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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Southwest Mexico (South Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
500
5821
13599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
496
5815
13595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
474
5736
13377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
4589
10958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
596
1455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
143
490
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
62
275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
33
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southwest Mexico
2 Families width 70 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge60SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southwest Mexico
33 Genera with 70 Species
#ABCDFLMNOPS
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 20125SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1953Midge25SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 08SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19022SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Oligosmittia1SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pellucidomyia Macfie, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Schizonyxhelea Clastrier, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19539SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwest Mexico
70 Species
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Amerohelea fasciata Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Amerohelea frontispina Dow & Turner, 1976
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) fusculus Coquillett, 1901
Atrichopogon altivolans Macfie, 1949
Atrichopogon grogani Huerta & Dzul, 2012
Atrichopogon mexicanus Huerta, 2001
Atrichopogon pachito Huerta & Dzul, 2012
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Camptocladius microtomus (Kieffer, 1924)⇒ Orthocladiinae microtomus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Clinohelea horacioi Lane, 1944
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides blantoni Vargas & Wirth, 1955Leiberg's umbrellawort
Culicoides copiosus Root & Hoffman, 1937Schaffner's wattle
Culicoides crepuscularis Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides crescentris Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides filarifer Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides filariferus Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides haematopotus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides luteoventus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides ocumarensis Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides pampoikilus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides scopus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides stigmalis Wirth, 1952
Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides wirthomyia Vargas, 1953
Dasyhelea pentalineata Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea scissurae Macfie, 1937Bushy frostweed
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia bibaana Spinelli, 2017
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia hobbsi Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia mortuifolii Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia stylifer Lutz Lutz, 0
Lauterborniella longipalpis
Lauterborniella varipennis Coquillett, 1902
Mallochohelea pullata Wirth, 1952
Monohelea panamensis Lane & Wirth, 1964
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Nilothauma mergae Adam & Saether, 1999
Oligosmittia larino
Parabezzia pallida Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Pellucidomyia wirthi Lane, 1956
Schizonyxhelea thomsenae Wirth, 1953
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Stenoxenus johnsoni Coquillett, 1899
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia beckae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Stilobezzia coquilletti Kieffer, 1917Brewer's redmaids
Stilobezzia fuscula Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Stilobezzia glauca Macfie, 1939Clustered frostweed
Stilobezzia kiefferi Lane, 1947Wetherill's buckwheat
Stilobezzia spinellii Huerta & Grogan, 2017
Stilobezzia thomsenae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Southwest Mexico
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
21
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
12
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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