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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
1686
7019
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
30
558
3115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
224
1399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
25
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
22
132
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
22 Genera with 132 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1979Ochlerotatus44SpeciesTaxom
Aedimorphus Theobald, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 2010Malaria Mosquitoes12SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1859Cord Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1979Typical Mosquito37SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1950Cool Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Ficalbia Theobald, 2004Small Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Heizmannia Ludlow, 1979Metallic Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1859Predatory Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1908Ant Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1905Indistinct Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 18482SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1903Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tanakaius Reinert, Har..., 2004
0SpeciesTaxom
Topomyia Leicester, 1976Omnivore Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1939Carnivorous Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1979Pestle Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1979Heaven Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1910Broadtail Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
132 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aedes (Aedes) esoensis Yamada, 1921
Aedes (Aedes) rossicus Dolbeskin, G..., 1930
Aedes (Aedes) sasai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Aedes (Aedes) yamadai Sasa, Kano &..., 1950
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Edwardsaedes) bekkui Mogi, 1977
Aedes (Finlaya) albolateralis Theobald, 1908
Aedes (Finlaya) aureostriatus Doleschall, 1857
Aedes (Finlaya) christophersi Edwards, 1922
Aedes (Finlaya) hatorii Yamada, 1921
Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus Theobald, 1901Asian Bush Mosquito
Aedes japonicus japonicus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Finlaya) togoi Theobald, 1907
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856Woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) hexodontus Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) daitensis Miyagi & Toma, 1980
Aedes (Stegomyia) flavopictus Yamada, 1921
Aedes (Stegomyia) galloisi Yamada, 1921
Aedes (Stegomyia) riversi Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) wadai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes akkeshiensis Tanaka, 1998
Aedes amamiensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes daisetsuzanus (Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979)⇒ Aedes impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes hakusanensis Yamaguti & T..., 1954
Aedes hokkaidensis (Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979)⇒ Aedes hexodontus Dyar, 1916
Aedes ishigakiensis (Bohart, 1956)⇒ Verrallina nobukonis Yamada, 1932
Aedes koreicoides Sasa, Kano &..., 1950
Aedes koreicus Edwards, 1917Korean bush mosquito
Aedes miyarai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes nipponicus LaCasse & Ya..., 1948
Aedes nippononiveus Sasa & Nakahasi, 1952
Aedes nishikawai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes okinawanus Bohart, 1946
Aedes oreophilus Edwards, 1916
Aedes savoryi Bohart, 1956
Aedes taiwanus Lien, 1968
Aedes watasei Yamada, 1921
Aedes yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Anopheles (Anopheles) engarensis Kanda & Oguma, 1978
Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus Pallas, 1771
Anopheles (Anopheles) koreicus Yamada & Wat..., 1918
Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri Baisas & Hu, 1936
Anopheles (Anopheles) lindesayi Giles, 1900Hawai'i spikemoss
Anopheles (Anopheles) omorii Sakakibara, 1959
Anopheles (Anopheles) saperoi Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis Wiedemann, 1828Chinese malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) sineroides Yamada, 1924
Anopheles (Cellia) gibbinsi Evans, 1935
Anopheles japonicus Yamada, 1918
Anopheles yaeyamaensis Somboon & Ha..., 2010
Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus Coquillett, 1898
Armigeres obturbans Walker, 1859
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes van der Wulp, 1881
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) ochracea Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915
Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Barraudius) tanajcus (Stschelkanovzev, 1926)⇒ Culex modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Culex) epidesmus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) fuscocephala Theobald, 1907Alpine woodsorrel
Culex (Culex) gelidus Theobald, 1901Frosty mosquito
Culex (Culex) mimeticus Noe, 1899
Culex (Culex) orientalis Edwards, 1921Graceful asterella
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex pipiens molestus Forskål, 1775
Culex pipiens pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common gnat
Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless, 1957
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culex) vagans Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Culex (Culex) varioannulatus (Theobald, 1903)⇒ Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
Culex (Culex) vishnui Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) whitmorei Giles, 1904
Culex (Culiciomyia) kyotoensis Yamaguti & L..., 1952
Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Culiciomyia) pallidothorax Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Culiciomyia) ryukyensis Bohart, 1946
Culex (Culiciomyia) sasai Kano, Nitaha..., 1954
Culex (Eumelanomyia) hayashii Yamada, 1917
Culex (Eumelanomyia) okinawae Bohart, 1953
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cinctellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) infantulus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) jenseni De Meijere, 1910
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) rubithoracis Leicester, 1908
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) tuberis Bohart, 1946
Culex (Neoculex) rubensis Sasa & Takah..., 1948
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Oculeomyia) sinensis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Sirivanakarnius) boninensis (Bohart, 1957)⇒ Culex bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex inatomii Kamimura & Wada, 1974
Culex ryukyuanus Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Culiseta (Culiseta) bergrothi Edwards, 1921
Culiseta kanayamensis Yamada, 1932
Culiseta nipponica LaCasse & Ya..., 1950
Ficalbia ichiromiyagii Toma & Higa, 2004
Heizmannia kana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903
Lutzia fuscana Wiedemann, 1820
Lutzia vorax Bellardi, 1859Graceful asterella
Malaya genurostris Leicester, 1908
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) elegans Taylor, 1914
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) luzonensis Ludlow, 1905
Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus
Ochlerotatus stimulans Walker, 1848Woodland mosquito
Orthopodomyia anopheloides Giles, 1903
Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894Asian Tiger Mosquito
Topomyia (Suaymyia) yanbarensis Miyagi, 1976
Toxorhynchites christophi Portschinsky, 1884
Toxorhynchites okinawensis Toma, Miyagi..., 1990
Toxorhynchites towadensis Matsumara, 1916
Toxorhynchites yamadai Ouchi, 1939
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bambusa Yamada, 1917
Tripteroides yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) bimaculata (Leicester, 1908)⇒ Uranotaenia nigromaculata Edwards, 1941
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) nivipleura Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) novobscura Barraud, 1934
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) yaeyamana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lateralis Ludlow, 1905Field pansy
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) macfarlanei Edwards, 1914
Uranotaenia nigromaculata Edwards, 1941
Uranotaenia ohamai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Uranotaenia ryukyuana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Verrallina atriisimilis Tanaka & Miz..., 1973
Verrallina iriomotensis Tanaka & Miz..., 1973
Verrallina nobukonis Yamada, 1932
Verrallina uniformis Theobald, 1910

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
1
12
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
21
120
Genera
Species

Taxom



Culicidae (Meigen 1818)
Culicidae (Meigen 1818)


Links, sources and further information
Culicidae at artfakta.se
Culicidae at dyntaxa.se
Culicidae at gbif.org
Culicidae at irmng.org
Culicidae at itis.gov
Culicidae at marinespecies.org