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Chironomus plumosus Trusted
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Chironomus sp. Trusted
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Present in 30 collections
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Biodiversity of our forest
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Great Basin National Park
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Biodiversity of Potomac Overlook Regional Park
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Found in 5 classifications
See all 5 approved classifications in which this taxon appears.Family recognized by Paleobiology Database:
- Metazoa Haeckel 1874 +
- Eumetazoa Butchili 1910 +
- Triploblastica Lankester 1877 +
- Nephrozoa Jondelius et al. 2002 +
- Protostomia Grobben, 1908 +
- Ecdysozoa +
- Panarthropoda +
- Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 +
- Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 +
- Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 +
- Dicondylia +
- Pterygota Brauer 1885 +
- Neoptera +
- Endoneoptera +
- Mecopterida +
- Antliophora +
- Diptera Linne 1758 +
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Chironomidae Macquart, 1838
- Aenneinae Ansorge, 1999 +
- Calopsectra Kieffer 1909
- Chironominae Macquart 1838 +
- Chironomus Meigen 1803 +
- Cricotopiella Meunier 1916
- Cricotopus van der Wulp 1874
- Diamesa Walts 1837 +
- Diamesinae Edwards, 1929 +
- Dungeyella Jarzembowski et al. 2008 +
- Electrotenia Kalugina 1980
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Chironomidae Macquart, 1838
- Diptera Linne 1758 +
- Antliophora +
- Mecopterida +
- Endoneoptera +
- Neoptera +
- Pterygota Brauer 1885 +
- Dicondylia +
- Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 +
- Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 +
- Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 +
- Panarthropoda +
- Ecdysozoa +
- Protostomia Grobben, 1908 +
- Nephrozoa Jondelius et al. 2002 +
- Triploblastica Lankester 1877 +
- Eumetazoa Butchili 1910 +
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Valter Jacinto marked "Mosquito // Chironomid or Non-biting Midge - Chironomidae" as trusted on the "Chironomidae" page.
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Robert Hole, Jr added text to "Brief Summary" on "Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900".
The Antarctic midge (a sort of small fly) is the largest...
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