| Chironomoidea | |
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| Male Chironomus plumosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Culicomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Families | |
The Chironomoidea are a superfamily within the order Diptera, suborder Nematocera, infraorder Culicomorpha. This superfamily contains the families Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae.[1][2]
- ^ Yeates, D. K.; Wiegmann, B. M. (1999). "CONGRUENCE AND CONTROVERSY: Toward a Higher-Level Phylogeny of Diptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 44 (1): 397–428. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.397. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 15012378.
- ^ "Chironomoidea". www.bioimages.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-15.