Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Culicoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chaoboridae
Subfamiliae (2):
Chaoborinae -
Eucorethrinae
Overview of genera (10 + 15†)
Australomochlonyx –
Baleiomyia –
Chaoborus –
Chaoburmus –
Cryophila –
Eucorethra –
Eucorethrina –
Mesocorethra –
Mochlonyx –
Promochlonyx –
†Astrocorethra –
†Baleiomyia –
†Chachotosha –
†Chaoborites –
†Chaoburmus –
†Chironomaptera –
†Dixamima –
†Gedanoborus –
†Helokrenia –
†Hypsocorethra –
†Mesochaoborus –
†Mesocorethra –
†Praechaoborus –
†Rhaetomyia –
†Taimyborus
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils]
Name
- Chaoboridae Edwards, 1912
References
- Borkent, A. 2014: World catalog of extant and fossil Chaoboridae (Diptera). Zootaxa 3796(3): 469–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.4 Reference page.
- Johnston, J.E.; Borkent, A. 1998: Chaoborus Lichtenstein (Diptera: Chaoboridae) pupae from the Middle Eocene of Mississippi. Journal of paleontology, 72: 491–493. JSTOR
- Lukashevich, E.D. 1996: Mesozoic Dixidae (Insecta: Diptera) and the systematic position of the genera Dixamima Rohdendorf, 1964 and Rhaetomyia Rohdendorf, 1962. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 1996(1): 48–53. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 30(1): 46–51.] Abstract [not seen]
- Lukashevich, E.D. 2008: Larvae – a key to evolution of Culicoidea (Diptera) in the Mesozoic. Alavesia, 2: 59–72. ISSN: 1887-7419 PDF
Vernacular names
English: Phantom midges
suomi: Sulkahyttyset, sulkasääsket
日本語: ケヨソイカ科
Nederlands: Pluimmuggen
polski: wodzienie
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