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Taxon: Family Chironomidae Macquart, 1838 - midges (fly)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Protostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Superphylum Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo, Turbeville, Linford, Rivera, Garey, Raff & Lake, 1997
                                           Panarthropoda Nielsen, 1995 - panarthropods
                                             Tactopoda Budd, 2001
                                               Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
                                                 Euarthropoda
                                                   Antennulata
                                                     Subphylum Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
                                                       Infraphylum Pancrustacea Zrzavý & Štys, 1997
                                                         Altocrustacea
                                                           Miracrustacea
                                                             Superclass Hexapoda Latreille, 1825
                                                               Cercophora
                                                                 Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
                                                                   Subclass Dicondylia Haeckel, 1866
                                                                     Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                                                                       Metapterygota
                                                                         Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                                                                           Eumetabola
                                                                             Holometabola
                                                                               Superorder Panorpida
                                                                                 Antliophora
                                                                                   Halteria
                                                                                     Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 - true flies, mosquitoes, gnats
                                                                                       Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825
                                                                                         Infraorder Culicomorpha
                                                                                           Superfamily Chironomoidea Macquart, 1838
                                                                                             Family Chironomidae Macquart, 1838 - midges
                                                                                               Genus Abiskomyia Edwards, 1937
                                                                                               Genus Acamptocladius Brundin, 1956
                                                                                               Genus Acricotopus Kieffer, 1921
                                                                                               Genus Alotanypus Roback, 1971
                                                                                               Genus Antillocladius Sæther, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Apedilum Townes, 1945
                                                                                               Genus Apometriocnemus Sæther, 1984
                                                                                               Genus Arctodiamesa Makarchenko, 1983
                                                                                               Genus Arctopelopia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Asheum Sublette & Sublette, 1983
                                                                                               Genus Axarus Roback, 1980
                                                                                               Genus Baeoctenus Saether, 1976
                                                                                               Genus Beardius Reiss & Sublette, 1985
                                                                                               Genus Bethbilbeckia Fittkau & Murray, 1988
                                                                                               Genus Boreochlus Edwards, 1938
                                                                                               Genus Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966
                                                                                               Genus Brillia Kieffer, 1913
                                                                                               Genus Brundiniella Roback, 1978
                                                                                               Genus Camptocladius van der Wulp, 1874
                                                                                               Genus Chasmatonotus Loew, 1864
                                                                                               Genus Chernovskiia Sæther, 1977
                                                                                               Genus Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921
                                                                                               Genus Coelotanypus Kieffer, 1913
                                                                                               Genus Compteromesa Sæther, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Compterosmittia Sæther, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Constempellina Brundin, 1947
                                                                                               Genus Corynocera Zetterstedt, 1837
                                                                                               Genus Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941
                                                                                               Genus Cyphomella Sæther, 1977
                                                                                               Genus Demeijerea Kruseman, 1933
                                                                                               Genus Denopelopia Roback & Rutter, 1988
                                                                                               Genus Derotanypus Roback, 1971
                                                                                               Genus Diamesa Meigen, 1830
                                                                                               Genus Diplocladius Kieffer, 1908
                                                                                               Genus Diplosmittia Sæther, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Djalmabatista Fittkau, 1968
                                                                                               Genus Doithrix Sæther & Sublette, 1983
                                                                                               Genus Doncricotopus Sæther, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924
                                                                                               Genus Endotribelos Grodhaus, 1987
                                                                                               Genus Epiocladius
                                                                                               Genus Epoicocladius Zavrel, 1924
                                                                                               Genus Eretmoptera Kellogg, 1900
                                                                                               Genus Euryhapsis Oliver, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Fittkauimyia Karunakaran, 1969
                                                                                               Genus Georthocladius Strenzke, 1941
                                                                                               Genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913
                                                                                               Genus Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965
                                                                                               Genus Guttipelopia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebuer, 1932
                                                                                               Genus Halocladius Hirvenoja, 1973
                                                                                               Genus Hayesomyia Murray & Fittkau, 1985
                                                                                               Genus Heleniella Gouin, 1943
                                                                                               Genus Helopelopia Roback, 1971
                                                                                               Genus Heterotanytarsus Spärck, 1923
                                                                                               Genus Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 1923
                                                                                               Genus Hudsonimyia Roback, 1979
                                                                                               Genus Hydrobaenus Fries, 1830
                                                                                               Genus Hyporhygma Reiss, 1982
                                                                                               Genus Isoplastus Skuse, 1889, nom. illeg.
