CHIRONOMIDAE
(non-biting midges)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brooks, S.J., Langdon, P.G. & Heiri, O. 2007 The identification and use of Palaearctic Chironomidae Larvae in Palaeoecology Technical Guide, No 10, 276pp, Quaternary Research Association
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 *** Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Goetghebuer, M. 1932 *** Diptéres Chironomidae IV (Orthocladiinae, Corynoneurinae, Clunioninae, Diamesinae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 23, 204pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Langton, P.H. & Pinder, L.C.V. 2007 Keys to the Adult Male Chironomidae af Britain and Ireland 239, 168pp, Freshwater Biological Association
() Langton, P.H. 1978 *** Keys to the Adult Male Chironomidae af Britain and Ireland ***(Superseded) Special Publications, No. 37, Freshwater Biological Association

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Larvae

Panktratova, V.Ya. 1977 *** Opredeliteli presnovodnykh bespozvonochnykh evropeiskoi chasti SSSR. (Plankton i bentos.) ***(Superseded) .

Pupae

Panktratova, V.Ya. 1977 *** Opredeliteli presnovodnykh bespozvonochnykh evropeiskoi chasti SSSR. (Plankton i bentos.) ***(Superseded) .

CHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHIRONOMIDAE (non-biting midges)
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