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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
351
2766
4827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
350
2765
4825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
2706
4722
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2329
4193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
60
353
809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
99
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
35
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
12
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Trinidad
2 Families width 62 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge60SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Trinidad
12 Genera with 62 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19389SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1925Midge23SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 195616SpeciesTaxom
Labrundinia Fittkau, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad
62 Species
Atrichopogon adamsoni Macfie, 1937
Atrichopogon brevipalpis Macfie, 1944
Atrichopogon glaber Macfie, 1935
Atrichopogon gordoni Macfie, 1938
Atrichopogon harrisi Macfie, 1938
Atrichopogon insigniventris Macfie, 1935
Atrichopogon trindadensis Macfie, 1937
Atrichopogon tuberculatus Ewen & Saunders, 1948
Atrichopogon woodfordi Macfie, 1938
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Hoffmania) maruim Lutz, 1913
Culicoides aitkeni Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Culicoides archboldi Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides aureus Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides crucifer Clastrier, 1968
Culicoides darlingtonae Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides fluviatilis Lutz, 1914
Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides guerrai Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides guyanensis Floch & Abon..., 1942
Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides hoffmani Fox, 1946
Culicoides lanei Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides limai Barretto, 1944
Culicoides martinezi Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides mirsae Ortiz, 1953
Culicoides nigrigenus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides paucienfuscatus Barbosa, 1947
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides pseudodiabolicus Fox, 1946
Culicoides querrai
Culicoides trinidadensis Hoffman, 1925
Dasyhelea thalestris Macfie, 1935
Downeshelea deanei Felippe-Baue..., 1995
Echinohelea lanei Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia abercrombyi Macfie, 1938
Forcipomyia basifemoralis Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia caribbeana Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia colombiae Wirth, 1970
Forcipomyia cornuta Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia falcifera Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia indecora (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia jipajapae Wirth, 1970
Forcipomyia jocosa Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia setigera Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia stylifera Lutz, 1913
Forcipomyia terestris Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia trinidadensis Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia tuberculata Saunders, 1956
Labrundinia maculata Roback, 1971Clammy clover
Leptoconops (Holoconops) bequaerti (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Monohelea guianae Wirth, 1953
Monohelea hieroglyphica Kieffer, 1917
Monohelea mayeri Ortiz, 1950
Monohelea urracaisi Lane & Wirth, 1964
Stilobezzia bimaculata Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia chaconi Macfie, 1938

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Trinidad
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
10
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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