Chironomidae (unidentified)
(Unidentified Non-biting Midges)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedChironomidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Non-biting Midges)
FamilyCHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chironomidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Non-biting Midges) :
1: Chironomidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Non-biting Midges)
30 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
emerging from pupa in mud at side muddy pool by woodland path
Image 1: Male - emerging from pupa - highly enlarged
2: Chironomidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Non-biting Midges)
24 Aug 2002 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Peat tubes of larvae in bog pool
Image 1: Close-up - oblique viewImage 2: Oblique viewImage 3: Oblique view - close-upImage 4: Top viewImage 5: Top view (2)

Chironomidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Non-biting Midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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