Podonominae
Encyclopedia
Podonominae is a subfamily of midge
s in the non-biting midge family
(Chironomidae
).
Midge
A midge is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:-Real:* Midge Costanza , American politician* Mildred Gillars , aka "Midge", American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II...
s in the non-biting midge family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Chironomidae
Chironomidae
Chironomidae are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae...
).
Tribes & Genera
- Tribe Boreochlini Saether, 1981
- Genus Boreochlus Edwards, 1938
- Genus Lasiodiamesa KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1924 - Genus Paraboreochlus Thienemann, 1939
- Genus Trichotanypus KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1906 - Tribe Podonomini KiefferJean-Jacques KiefferJean-Jacques Kieffer was a French naturalist and entomologist who specialised in the study of parasitic insects. Educated as a priest, Kieffer taught natural science in Bitche, Lorraine while working on the description and classification of insects...
, 1922 - Genus Parochlus EnderleinGünther EnderleinGünther Enderlein was a German zoologist, entomologist and later a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Enderlein got some international renown because of his insect research but in Germany he became famous because of his concept of the pleomorphism of microorganisms and his hypotheses about...
, 1912