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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Uruguay (Southern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
282
1674
2697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
281
1673
2696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
1648
2663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
168
1261
2113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
44
236
369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
41
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
27
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Uruguay
2 Families width 22 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge17SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Uruguay
20 Genera with 22 Species
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Burmeisteria Salter, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1931Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clastrieromyia Spinelli & G..., 19862SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1991Midge4SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Oukuriella Epler, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uruguay
22 Species
Alluaudomyia guarani Spinelli, 1988
Amerohelea similis Spinelli, 1991
Atrichopogon uruguayensis Cordero, 1929
Bezzia nobilis Winnertz, 1852
Chironomus vittiventris Edwards, 1931
Clastrieromyia dycei Spinelli & G..., 1986
Clastrieromyia uruguayensis Spinelli & G..., 1986
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides caridei Brèthes, 1912
Culicoides charrua Spinelli, 1991
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides uruguayensis Ronderos, 1991
Downeshelea charrua Felippe-Baue..., 1994
Forcipomyia rioplatensis Marino & Spi..., 2002
Forcipomyia taragui Marino, Spin..., 2002
Leptoconops casali Cavalieri & ..., 1966
Monohelea uruguayensis Felippe-Baue..., 1998
Oukuriella albistyla Epler, 1986
Paryphoconus nubifer Macfie, 1939
Polypedilum parthenogeneticum Donato & Paggi, 2008
Stenoxenus pseudofulvus Spinelli, 1998
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Uruguay
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
14
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
6
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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