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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Suriname (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
336
3147
6534
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
335
3146
6533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
317
3043
6214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
192
2374
5149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
224
534
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
67
242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
30
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Suriname
2 Families width 9 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids8SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Suriname
8 Genera with 9 Species
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Coelotanypus Kieffer, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Laurotanypus De Oliveira,..., 19821SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 19901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Suriname
9 Species
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Coelotanypus feris Roback, 1963
Coelotanypus naelis Roback, 1963Dwarf clover
Goeldichironomus amazonicus Fittkau, 1968Midge
Laurotanypus viridis Roback, 1982
Parachironomus cayapo Spies, Fittk..., 1994
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Zavreliella acuta Reiss, 1990

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Suriname
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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