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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
846
2770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
147
597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
50
316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
17
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
16
208
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
16 Genera with 208 Species
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1923Scaly Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 2004Ochlerotatus68SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1901Malaria Mosquitoes31SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19137SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1941Typical Mosquito62SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1904
Cool Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Eretmapodites Theobald, 1941African Mosquito10SpeciesTaxom
Ficalbia Theobald, 1904Small Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1901Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1887Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1903Indistinct Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Neomelaniconion Newstead, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Skusea Theobald, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 17621SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1946Carnivorous Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1908Heaven Mosquito11SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
208 Species
Aedeomyia (Lepiothauma) africana Neveu-Lemaire, 1906
Aedeomyia (Lepiothauma) furfurea Enderlein, 1923
Aedes (Aedimorphus) alboventralis Theobald, 1910
Aedes (Aedimorphus) cumminsii Theobald, 1903
Aedes (Aedimorphus) dentatus Theobald, 1904
Aedes (Aedimorphus) domesticus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Aedimorphus) gibbinsi Edwards, 1935
Aedes (Aedimorphus) hirsutus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Aedimorphus) holocinctus Edwards, 1941
Aedes (Aedimorphus) lamborni Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Aedes (Aedimorphus) leptolabis Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Aedimorphus) natronius Edwards, 1932
Aedes (Aedimorphus) phyllolabis Edwards, 1929
Aedes (Aedimorphus) pseudotarsalis Someren, 1946
Aedes (Aedimorphus) tarsalis Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Aedimorphus) tricholabis Edwards, 1941
Aedes (Albuginosus) capensis Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Aedes (Albuginosus) haworthi Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Aedes (Albuginosus) kapretwae Edwards, 1914
Aedes (Albuginosus) marshallii Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Albuginosus) ngong Someren, 1950
Aedes (Albuginosus) teesdalei Someren, 1954
Aedes (Coetzeemyia) fryeri Theobald, 1912
Aedes (Diceromyia) adersi Edwards, 1917
Aedes (Diceromyia) furcifer Edwards, 1913
Aedes (Diceromyia) taylori Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Finlaya) pulchrithorax Edwards, 1939
Aedes (Fredwardsius) vittatus Bigot, 1861
Aedes (Mucidus) grahamii Theobald, 1909
Aedes (Mucidus) nigerrimus Theobald, 1913
Aedes (Mucidus) sudanensis Theobald, 1908
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) albicosta Edwards, 1913
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) circumluteolus Theobald, 1908
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) ellinorae Edwards, 1941
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) flavimargo Edwards, 1941
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905)⇒ Neomelaniconion lineatopenne Ludlow, 1905
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) mcintoshi Huang, 1985
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) albomarginatus Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) michaelikati Someren, 1946
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) natalensis Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Aedes (Skusea) pembaensis Theobald, 1901Skusea pembaensis
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) africanus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Stegomyia) bromeliae Theobald, 1911
Aedes (Stegomyia) calceatus Edwards, 1941Palmer's asterella
Aedes (Stegomyia) deboeri Edwards, 1926
Aedes (Stegomyia) fraseri Edwards, 1912
Aedes (Stegomyia) heischi Someren, 1951
Aedes (Stegomyia) keniensis Someren, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) kenyae Someren, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) langata Someren, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) luteocephalus Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Stegomyia) metallicus Edwards, 1912
Aedes (Stegomyia) mickevichae Huang, 1988
Aedes (Stegomyia) njombiensis Huang, 1997
Aedes (Stegomyia) soleatus Edwards, 1941Palmer's asterella
Aedes (Stegomyia) subargenteus Edwards, 1925
Aedes (Stegomyia) unilineatus Theobald, 1906
Aedes (Stegomyia) woodi Edwards, 1922
Aedes albothorax Theobald, 1907
Aedes bwamba Someren, 1950
Aedes caballus Theobald, 1912
Aedes chelli Edwards, 1915
Aedes embuensis Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Aedes fulgens Edwards, 1917
Aedes gandaensis Huang, 2004
Aedes gurneri Someren, 1946
Aedes kabwachensis Edwards, 1941
Aedes mucidus Karsch, 1887
Aedes sampi Huang, 2004
Anopheles (Anopheles) coustani Laveran, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) implexus Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) paludis Theobald, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) symesi Edwards, 1928
Anopheles (Anopheles) tenebrosus Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) ziemanni Grünberg, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis (Patton, 1905)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) ardensis Theobald, 1905
Anopheles (Cellia) christyi Newstead & C..., 1911
Anopheles (Cellia) confusus Evans & Leeson, 1935
Anopheles (Cellia) erepens Gillies, 1958
Anopheles (Cellia) funestus Giles, 1900African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) garnhami Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Anopheles (Cellia) gibbinsi Evans, 1935
