Chironomidae - Biota of NZ

Chironomidae

Details

Name scientific

Chironomidae

Preferred name

Chironomidae

Taxonomy reference

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A.; Andrew, I. G.; Berry, J. A.; Johns, P. M.; Hoare, R. J. B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R. C.; Smithers, C. N.; Palma, R. L.; Ward, J. B.; Pilgrim, R. L. C.; Towns, D. R.; McLellan, I. D.; Teulon, D. A. J.; Hitchings, T. R.; Eastop, V. F.; Martin, N. A.; Fletcher, M. J.; Stufkens, M. A. W.; Dale, P. J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T. R.; Trewick, S. A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2. 467-233.

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICZN

Basionym

Chironomidae

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Chironomidae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

midges

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Chironomidae

Chironomidae

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A. et al. (2010)

Chironomidae

Chironomidae

Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. (1999)

Historic biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Chironomidae

New Zealand

Mid Canterbury

Metadata

Record id

d3c662b3-b06d-40a8-89f0-588ae3fdaa4f

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_NZAC

Date added

8 March 2011

Date last updated

17 January 2025

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