Chironomidae

Translingual

Etymology

Chironomus +‎ -idae

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Chironomidae

1. 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, Armitage, P. D., P. S. Cranston, and L. C. V. Pinder editors, The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges, London: Chapman and Hall, Inc.:

     Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.

Hyponyms

• (family): Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyinae, Chironominae, Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Podonominae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae, Telmatogetoninae, Usambaromyiinae - subfamilies