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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Sarapiquí (Heredia, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
284
3410
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
284
3410
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
3369
5276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
195
2933
4819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
51
341
380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
54
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
23
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
15
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sarapiquí
2 Families width 10 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge7SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sarapiquí
15 Genera with 10 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Baeodasymyia Clastrier & ..., 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Baeohelea Wirth & Blanton, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Cacaohelea Wirth & Grogan, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sarapiquí
10 Species
Atrichopogon didymothecae Macfie, 1953
Cacaohelea glukhovae Borkent & Pi..., 2008
Cacaohelea youngi Wirth & Grogan, 1988
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930
Forcipomyia herediae Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia luteigenua Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Sarapiquí
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
12
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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