Taxon profile

family

non-biting midges
Chironomidae Erichson, 1841

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods » class Insecta - Insects » order Diptera - true flies, mosquitoes and gnats

Scientific synonyms

Chirnomides Coates, 1842
Chironomida Heer, 1849
Chironomina Rondani, 1856
Chironomitae Desmarest, 1860
Chironomoidae Agassiz, 1846

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 68

subfamily Aenneinae Ansorge, 1999 ^†

subfamily Buchonomyiinae

subfamily Chilenomyiinae Brundin, 1983

subfamily Chironominae

subfamily Diamesinae

subfamily Orthocladiinae Lenz, 1921

subfamily Podonominae

subfamily Prodiamesinae

subfamily Tanypodinae

subfamily Telmatogetoninae

genus Afrozavrelia Harrison, 2004

genus Ainuyusurika Sasa & Shirasaka in Sasa, 1988

genus Alitendipes Hong, 2002

genus Allochironomus Kieffer, 1922

genus Allocladius Kieffer, 1913

genus Allometricnemus Freeman, 1961

genus Allometriocnemus Freeman, 1961

genus Allotanytarsus Kieffer, 1921

genus Allotrissocladius Freeman, 1964

genus Amberaspinus Evenhuis, 1994

genus Amphismittia Kawai, Okamoto & Imabayashi, 2002

genus Anaphrotenia Brundin, 1983

genus Ancylocladius Sublette & Wirth, 1972

genus Andamanus Maheshwari & Maheswari, 2001

genus Anuncotendipes Cranston, 1999

genus Apedilum Townes, 1945

genus Aphrotenia Brundin, 1966

genus Aphroteniella Brundin, 1966

genus Archaeochlus Brundin, 1966

genus Arctomyia Lundstroem, 1915

genus Asachironomus Kikuchi & Sasa, 1990

genus Asclerina Reiss, 1968

genus Australopelopia Cranston, 2000

genus Austrobrillia Freeman, 1961

genus Austrochlus Cranston in Cranston, Edward & Cook, 2002

genus Austrocladius Freeman, 1961

genus Beifangitendipes Hong, 2002

genus Belgica Jacobs, 1900

genus Benthalia Lipina, 1939

genus Bernhardia Datta & Chaudhuri, 1992

genus Bethbilbeckia Fittkau & Murray, 1988

genus Bibionites Handlirsch, 1906

genus Bisaiyusurika Sasa & Kondo, 1994

genus Biwatendipes Tokunaga, 1965

genus Botryocladius Cranston & Edward, 1999

genus Branchiurus Viviani, 1805

genus Brunieria Kieffer, 1921

genus Bythomyia Zhang, 1989

genus Caladomyia Sawedal, 1981

genus Calochironomus Kieffer, 1921

genus Calopsectra Kieffer, 1909

genus Campontia Johnston, 1827

genus Camposimyia Reiss, 1981

genus Cantomyia Roback, 1962

genus Cataliptus Bezzi, 1916

genus Chaititendipes Hong, 2002 ^†

genus Chirocladius Picado, 1913

genus Chrysopelopia Harrison, 1978

genus Clinochironomus Kieffer, 1921

genus Coelochironoma Zhang et al., 1989 ^†

genus Colosmittia Andersen & Saether, 1993

genus Cretodiamesa Kalugina, 1976 ^†

genus Cricotopiella Meunier, 1916 ^†

genus Daitoyusurika Sasa & Suzuki 2001

genus Dolichocladius Kieffer, 1911

Chironomidae incertae sedis

genus Asiatendipes Hong, 2002 ^†

genus Asuba Giebel, 1856 ^†

genus Dara Giebel, 1856 ^†

Links and literature

Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia [Chironomidae]
Jedlička L., Kúdela M., Stloukalová V.: Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia [http://zoology.fns.uniba.sk/diptera2009/]

Wikipedia Articles [Chironomidae]
Wikipedia Articles [http://en.wikipedia.org]

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