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Chironomini in languages:

Chinese

搖蚊族

Japanese

ユスリカ族

Korean

깔따구족

Modern Greek

Χειρονομίνοι

Thai

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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Chironomini
• Nilodorum
• Pseudochironomini
• Tanytarsini

Child Taxa

• Apedilum
• Asheum
• Axarus
• Baeotendipes
• Beardius
• Beckidia
• Benthalia
• Carbochironomus
• Chernovskiia
• Chironomus
• Cladopelma
• Cryptochironomus
• Cryptotendipes
• Cyphomella
• Demeijerea
• Demicryptochironomus
• Dicrotendipes
• Einfeldia
• Endochironomus
• Fleuria
• Gillotia
• Glyptotendipes
• Goeldichironomus
• Graceus
• Harnischia
• Harrisius
• Hyporhygma
• Imparipecten
• Kiefferulus
• Kloosia
• Kribiodorum
• Kribiothauma
• Lauterborniella
• Lipiniella
• Microchironomus
• Microtendipes
• Nilomyia
• Nilothauma
• Olecryptotendipes
• Omisus
• Ophryophorus
• Oukuriella
• Pagastiella
• Parachironomus
• Paracladopelma
• Paralauterborniella
• Paratendipes
• Paucispinigera
• Pentapedilum
• Phaenopsectra
• Polypedilum
• Robackia
• Saetheria
• Sergentia
• Skusella
• Stenochironomus
• Stictochironomus
• Synendotendipes
• Tribelos
• Xenochironomus
• Xestochironomus
• Xiaomyia
• Zavreliella
• Zuluchironomus

Top Observation Places

• Denton
• Berlin
• Kreuzberg
• Mitte
• Gesundbrunnen
• Yuen Long Kau Hui
• Québec
• Austin
• Hamden
• Levittown
• Wheaton
• Cambridge
• Newton
• Somerville
• Waltham
• Malden
• Brookline
• Medford