| Usambaromyiinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Culicomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Usambaromyiinae Andersen & Sæther, 1994 |
| Type genus | |
| Usambaromyia Andersen & Sæther, 1994 |
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| Genera | |
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Usambaromyiinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). The subfamily differs from other known adult Chironomidae in having nearly completely black wings in both males and Females & tibial spurs with lateral denticles.[1]