1985 | | | Thalassomya maritima Wirth, 1947 | Florida phlox |
Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Samoa | Family | Ceratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies | 7
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges | 9
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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