Anopheles (Cellia) harperi Evans, 1936
Anopheles (Cellia) keniensis Evans, 1931
Anopheles (Cellia) longipalpis Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) marshallii Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) merus Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) multicinctus Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Anopheles (Cellia) natalensis Hill & Haydon, 1907
Anopheles (Cellia) parensis Gillies, 1962
Anopheles (Cellia) pharoensis Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) rivulorum Leeson, 1935
Anopheles (Cellia) rufipes Gough, 1910
Anopheles (Cellia) squamosus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) swahilicus Gillies, 1964
Anopheles lounibosi Gillies & Co..., 1987
Anopheles macmahoni Evans, 1936
Anopheles rhodesiensis Theobald, 1901
Coquillettidia aurites Theobald, 1901
Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915
Coquillettidia fuscopennata Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia maculipennis Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia metallica Theobald, 1901
Coquillettidia microannulata Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia versicolor Edwards, 1913
Culex (Culex) abyssinicus (Someren, 1945)⇒ Culex ellinorae Ovazza, Hamo..., 1956
Culex (Culex) andersoni Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) annulioris Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) antennatus Becker, 1903
Culex (Culex) argenteopunctatus Ventrillon, 1905
Culex (Culex) aurantapex Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) calurus Edwards, 1935
Culex (Culex) duttoni Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) epidesmus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) grahamii Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) guiarti Blanchard, 1905
Culex (Culex) hancocki Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Culex (Culex) invidiosus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) litwakae Harbach, 1985
Culex (Culex) mirificus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) musarum Edwards, 1932
Culex (Culex) nakuruensis Mattingly, 1951
Culex (Culex) neavei Theobald, 1906
Culex (Culex) ornatothoracis Theobald, 1909
Culex (Culex) perexiguus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) perfuscus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) pseudoannulioris Theobald, 1909
Culex (Culex) quasiguiarti Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) simpsoni Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Culex) sinaiticus Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) striatipes Edwards, 1941
Culex (Culex) tenagius Van Someren, 1954
Culex (Culex) terzii Edwards, 1941
Culex (Culex) thalassius Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) theileri 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) vansomereni Edwards, 1926
Culex (Culex) watti Edwards, 1920
Culex (Culex) weschei Edwards, 1935
Culex (Culex) zombaensis Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinerellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinereus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) furlongi Van Someren, 1954
Culex (Culiciomyia) nebulosus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) semibrunneus Edwards, 1927
Culex (Culiciomyia) subaequalis Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) adersianus Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) albertianus Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) albiventris Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) horridus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) inconspicuosus Theobald, 1908
Culex (Eumelanomyia) insignis Carter, 1911
Culex (Eumelanomyia) rima Theobald, 1901
Culex (Eumelanomyia) rubinotus Theobald, 1906
Culex (Eumelanomyia) wigglesworthi Edwards, 1941
Culex (Kitzmilleria) moucheti Evans, 1923
Culex (Maillotia) salisburiensis Theobald, 1901
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex ellinorae Ovazza, Hamo..., 1956
Culex gediensis Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites conchobius Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites hightoni Van Someren, 1947
Eretmapodites inornatus Newstead, 1907
Eretmapodites intermedius Edwards, 1936
Eretmapodites parvipluma Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites productus Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites quinquevittatus Theobald, 1901
Eretmapodites silvestris Ingram & De ..., 1927
Eretmapodites subsimplicipes Edwards, 1914
Eretmapodites tonsus Edwards, 1941
Ficalbia uniformis Theobald, 1904
Lutzia tigripes De Grandpre ..., 1901
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Mansonia africana Bigot, 1887
Mimomyia flavopicta Edwards, 1936
Mimomyia hispida Theobald, 1910
Mimomyia lacustris Edwards, 1935
Mimomyia pallida Edwards, 1925
Mimomyia plumosa Theobald, 1901
Mimomyia splendens Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Neomelaniconion lineatopenne Ludlow, 1905
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) brevipalpis Theobald, 1901Mosquito
Toxorhynchites barbipes Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Toxorhynchites kaimosi Van Someren, 1946
Toxorhynchites lutescens Theobald, 1901
Toxorhynchites nairobiensis Van Someren, 1946
Uranotaenia alba Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia alboabdominalis Theobald, 1910
Uranotaenia balfouri Theobald, 1904
Uranotaenia fraseri Edwards, 1912
Uranotaenia fusca Bellardi, 1861Alpine woodsorrel
Uranotaenia lucyae Van Someren, 1954
Uranotaenia mashonaensis Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia mayeri Edwards, 1912
Uranotaenia nivipous Theobald, 1912
Uranotaenia ornata Theobald, 1909
Uranotaenia pallidocephala Theobald, 1908

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
1
31
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
15
177
Genera
Species

Taxom



Culicidae (Meigen 1818)
Culicidae (Meigen 1818)


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