page_title: List of Diptera of Ireland
section_title: Superfamily Chironomoidea
hierarchical_section_title: List of Diptera of Ireland / Suborder Nematocera (thread-horns) / Superfamily Chironomoidea
caption_attribution_description: English: not yet determined male Ceratopogonidae, from Cologne, Germany.
context_page_description: The number of species in the order Diptera known to occur in Ireland is 3,304. There are 98 Dipteran families in Ireland
context_section_description: Thaumaleidae (solitary/trickle midges) 2 species including
  Thaumalea verralli Edwards, 1929
  Simuliidae (Black flies) 28 species including
  Simulium latipes (Meigen, 1804)
  Simulium variegatum Meigen, 1818
  Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) 64 species including
  Culicoides impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920
  Chironomidae (nonbiting midges) 475 species including
  Ablabesmyia monilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Chaetocladius suecicus (Kieffer, 1916)
  Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
  Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen, 1818)
  Glyptotendipes pallens (Meigen, 1804)
  Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen, 1804)
  Phaenopsectra flavipes (Meigen, 1818)
  Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen, 1818)
caption: Male Ceratopogonidae (biting midge)
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