                                                                                               Genus Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Lappodiamesa Serra-Tosio, 1968
                                                                                               Genus Lasiodiamesa Kieffer, 1924
                                                                                               Genus Lipurometriocnemus Sæther, 1981
                                                                                               Genus Lopescladius Oliveira, 1967
                                                                                               Genus Meropelopia Roback, 1971
                                                                                               Genus Molleriella Sæther & Ekrem, 1999
                                                                                               Genus Monodiamesa Kieffer, 1922
                                                                                               Genus Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Natarsia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Nimbocera Reiss, 1972
                                                                                               Genus Odontomesa Pagast, 1947
                                                                                               Genus Oliveridia Sæther, 1980
                                                                                               Genus Omisus Townes, 1945
                                                                                               Genus Oreadomyia Kevan & Cutten-Ali-Khan, 1975
                                                                                               Genus Pagastia Oliver, 1959
                                                                                               Genus Paraboreochlus Thienemann, 1939
                                                                                               Genus Parachaetocladius Wülker, 1959
                                                                                               Genus Paracladius Hirvenoja, 1973
                                                                                               Genus Paracricotopus Thienemann & Harnisch, 1932
                                                                                               Genus Paralimnophyes Brundin, 1956
                                                                                               Genus Parasmittia Strenzke, 1950
                                                                                               Genus Paratanytarsus Thienemann & Bause, 1913
                                                                                               Genus Parochlus Enderlein, 1912
                                                                                               Genus Pentaneurella Fittkau & Murray, 1983
                                                                                               Genus Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
                                                                                               Genus Platysmittia Sæther, 1982
                                                                                               Genus Plhudsonia Sæther, 1982
                                                                                               Genus Pontomyia Edwards, 1926
                                                                                               Genus Potthastia Kieffer, 1922
                                                                                               Genus Prodiamesa Kieffer, 1906
                                                                                               Genus Protanypus Kieffer, 1906
                                                                                               Genus Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 1909
                                                                                               Genus Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915
                                                                                               Genus Pseudodiamesa Goetghebuer, 1939
                                                                                               Genus Pseudokiefferiella Zavrel, 1941
                                                                                               Genus Psilometriocnemus Sæther, 1969
                                                                                               Genus Radotanypus Fittkau & Murray, 1985
                                                                                               Genus Rheomyia Roback, 1986
                                                                                               Genus Rheopelopia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Robackia Sæther, 1977
                                                                                               Genus Saetheria Jackson, 1977
                                                                                               Genus Saetheriella Halvorsen, 1982
                                                                                               Genus Sergentia Kieffer, 1922
                                                                                               Genus Skutzia Reiss, 1985
                                                                                               Genus Stackelbergina Shilova & Zelentsov, 1978
                                                                                               Genus Stempellinella Brundin, 1947
                                                                                               Genus Stilocladius Rossaro, 1979
                                                                                               Genus Sublettea Roback, 1975
                                                                                               Genus Sublettiella Sæther, 1983
                                                                                               Genus Symbiocladius Kieffer, 1925
                                                                                               Genus Sympotthastia Pagast, 1947
                                                                                               Genus Synendotendipes Grodhaus, 1987
                                                                                               Genus Tavastia Tuiskunen, 1985
                                                                                               Genus Telopelopia Roback, 1971
                                                                                               Genus Tethymyia Wirth, 1949
                                                                                               Genus Thalassomya Schiner, 1856
                                                                                               Genus Thalassosmittia Strenzke & Remmert, 1957
                                                                                               Genus Thienemannia Kieffer, 1909
                                                                                               Genus Tokunagaia Sæther, 1973
                                                                                               Genus Tribelos Townes, 1945
                                                                                               Genus Trichochilus Sæther, 1985
                                                                                               Genus Trichocladius auct.
                                                                                               Genus Trichotanypus Kieffer, 1906
                                                                                               Genus Unniella Sæther, 1982
                                                                                               Genus Vivacricotopus Schnell & Sæther, 1988
                                                                                               Genus Xenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               Genus Xestochironomus Sublette & Wirth, 1972
                                                                                               Genus Xylotopus Oliver, 1982
                                                                                               Genus Zalutschia Lipina, 1939
                                                                                               Genus Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962
                                                                                               1 Subfamily Tanypodinae Skuse, 1889
                                                                                               2 Subfamily Podonominae Thienemann & Edwards, 1837
                                                                                               3 Subfamily Aphroteniinae Brundin, 1966
                                                                                               4 Subfamily Telmatogetoninae
                                                                                               5 Subfamily Diamesinae Kieffer, 1922
                                                                                               6 Subfamily Orthocladiinae Lenz, 1921
                                                                                               7 Subfamily Clunioninae
                                                                                               8 Subfamily Chironominae Macquart, 1838

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