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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
496
1518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
142
629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
57
369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
19
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
18
238
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
18 Genera with 238 Species
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1923Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1905Ochlerotatus48SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1905Malaria Mosquitoes37SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19138SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1955Typical Mosquito67SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1914Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Eretmapodites Theobald, 1914African Mosquito21SpeciesTaxom
Ficalbia Theobald, 1904Small Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Hodgesia Theobald, 1930Tiny Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1901Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1909Ant Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1887Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1948Indistinct Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Neoculex Dyar, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1966Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 17621SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1991Carnivorous Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1951Heaven Mosquito29SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
238 Species
Aedeomyia (Lepiothauma) furfurea Enderlein, 1923
Aedes (Aedimorphus) albocephalus Theobald, 1903
Aedes (Aedimorphus) argenteopunctatus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Aedimorphus) boneti Gil Collado, 1936
Aedes (Aedimorphus) cumminsii Theobald, 1903
Aedes (Aedimorphus) domesticus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Aedimorphus) ebogoensis Rickenbach &..., 1965
Aedes (Aedimorphus) filicis Ingram & Mei..., 1927
Aedes (Aedimorphus) grenieri Hamon, Servi..., 1961
Aedes (Aedimorphus) grjebinei Hamon & Tauf..., 1957
Aedes (Aedimorphus) hopkinsi Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Aedimorphus) insolens Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Aedimorphus) irritans Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Aedimorphus) mattinglyi Hamon & Rick..., 1954
Aedes (Aedimorphus) mutilus Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Aedimorphus) nyounae Hamon & Adam, 1958
Aedes (Aedimorphus) phyllolabis Edwards, 1929
Aedes (Aedimorphus) pseudotarsalis Someren, 1946
Aedes (Aedimorphus) pubescens Edwards, 1925
Aedes (Aedimorphus) rickenbachi Hamon & Adam, 1959
Aedes (Aedimorphus) simulans Newstead & C..., 1911
Aedes (Aedimorphus) tarsalis Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Aedimorphus) tauffliebi Rickenbach &..., 1965
Aedes (Aedimorphus) yangambiensis Meillon & La..., 1944
Aedes (Aedimorphus) yvonneae Edwards, 1941
Aedes (Albuginosus) stokesi Evans, 1929
Aedes (Diceromyia) mefouensis Ferrara, 1974
Aedes (Fredwardsius) vittatus Bigot, 1861
Aedes (Mucidus) grahamii Theobald, 1909
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) circumluteolus Theobald, 1908
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) monotrichus Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) palpalis Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) taeniarostris Theobald, 1909
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) argenteoventralis Theobald, 1909
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) kummi Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) africanus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) apicoargenteus Theobald, 1909
Aedes (Stegomyia) corneti Huang, 1986
Aedes (Stegomyia) dendrophilus Edwards, 1921Graceful asterella
Aedes (Stegomyia) fraseri Edwards, 1912
Aedes (Stegomyia) hansfordi Huang, 1997
Aedes (Stegomyia) luteocephalus Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Stegomyia) maxgermaini Huang, 1991
Aedes (Stegomyia) pseudoafricanus Chwatt, 1949
Aedes (Stegomyia) simpsoni Theobald, 1905
Aedes blacklocki Evans, 1925
Aedes longipalpis Grunberg, 1905
Anopheles (Anopheles) coustani Laveran, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) implexus Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) obscurus Grünberg, 1905
Anopheles (Anopheles) okuensis Brunhes, Le ..., 1997
