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Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region World Oceans


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
404
3172
7032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
401
3165
7024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3087
6872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
256
2555
5992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
420
636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
14
108
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
42
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
33
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for World Oceans
2 Families width 42 Species
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids30SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for World Oceans
33 Genera with 42 Species
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Allocladius Kieffer, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Chasmatonotus Loew, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1966Non-biting midges7SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1954Midge6SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsidia Sæther, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Eretmoptera Kellog, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943
0SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 1947
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933Green Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for World Oceans
42 Species
Allocladius lusciniolus Sæther & An..., 2011
Atrichopogon jamnbacki Wirth, 1994
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus obtusilobus
Chironomus sanctipaula Sublette, 1966Maples
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) atridorsum Kieffer, 1924
Conchapelopia pallens Coquillett, 1902
Corynoneura arctica Kieffer, 1923
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758
Culicoides (Avaritia) dumdumi Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) flavipunctatus Kitaoka, 1975
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Trithecoides) belkini Wirth & Arnaud, 1969
Culicoides wirthi Foote & Pratt, 1954
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) nilssoni Szadziewski, 2000
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) turficola Kieffer, 1925
Edwardsidia philhygra Edwards, 1931
Eretmoptera murphyi Schaeffer, 1914
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) titillans Winnertz, 1852
Limnophyes habilis Walker, 1856
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975Alpine French-honeysuckle
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Parochlus steinenii Gercke, 1889
Smittia arctica Malloch, 1923Laysan bur cucumber
Smittia foliacea Kieffer, 1921
Smittia jacobensis Busk, 1884
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960
Tanytarsus dissimilis (Johannsen, 1905)⇒ Paratanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1905
Tanytarsus gracilentus Holmgren, 1883
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933Marine splash midge
Telmatogeton sanctipauli Schiner, 1866Cut-leaf water-milfoil
Thienemanniella xena Roback, 1957

Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in World Oceans
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies
6
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges
27
30
Genera
Species

Taxom



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