Chironomidae
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Translingual
Etymology
Chironomus + -idae
Proper noun
Chironomidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true flies widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.
- 1995, P. D. Armitage, edited by P. S. Cranston and L. C. V. Pinder, The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges (in English), London: Chapman and Hall, Inc.:
- Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Nematocera – suborder; Culicomorpha – infraorder; Chironomoidea – superfamily; Chironomidae – family
Hyponyms
- (family): Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyinae, Chironominae, Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Podonominae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae, Telmatogetoninae, Usambaromyiinae - subfamilies
References
Chironomidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Chironomidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Chironomidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
