Chironominae is a

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midge A midge is any small fly, including species in several family (biology), families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid ...

s in the non-biting midge

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Chironomidae Chironomidae , commonly known as non-biting midges or chironomids , are a family of Nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the families Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Although many chironomid ...

Genera

*Tribe Chironomini **'' Axarus'' Roback 1980 **'' Baeotendipes'' Kieffer, 1913 **'' Beckidia'' Sæther 1979 **'' Carbochironomus'' Reiss & Kirschbaum 1990 **'' Chernovskiia'' Sæther 1977 **''

Chironomus ''Chironomus'' is a genus of nonbiting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family, Chironomidae, containing several cryptic species that can only be distinguished by experts based on the characteristics of their giant chromoso ...

'' Meigen, 1803 **'' Cladopelma'' Kieffer, 1921 **'' Cryptochironomus'' Kieffer, 1918 **'' Cryptotendipes'' Lenz, 1941 **'' Demeijerea'' Kruseman, 1933 **'' Demicryptochironomus'' Lenz, 1941 **'' Dicrotendipes'' Kieffer, 1913 **'' Einfeldia'' Kieffer, 1924 **'' Endochironomus'' Kieffer, 1918 **'' Glyptotendipes'' Kieffer, 1913 **'' Graceus'' Goetghebuer, 1928 **'' Harnischia'' Kieffer, 1921 **'' Kiefferulus'' Goetghebuer, 1922 **'' Kloosia'' Kruseman 1933 **'' Lipiniella'' Shilova 1961 **'' Lauterborniella'' Thienemann & Bause, 1913 **'' Microchironomus'' Kieffer, 1918 **'' Microtendipes'' Kieffer, 1915 **'' Nilothauma'' Kieffer, 1921 **'' Omisus'' Townes, 1945 **'' Pagastiella'' Brundin, 1949 **'' Parachironomus'' Lenz, 1921 **'' Paracladopelma'' Harnisch, 1923 **'' Paralauterborniella'' Lenz, 1941 **'' Paratendipes'' Kieffer, 1911 **'' Phaenopsectra'' Kieffer, 1921 **'' Polypedilum'' Kieffer, 1912 **'' Saetheria'' Jackson, 1977 **'' Sergentia'' Kieffer, 1922 **'' Stenochironomus'' Kieffer, 1919 **'' Stictochironomus'' Kieffer, 1919 **'' Synendotendipes'' Grodhaus, 1987 **'' Tribelos'' Townes, 1945 **'' Xenochironomus'' Kieffer, 1921 **'' Zavreliella'' Kieffer, 1920 *Tribe Pseudochironomini **'' Pseudochironomus'' Malloch, 1915 *Tribe

Tanytarsini Tanytarsini is a Tribe (biology), tribe of nonbiting midges in the family Chironomidae. There are more than 20 genera and 1,000 described species in Tanytarsini. Genera These 26 genera belong to the tribe Tanytarsini: * ''Afrozavrelia'' Harri ...

**'' Afrozavrelia'' Harrison, 2004 **'' Cladotanytarsus'' Kieffer, 1921 **'' Corynocera'' Zetterstedt, 1838 **'' Micropsectra'' Kieffer, 1909 **'' Neozavrelia'' Goetghebuer, 1941 **'' Parapsectra'' Reiss, 1969 **'' Paratanytarsus'' Thienemann & Bause, 1913 **'' Rheotanytarsus'' Thienemann & Bause, 1913 **'' Stempellina'' Thienemann & Bause, 1913 **'' Stempellinella'' Brundin, 1947 **'' Tanytarsus'' van der Wulp, 1874 **'' Virgatanytarsus'' Pinder, 1982 **'' Zavrelia'' Kieffer, 1913

References

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