Chironomidae

Translingual

Etymology

Chironomus +‎ -idae

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, 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