Chironomidae
Translingual
Etymology
Chironomus + -idae
Proper noun
Chironomidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true flies widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.
- 1995, Armitage, P. D., P. S. Cranston, and L. C. V. Pinder, editors, The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges (in English), London: Chapman and Hall, Inc.:
- Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
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Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Chironomidae - family
Hyponyms
- (family): Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyinae, Chironominae, Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Podonominae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae, Telmatogetoninae, Usambaromyiinae - subfamilies
References
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