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Chironomoidea is a superfamily within the order Diptera, suborder Nematocera, infraorder Culicomorpha. It contains the families Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. One of the more important characters used to define this superfamily is the form of the larval mouthparts.
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- Hennig, W. 1981. Insect Phylogeny. New York: Wiley.
- Yeates, D.K. and B.M. Wiegmann. 1999. Congruence and controversy: toward a higher-level phylogeny of Diptera. Annual Review of Entomology, 44: 397-428.