Anopheles (Anopheles) paludis Theobald, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) ziemanni Grünberg, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis (Patton, 1905)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) buxtoni Service, 1958
Anopheles (Cellia) carnevalei Brunhes, Le ..., 1999
Anopheles (Cellia) cinctus Newstead & C..., 1910
Anopheles (Cellia) cydippis De Meillon, 1931
Anopheles (Cellia) deemingi Service, 1970
Anopheles (Cellia) demeilloni Evans, 1933
Anopheles (Cellia) dualaensis Brunhes, Le ..., 1999
Anopheles (Cellia) eouzani Brunhes, le ..., 2003
Anopheles (Cellia) freetownensis Evans, 1925
Anopheles (Cellia) funestus Giles, 1900African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) hancocki Edwards, 1929
Anopheles (Cellia) hargreavesi Evans, 1927
Anopheles (Cellia) marshallii Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) melas Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) moucheti Evans, 1925
Anopheles (Cellia) mousinhoi de Meillon &..., 1940
Anopheles (Cellia) multicinctus Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Anopheles (Cellia) nili Theobald, 1904
Anopheles (Cellia) ovengensis Awono-Ambene..., 2004
Anopheles (Cellia) pharoensis Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) pretoriensis Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) rageaui Mattingly & ..., 1954
Anopheles (Cellia) rufipes Gough, 1910
Anopheles (Cellia) somalicus Rivola & Hol..., 1957Blueberry maggot
Anopheles (Cellia) squamosus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) wellcomei Theobald, 1904
Anopheles jebudensis Froud, 1944
Anopheles rhodesiensis Theobald, 1901
Anopheles smithii Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Coquillettidia annettii Theobald, 1901
Coquillettidia aurites Theobald, 1901
Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915
Coquillettidia fraseri Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia maculipennis Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia metallica Theobald, 1901
Coquillettidia pseudoconopas Theobald, 1910
Coquillettidia versicolor Edwards, 1913
Culex (Culex) abyssinicus (Someren, 1945)⇒ Culex ellinorae Ovazza, Hamo..., 1956
Culex (Culex) annulioris Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) antennatus Becker, 1903
Culex (Culex) argenteopunctatus Ventrillon, 1905
Culex (Culex) decens Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) duttoni Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) gameti Bailly-Choumara, 1966
Culex (Culex) grahamii Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) guiarti Blanchard, 1905
Culex (Culex) ingrami Edwards, 1916
Culex (Culex) invidiosus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pallidothoracis Theobald, 1909
Culex (Culex) perfidiosus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) perfuscus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) philipi Edwards, 1929
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) poicilipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Culex) pruina Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) quasiguiarti Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) schwetzi Edwards, 1929
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) telesilla de Meillon &..., 1945
Culex (Culex) thalassius Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) toroensis Edwards & Gi..., 1939
Culex (Culex) trifilatus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) trifoliatus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culex) univittatus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) watti Edwards, 1920
Culex (Culex) weschei Edwards, 1935
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinerellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinereus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) eouzani Geoffroy, 1971
Culex (Culiciomyia) grenieri Eouzan, 1969
Culex (Culiciomyia) harleyi Peters, 1955
Culex (Culiciomyia) macfiei Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Culex (Culiciomyia) nebulosus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) semibrunneus Edwards, 1927
Culex (Culiciomyia) subaequalis Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) adami Hamon & Mouchet, 1955
Culex (Eumelanomyia) albiventris Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) andreanus Edwards, 1927
Culex (Eumelanomyia) fimbriforceps Edwards, 1935
Culex (Eumelanomyia) fusca Theobald, 1909
Culex (Eumelanomyia) garioui Bailly-Choum..., 1966
Culex (Eumelanomyia) helenae Brunhes, Ada..., 1967
Culex (Eumelanomyia) horridus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) inconspicuosus Theobald, 1908
