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

CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CERATOPOGONIDAE
biting midges
Family 4 subtaxa 12 trophisms 7 references
CHIRONOMIDAE
non-biting midges
Family 10 subtaxa 4 trophisms 16 references
SIMULIIDAE
blackflies
Family 14 subtaxa 2 trophisms 23 references
THAUMALEIDAE
trickle midges
Family 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 86 images of CHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
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