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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Society Islands (French Polynesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
168
577
937
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
168
577
937
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
163
568
925
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
110
469
812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
32
108
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
24
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
12
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
8
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Society Islands
2 Families width 16 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge12SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Society Islands
8 Genera with 16 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1917Non-biting midges2SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1928Midge4SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Yama Sublette & M..., 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Society Islands
16 Species
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon obscuripes Macfie, 1933
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) magnivalva Kieffer, 1917
Culicoides (Oecacta) insulanus Macfie, 1933
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Trithecoides) belkini Wirth & Arnaud, 1969
Culicoides (Trithecoides) mollis Edwards, 1928
Dasyhelea fulvicauda Macfie, 1933
Dasyhelea pacifica Macfie, 1933
Dasyhelea russa Macfie, 1933
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) pacifica Macfie, 1933
Pseudosmittia brachydicrana Edwards, 1927
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) tenebrosa Macfie, 1933
Yama tahitiensis Sublette & M..., 1980

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Society Islands
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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