Diamesinae Explained

Diamesinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae).

Tribes and genera

• Tribe Boreoheptagyiini Brundin, 1966
  • Genus Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966^[1]
  • Genus Kaluginia Fossil
• Tribe Diamesini Pagast, 1947
  • Genus Arctodiamesa Makarchenko, 1983^[2]
  • Genus Diamesa Meigen in Gistl, 1835
  • Genus Lappodiamesa Serra-Tosio, 1968
  • Genus Pagastia Oliver, 1959^[3]
  • Genus Potthastia Kieffer, 1922
  • Genus Pseudodiamesa Goetghebuer, 1939
  • Genus Sympotthastia Pagast, 1947
  • Genus Syndiamesa Kieffer, 1918
• Tribe Protanypini Brundin, 1956
  • Genus Protanypus Kieffer, 1906
• †tribe Cretodiamesini Kalugina 1976
  • Genus †Cretodiamesa Kalugina 1976 Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
• †tribe Eugenodiamesini Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2015
  • Genus †Eugenodiamesa Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2015 Tsagaantsav Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous

Notes and References

1. Makarchenko. Eugenyi A.. Kazuo Endo. Jingyang Wu. Xinhua Wang. amp. 2009. A review of Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966 (Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from East Asia and bordering territories, with the description of five new species. Zootaxa. 1817. 1–17. Magnolia Press. New Zealand. 1175-5334. 2009-05-20.
2. Makarchenko . Eugenyi A. . 2005 . A new species of Arctodiamesa Makarchenko (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Russian Far East, with a key to known species of the genus . Zootaxa . 1084 . 59–64 . Magnolia Press . New Zealand . 10.11646/zootaxa.1084.1.5 . 1175-5334 . 2009-04-03 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185648/http://ibss.febras.ru/files/00002385.pdf . dead.
3. Makarchenko. Eugenyi A. . Makarchenko, Marina A. . 2000. Revision of Pagastia Oliver, 1959 (Diptera, Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region. Late 20th Century Research on Cnironomidae: An Anthology from the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae. 171–176. Shaker Verlag. Aachen. 2009-04-14.