| Buchonomyia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Buchonomyiinae Brundin & Sæther, 1978 |
| Genus: | Buchonomyia Fittkau, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| B. thienemanni Fittkau, 1955 | |
| Species | |
3, see text [1] | |
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: [1] Members of the genus are parasitic of psychomyiid caddisflies. [2]
- Buchonomyia thienemanni Fittkau, 1955
- Buchonomyia burmanica Brundin and Sæther, 1978
- Buchonomyia brundini Andersen and Sæther, 1995
- † Buchonomyia succinea Seredszus and Wichard 2003 (Eocene, Baltic amber)
In addition, two extinct genera belonging to Buchonomyiinae are known:
- † Dungeyella Jarzembowski et al. 2008 (Barremian, Wessex Formation)
- † Furcobuchonomyia Baranov et al. 2017 (Cenomanian, Burmese amber)
