CHIRONOMOIDEA
(biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CERATOPOGONIDAE
biting midges
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 16 images 6 ident. refs
CHIRONOMIDAE
non-biting midges
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 		Family 8 subtaxa 36 images 12 ident. refs
SIMULIIDAE
blackflies
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 		Family 17 subtaxa 34 images 20 ident. refs
THAUMALEIDAE
trickle midges
Family 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
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