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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Solomon Islands (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3550
6682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
2836
5497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
69
604
1318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
105
431
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
56
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
20
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Solomon Islands
2 Families width 57 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids6SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge51SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Solomon Islands
20 Genera with 57 Species
Ainuyusurika Sasa & Shira..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1901Midge24SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19606SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19729SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Jenkinshelea Macfie, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Neosphaeromias Das Gupta & ..., 19821SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1964Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomyia Schiner, 19491SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Solomon Islands
57 Species
Ainuyusurika tuberculata Tokunaga, 19..., 0
Alluaudomyia astera Tokunaga, 1963
Alluaudomyia bifasciata Tokunaga, 1963
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) kraussi Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) tokunagai Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Cryptochironomus fulvus Johannsen, 1905Disphyma
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917Horse hypersensitive biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) fragmentum Tokunaga, 1962
Culicoides (Avaritia) fulvus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) jacobsoni Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Avaritia) pungens (De Meijere, 1909)⇒ Culicoides obscurus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Oecacta) furens Poey, 1851
Culicoides (Oecacta) pallidimaculosus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Tokunagahelea) pygmaeus Tokunaga, 1963
Culicoides (Trithecoides) ardleyi Tokunaga, 1962
Culicoides (Trithecoides) baisasi Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) barnetti Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) belkini Wirth & Arnaud, 1969
Culicoides (Trithecoides) bougainvillae Tokunaga, 1962
Culicoides (Trithecoides) costalis Tokunaga, 1963
Culicoides (Trithecoides) culiciphagus Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) flavescens Macfie, 1937
Culicoides (Trithecoides) mollis Edwards, 1928
Culicoides (Trithecoides) novairelandi Tokunaga, 1962
Culicoides (Trithecoides) palpifer Gupta & Ghosh, 1956
Culicoides (Trithecoides) paragarciai Dyce, 1996
Culicoides circumbasalis Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides melleus Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea atronotata Macfie, 1938
Dasyhelea forsteri Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Dasyhelea grisea Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea humilis Macfie, 1938
Dasyhelea pentalineata Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) crocea Debenham, 1983
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) perae Debenham, 1983
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) serridentata Debenham, 1983
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) townsvillensis Taylor, 1918
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) lairdi Wirth, 1956
Forcipomyia calcarata (Coquillett, 1905)⇒ Forcipomyia calcarhelea Wirth, 1973
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia floridensis Dow & Wirth, 1972
Heteromyia lamprogaster Edwards, 1933
Jenkinshelea albaria Coquillett, 1895
Leptoconops (Styloconops) albiventris Meijere, 1915Nono blanc des plages
Leptoconops floridensis Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Monohelea ornata Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Neosphaeromias choriodes Grogan & Wirth, 1982
Parabezzia balseiroi Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Smittia arctica Malloch, 1923Laysan bur cucumber
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanytarsus dendyi Sublette, 1964
Thalassomyia bureni Wirth, 1949

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Solomon Islands
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
13
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
7
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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