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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
10948
38362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
10924
38301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
10787
38002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
387
8356
31453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1503
5703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
22
404
1756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
163
958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
28
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
25
234
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Africa
25 Genera with 234 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1923Scaly Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1907Ochlerotatus41SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1937Malaria Mosquitoes52SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1904Basal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19109SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito79SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1914Cool Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Eretmapodites Theobald, 1901African Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Ficalbia Theobald, 1904Small Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Georgecraigius Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1921Shoulder Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Joblotia Blanchard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1915Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Microculex Theobald, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1903Indistinct Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Neomelanoconion Theobald, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 18333SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1872Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1901Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1927Canopy Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 17621SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1935Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1932Heaven Mosquito16SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1905Bromeliad Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Africa
234 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedeomyia (Lepiothauma) africana Neveu-Lemaire, 1906
Aedeomyia (Lepiothauma) furfurea Enderlein, 1923
Aedes (Aedimorphus) alboventralis Theobald, 1910
Aedes (Aedimorphus) centropunctatus Theobald, 1913
Aedes (Aedimorphus) cumminsii Theobald, 1903
Aedes (Aedimorphus) dalzieli Theobald, 1910
Aedes (Aedimorphus) mansouri Qutubuddin, 1959
Aedes (Aedimorphus) simulans Newstead & C..., 1911
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes vexans vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Diceromyia) furcifer Edwards, 1913
Aedes (Diceromyia) taylori Edwards, 1936
Aedes (Finlaya) echinus Edwards, 1920
Aedes (Mucidus) nigerrimus Theobald, 1913
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) albicosta Edwards, 1913
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) luteolateralis Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) berlandi Seguy, 1921
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Ochlerotatus detritus Haliday, 1833
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mariae Sergent & Se..., 1903
Aedes (Rusticoidus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) luteocephalus Newstead, 1907
Aedes (Stegomyia) unilineatus Theobald, 1906
Aedes albifasciatus Macquart, 1838
Aedes albineus Seguy, 1923
Aedes albothorax Theobald, 1907
Aedes biskraensis Brunhes, 1999
Aedes chelli Edwards, 1915
Aedes dzeta Seguy, 1924
Aedes eatoni Edwards, 1916
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes ingrami Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Aedes lilii Theobald, 1910
Aedes meirai Ribeiro, Ram..., 1980
Aedes nubilus Theobald, 1903
Aedes pulcritarsis Rondani, 1872
Aedes quasirusticus Torres Canam..., 1951
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes thorntoni Dyar & Knab, 1907
Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) coustani Laveran, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) fluminensis Root, 1927Huisachillo
Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus Pallas, 1771
Anopheles (Anopheles) implexus Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) labranchiae Falleroni, 1926
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipes Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) marteri Senevet & Pr..., 1927
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) tenebrosus Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) ziemanni Grünberg, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis (Patton, 1905)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) brunnipes Theobald, 1910
Anopheles (Cellia) cinereus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) demeilloni Evans, 1933
Anopheles (Cellia) domicola Edwards, 1916
Anopheles (Cellia) dthali Patton, 1905
Anopheles (Cellia) flavicosta Edwards, 1911
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) moucheti Evans, 1925
Anopheles (Cellia) multicolor Cambouliu, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) nili Theobald, 1904
Anopheles (Cellia) pretoriensis Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) rivulorum Leeson, 1935
Anopheles (Cellia) rufipes Gough, 1910
Anopheles (Cellia) sergentii Theobald, 1907
Anopheles (Cellia) squamosus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) turkhudi Liston, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) wellcomei Theobald, 1904
Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii Dyar & Knab, 1908
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Pearly prickleback
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root, 1926American malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus ♰ T. J. Zavortink, 2000
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) janconnae Wilkerson & ..., 2009
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oryzalimnetes Wilkerson & ..., 2009
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi Peryassú, 1922
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli Gabaldon, Co..., 1940
Anopheles (Stethomyia) nimbus Theobald, 1902
Anopheles broussesi Edwards, 1929
Anopheles macmahoni Evans, 1936
Anopheles rhodesiensis Theobald, 1901
Anopheles rupicolus Lewis, 1937
Chagasia fajardi Lutz, 1904
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) buxtoni Edwards, 1923
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii Ficalbi, 1889
