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Chironomoidea

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and fine particles of detritus from the water column (filtering collectors), chew or bore into live or dead plant matter (shredders), scrape algae, bacteria and diatoms from surfaces (scrapers) or prey on other invertebrates (predators).
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Chironomoidea show a range of habitats and diets. Using the family Chironomidae as an example, larvae occur most commonly in aquatic vegetation and
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Narayanan Kutty, Sujatha; Wong, Wing Hing; Meusemann, Karen; Meier, Rudolf; Cranston, Peter S. (2018).
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Lukashevich, Elena D.; Przhiboro, Andrey A.; Marchal-Papier, Francine; Grauvogel-Stamm, Lea (2010).
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Chironomoidea have four life stages: the egg, the worm-like larva, the pupa and the winged adult.
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Pawlowski, Jan; Szadziewski, Ryszard; Kmieciak, Dariusz; Fahrni, José; Bittar, Gabriel (1996).
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debris, but also in sand covered in fine organic material, pools on granite outcrops, wood
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The phylogeny of the Chironomoidea is disputed. Analyses of the male genital tract,
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Sinclair, Bradley J.; Borkent, Art; Wood, D. Monty (2007).
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Burtt, E. T.; Perry, R. J. O.; McLachlan, A. J. (1986).
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Adults generally feed on sugar-rich substances such as
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This superfamily contains the 52: 644: 250:(gathering collectors), filter 670:10.1080/00379271.2010.10697636 603: 564: 523: 488:, Elsevier, pp. 874–885, 473: 434: 354: 307: 225: 1: 1508:(dagger flies, balloon flies) 332:10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.397 301: 285: 265: 7: 2700:List of families of Diptera 2332:(house flies, stable flies) 320:Annual Review of Entomology 10: 2909: 1103:(dark-winged fungus gnats) 1095:(long-winged fungus gnats) 1082:(long-beaked fungus gnats) 233: 2721: 2697: 2651: 2620: 2577: 2546: 2537: 2487: 2483: 2422: 2349: 2304: 2295: 2267: 2202: 2177:(vinegar and fruit flies) 2144: 2087:(lekking, or druid flies) 2049: 2010: 1974: 1897: 1833: 1799: 1736: 1715: 1706: 1697: 1693: 1656: 1603: 1590: 1581: 1540: 1483: 1394: 1381: 1377: 1373: 1359: 1310:(long-bodied crane flies) 1290: 1269: 1256: 1219: 1190: 1159: 1146: 1120: 1031: 1010: 989: 976: 934: 881: 836: 823: 797: 793: 779: 735: 482:"Blackflies (Simuliidae)" 146: 141: 49:Scientific classification 47: 37: 28: 23: 1074:(predatory fungus gnats) 480:Adler, Peter H. (2022), 1965:(black scavenger flies) 1326:(hairy-eyed craneflies) 1243:(primitive crane flies) 1001:(march flies, lovebugs) 2607:(horse and deer flies) 1879:Strongylophthalmyiidae 1790:(picture-winged flies) 1318:(limoniid crane flies) 2893:Diptera superfamilies 2860:Paleobiology Database 2193:(frightful hairy fly) 2022:(beetle-backed flies) 1560:(tangle-veined flies) 1445:(hilarimorphid flies) 1406:(flower-loving flies) 1235:(phantom crane flies) 616:Systematic Entomology 577:Systematic Entomology 2798:Fauna Europaea (new) 2524:(wood soldier flies) 2374:(New Zealand batfly) 2324:(little house flies) 1816:(stilt-legged flies) 1727:(thick-headed flies) 1623:(spear-winged flies) 1552:(small-headed flies) 1281:(winter crane flies) 856:(frog-biting midges) 366:www.bioimages.org.uk 16:Superfamily of flies 2589:(water snipe flies) 2110:(upside-down flies) 1647:(flat-footed flies) 1631:(flat-footed flies) 1500:(long-legged flies) 1334:(large crane flies) 950:(net-winged midges) 917:(non-biting midges) 41:Chironomus plumosus 2258:(freeloader flies) 2061:(leaf miner flies) 2001:(small dung flies) 1845:(stalk-eyed flies) 1668:(big-headed flies) 1126:Perissommatomorpha 956:Deuterophlebiidae 940:Blephariceromorpha 659:. 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Index


Chironomus plumosus
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Nematocera
Culicomorpha
Chironomoidea
Chironomidae
Ceratopogonidae
Simuliidae
Thaumaleidae
superfamily
order
Diptera
suborder
Nematocera
infraorder
Culicomorpha
families
Chironomidae
Ceratopogonidae
Simuliidae
Thaumaleidae
benthic
snags

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