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Wikispecies

Proper noun

Chironomoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Culicomorpha – the non-biting midges etc.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, Thaumaleidae - families