Family Chironomidae Macquart 1838 (non biting midge)
Parent taxon: Chironomoidea according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Anisinodus, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae
Subtaxa: Aenneinae, Calopsectra, Camptocladius, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Chironomus, Cricotopiella, Cricotopus, Diamesa, Diamesinae, Dungeyella, Electrotenia, Eurycnemus, Huabeitendipes, Jurochlus, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Podonominae, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Tanypodinae, Tanypus, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella
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