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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Tanganyika (Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
219
1008
1531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
218
1007
1530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
208
974
1479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
134
763
1211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
20
56
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
28
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
22
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
14
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanganyika
2 Families width 15 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids14SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tanganyika
14 Genera with 15 Species
Allocladius Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Colosmittia Andersen & S..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1973Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Hydrosmittia Saether & Fe..., 2011
0SpeciesTaxom
Ionthosmittia Sæther & And..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Lerheimia Andersen & S..., 19933SpeciesTaxom
Lobosmittia Sæther & And..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Molleriella Sæther & Ekrem, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Tokyobrillia Kobayashi & ..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Usambaromyia Andersen & S..., 19941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanganyika
15 Species
Bryophaenocladius imberbus Andersen & S..., 2000
Bryophaenocladius mazumbaiensis Andersen & S..., 2000
Bryophaenocladius usambarensis Andersen & S..., 2000
Colosmittia clavata Andersen & S..., 1993
Culicoides bergi Cochrane, 1973
Ionthosmittia caudiga Saether & An..., 1995
Lerheimia aviculata Andersen & S..., 1993
Lerheimia scopulata Andersen & S..., 1993
Lerheimia villangulata Andersen & S..., 1993
Lobosmittia basilobata Saether & An..., 1993
Molleriella kaputu Andersen, 2014
Nilothauma anderseni Adam & Saether, 1999
Parakiefferiella minax Ferrington &..., 1995
Tokyobrillia anderseni Saether & Wang, 1993
Usambaromyia nigrala Andersen & S..., 1994

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Tanganyika
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
13
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



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