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Buchonomyia
Scientific classification
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

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)

References

^ ^a ^b Marziali, L.; Casalegno C.; Rossaro, B. (2004). "The first record of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Italy" (PDF). Italian Journal of Zoology. 71 (4). Italy: Taylor & Francis: 341–346. doi:10.1080/11250000409356593. hdl:2434/6420. ISSN 1125-0003. S2CID 53373213. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
^ Ashe, Patrick; O'Connor, James P.; Murray, Declan A. (2015-07-02). "A review of the distribution and ecology of Buchonomyia thienemanni Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae) including a first record for Russia". European Journal of Environmental Sciences. 5 (1): 5–11. doi:10.14712/23361964.2015.69. ISSN 2336-1964.

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[Marziali-1] Marziali, L.; Casalegno C.; Rossaro, B. (2004). "The first record of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Italy" (PDF). Italian Journal of Zoology. 71 (4). Italy: Taylor & Francis: 341–346. doi:10.1080/11250000409356593. hdl:2434/6420. ISSN 1125-0003. S2CID 53373213. Retrieved 2009-04-06.

[2] Ashe, Patrick; O'Connor, James P.; Murray, Declan A. (2015-07-02). "A review of the distribution and ecology of Buchonomyia thienemanni Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae) including a first record for Russia". European Journal of Environmental Sciences. 5 (1): 5–11. doi:10.14712/23361964.2015.69. ISSN 2336-1964.

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