''Buchonomyia'' is the only extant
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae of the non-biting midge
family Chironomidae. There are three known extant species and one fossil species in the genus:
Members of the genus are parasitic of
psychomyiid caddisflies.
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Buchonomyia thienemanni
''Buchonomyia'' is the only extant genus of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae of the non-biting midge family (biology), family Chironomidae. There are three known extant species and one fossil species in the genus: Members of the genus are parasitic ...
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Fittkau, 1955
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Buchonomyia burmanica
''Buchonomyia'' is the only extant genus of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae of the non-biting midge family Chironomidae. There are three known extant species and one fossil species in the genus: Members of the genus are parasitic of psychomyiid c ...
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Brundin and Sæther, 1978
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Buchonomyia brundini
''Buchonomyia'' is the only extant genus of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae of the non-biting midge family Chironomidae. There are three known extant species and one fossil species in the genus: Members of the genus are parasitic of psychomyiid c ...
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Andersen and Sæther, 1995
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Buchonomyia succinea
''Buchonomyia'' is the only extant genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hier ...
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Seredszus and Wichard 2003 ( Eocene, Baltic amber)
In addition, two extinct genera belonging to Buchonomyiinae are known:
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Dungeyella
''Dungeyella'' is an extinct genus of chironomid midge from the Wealden amber of the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK, containing the single species ''D. gavini''. it belongs to the subfamily Buchonomyiinae
''Buchonomyia'' is the o ...
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Jarzembowski et al. 2008 ( Barremian, Wessex Formation)
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Furcobuchonomyia''
Baranov et al. 2017 (Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
, Burmese amber)
References
Chironomidae
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