Coquillettidia aurea Edwards, 1915
Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915
Coquillettidia cristata Theobald, 1904
Coquillettidia fraseri Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia maculipennis Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia microannulata Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia pseudoconopas Theobald, 1910
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Anoedioporpa) corrigani Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Barraudius) pusillus Macquart, 1850Ivy gourd
Culex (Culex) abyssinicus (Someren, 1945)⇒ Culex ellinorae Ovazza, Hamo..., 1956
Culex (Culex) agilis (Bigot, 1889)⇒ Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
Culex (Culex) annulioris Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) annuliventris Blanchard, 1852
Culex (Culex) antennatus Becker, 1903
Culex (Culex) apicinus Philippi, 1865
Culex (Culex) argenteopunctatus Ventrillon, 1905
Culex (Culex) articularis Philippi, 1865
Culex (Culex) beta Seguy, 1924
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) brumpti Gailiard, 1931
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) decens Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) dolosus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Culex (Culex) duttoni Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) grahamii Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) guiarti Blanchard, 1905
Culex (Culex) habilitator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) invidiosus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) laticinctus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) mimeticus Noe, 1899
Culex (Culex) molestus Forskal, 1775Underground mosquito
Culex (Culex) neavei Theobald, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) perexiguus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) perfuscus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) pseudoannulioris Theobald, 1909
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) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) theileri Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) toroensis Edwards & Gi..., 1939
Culex (Culex) trifilatus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) trifoliatus Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) univittatus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) vansomereni Edwards, 1926
Culex (Culex) weschei Edwards, 1935
Culex (Culex) zombaensis Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinerellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinereus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) macfiei Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Culex (Eumelanomyia) albiventris Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) horridus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) inconspicuosus Theobald, 1908
Culex (Eumelanomyia) insignis Carter, 1911
Culex (Eumelanomyia) kingianus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) rima Theobald, 1901
Culex (Eumelanomyia) rubinotus Theobald, 1906
Culex (Eumelanomyia) simpliciforceps Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) sunyaniensis Edwards, 1941
Culex (Eumelanomyia) wigglesworthi Edwards, 1941
Culex (Kitzmilleria) moucheti Evans, 1923
Culex (Maillotia) arbieeni Salem, 1938
Culex (Maillotia) deserticola Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Maillotia) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Culex hortensis maderensis Mattingly, 1955
Culex (Maillotia) salisburiensis Theobald, 1901
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Neoculex) gamma Seguy, 1924
Culex (Neoculex) impudicus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Neoculex) martinii Medschid, 1930
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Oculeomyia) sinensis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex ellinorae Ovazza, Hamo..., 1956
Culex kingii Theobald, 1913
Culex malariager ♰ G. Poinar, 2005
Culex ocellatus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis Stephens, 1825
Culiseta (Culicella) litorea Shute, 1928Pepper maggot
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) atlantica Edwards, 1932
Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea Edwards, 1921
Culiseta fraseri Edwards, 1914
Eretmapodites conchobius Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites intermedius Edwards, 1936
Eretmapodites quinquevittatus Theobald, 1901
Ficalbia circumtestacea Theobald, 1908
Ficalbia uniformis Theobald, 1904
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) janthinomys Dyar, 1921
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Mimomyia clavipalpus Theobald, 1908
Mimomyia hispida Theobald, 1910
Mimomyia lacustris Edwards, 1935
Mimomyia plumosa Theobald, 1901
Mimomyia splendens Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) eatoni (Edwards, 1916)⇒ Aedes eatoni Edwards, 1916
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) caspius Pallas, 1771
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) detritus Haliday, 1833
Orthopodomyia fascipes Coquillett, 1906
Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis Rondani, 1872
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albigenu Peryassú, 1908
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) lutzii Theobald, 1901
Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Sabethes petrocchiae Shannon & Ponte, 1927
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Toxorhynchites viridibasis Edwards, 1935
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) unguiculata Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pulcherrima Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Uranotaenia alba Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia alboabdominalis Theobald, 1910
Uranotaenia apicotaeniata Theobald, 1909
Uranotaenia balfouri Theobald, 1904
Uranotaenia caeruleocephala Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia chorleyi Edwards, 1936
Uranotaenia fraseri Edwards, 1912
Uranotaenia fusca Bellardi, 1861Alpine woodsorrel
Uranotaenia mashonaensis Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia nivipous Theobald, 1912
Uranotaenia pallidocephala Theobald, 1908
Uranotaenia shillitonis Edwards, 1932
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia mitchellii Theobald, 1905Bromeliad mosquito

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in North Africa
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
2
53
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
20
181
Genera
Species

Taxom



Culicidae (Meigen 1818)
Culicidae (Meigen 1818)


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