Culex (Eumelanomyia) insignis Carter, 1911
Culex (Eumelanomyia) kingianus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) laplantei Hamon, Adam ..., 1955
Culex (Eumelanomyia) mijanae Brunhes, Ada..., 1967
Culex (Eumelanomyia) pseudoandreanus Bailly-Choumara, 1966
Culex (Eumelanomyia) rima Theobald, 1901
Culex (Eumelanomyia) rubinotus Theobald, 1906
Culex (Eumelanomyia) simpliciforceps Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) subrima Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) sunyaniensis Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) wansoni Wolfs, 1945
Culex (Eumelanomyia) wigglesworthi Edwards, 1941
Culex (Kitzmilleria) moucheti Evans, 1923
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex ellinorae Ovazza, Hamo..., 1956
Culex eschirasi Galliard, 1931
Culex macrophyllus Edwards & Gi..., 1939
Culex rageaui Hamon & Rick..., 1955
Culiseta fraseri Edwards, 1914
Eretmapodites adami Ferrara & Eo..., 1974
Eretmapodites brenguesi Rickenbach &..., 1975
Eretmapodites brottesi Rickenbach, 1966
Eretmapodites caillardi Rickenbach, ..., 1968
Eretmapodites chrysogaster Graham, 1909
Eretmapodites dracaenae Edwards, 1916
Eretmapodites eouzani Rickenbach &..., 1974
Eretmapodites ferrarai Rickenbach &..., 1970
Eretmapodites forcipulatus Edwards, 1936
Eretmapodites germaini Rickenbach &..., 1970
Eretmapodites grahami Edwards, 1911
Eretmapodites intermedius Edwards, 1936
Eretmapodites jani Rickenbach &..., 1976
Eretmapodites lacani Rickenbach &..., 1970
Eretmapodites oedipodeios Graham, 1909
Eretmapodites penicillatus Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites productus Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites ravissei Rickenbach &..., 1970
Eretmapodites rickenbachi Ferrara & Eo..., 1974
Eretmapodites salauni Rickenbach, ..., 1968
Eretmapodites semisimplicipes Edwards, 1914
Ficalbia malfeyti Newstead, 1907
Ficalbia uniformis Theobald, 1904
Hodgesia nigeriae Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Hodgesia psectropus Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Lutzia tigripes De Grandpre ..., 1901
Malaya moucheti Hamon & Adam, 1955
Malaya taeniarostris Theobald, 1911
Malaya trichorostris Theobald, 1909
Mansonia africana Bigot, 1887
Mimomyia mediolineata Theobald, 1904
Mimomyia mimomyiaformis Newstead, 1907
Mimomyia pallida Edwards, 1925
Mimomyia perplexens Edwards, 1932
Mimomyia splendens Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Mimomyia xanthozona Van Someren, 1948
Orthopodomyia aureoantennata Ferrara, 1973Aquatic oligochaete worm
Orthopodomyia nkolbissonensis Rickenbach &..., 1966
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) brevipalpis Theobald, 1901Mosquito
Toxorhynchites camaronis Ribeiro, 1991
Toxorhynchites evansae Edwards, 1936
Toxorhynchites kaimosi Van Someren, 1946
Toxorhynchites metallicus Leicester, 1904
Toxorhynchites phytophagus Theobald, 1909
Toxorhynchites richenbachi Ribeiro, 1991
Toxorhynchites rickenbachi Ribeiro, 1991
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) bicolor (Leicester, 1908)⇒ Uranotaenia hystera Loew, 1869
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) hystera Loew, 1869
Uranotaenia alba Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia alboabdominalis Theobald, 1910
Uranotaenia annulata Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia apicotaeniata Theobald, 1909
Uranotaenia balfouri Theobald, 1904
Uranotaenia bilineata Theobald, 1909
Uranotaenia caeruleocephala Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia caliginosa Philip, 1931Canadian serviceberry
Uranotaenia cavernicola Mattingly, 1954
Uranotaenia chorleyi Edwards, 1936
Uranotaenia connali Edwards, 1912
Uranotaenia fraseri Edwards, 1912
Uranotaenia fusca Bellardi, 1861Alpine woodsorrel
Uranotaenia henriquei Walker, 1848
Uranotaenia mashonaensis Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia mayeri Edwards, 1912
Uranotaenia nigripes Theobald, 1905
Uranotaenia nigromaculata Edwards, 1941
Uranotaenia nivipous Theobald, 1912
Uranotaenia ornata Theobald, 1909
Uranotaenia ototomo da Cunha Ramos, 1993
Uranotaenia pallidocephala Theobald, 1908
Uranotaenia philonuxia Cole, 1919Canadian serviceberry
Uranotaenia principensis da Cunha Ramos, 1993
Uranotaenia rickenbachi Wilcox, 1936
Uranotaenia shillitonis Edwards, 1932
Uranotaenia yovani Van Someren, 1951

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
1
37
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
16
201
Genera
Species

Taxom



Culicidae (Meigen 1818)
Culicidae (Meigen 1818)


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