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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region West India (India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
263
1709
2834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
262
1708
2833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
245
1641
2724
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
148
1244
2077
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
38
145
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
38
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
20
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
12
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West India
2 Families width 9 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge6SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West India
12 Genera with 9 Species
Camptopterohelea Wirth & Hubert, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Eohelea Petrunkevitch, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Gedanohelea Szadziewski, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Mantohelea Szadziewski, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Meunierohelea Szadziewski, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West India
9 Species
Camptopterohelea odora Stebner & al., 2016
Eohelea indica Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Gedanohelea gerdesorum Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Meunierohelea borkenti Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Meunierohelea cambayana Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Meunierohelea orientalis Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in West India
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
9
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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