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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
888
4611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
194
1583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
73
626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
35
282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
34
279
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
34 Genera with 279 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1909Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1889Ochlerotatus61SpeciesTaxom
Aedimorphus Theobald, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 2001Malaria Mosquitoes19SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1859Cord Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Bironella Theobald, 1931Biró Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom
Cellia Theobald, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19158SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito70SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsaedes Belkin, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Ficalbia Theobald, 1901Small Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Finlaya Theobald, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Hodgesia Theobald, 1923Tiny Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Leptosomatomyia Theobald, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Lorrainea Belkin, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1903Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Macleaya Theobald, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1947Ant Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1962Submarine Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1908Indistinct Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Molpemyia Theobald, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Mucidus Theobald, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 18894SpeciesTaxom
Patmarksia Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Rampamyia Reinert, Har..., 18891SpeciesTaxom
Rhinoskusea Edwards, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Topomyia Leicester, 1960Omnivore Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1865Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1950Pestle Mosquito28SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1953Heaven Mosquito28SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1968Broadtail Mosquito13SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1924Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
279 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedes (Aedimorphus) alboscutellatus Theobald, 1905
Aedes (Aedimorphus) lowisii Theobald, 1910
Aedes (Aedimorphus) nocturnus Thoebald, 1903
Aedes (Aedimorphus) trukensis Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962
Aedes (Edwardsaedes) imprimens (Walker, 1860)⇒ Edwardsaedes imprimens Walker, 1861
Aedes (Finlaya) anggiensis Bonne-Wepster, 1937
Aedes (Finlaya) argenteitarsis Brug, 1932
Aedes (Finlaya) aureostriatus Doleschall, 1857
Aedes (Finlaya) gani Bonne-Wepster, 1940
Aedes (Finlaya) gracilelineatus Bonne-Wepster, 1937
Aedes (Finlaya) hollandius King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) josephinae (Marks, 1958)⇒ Finlaya josephinae Marks, 1958
Aedes (Finlaya) kochi (Donitz, 1901)⇒ Finlaya kochi Dönitz, 1901
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Finlaya) novalbitarsis King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) papuensis Taylor, 1914
Aedes (Finlaya) plumiferus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) subalbitarsis Knight & Hoo..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) wallacei Edwards, 1926
Aedes (Geoskusea) lunulatus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Huaedes) wauensis Huang, 1968
Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) aurimargo (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Leptosomatomyia aurimargo Edwards, 1922
Aedes (Lorrainea) dasyorrhus (King & Hoogs..., 1946)⇒ Lorrainea dasyorrhus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Mucidus) aurantius (Theobald, 1907)⇒ Mucidus aurantius Theobald, 1907
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) diantaeus Howard, Dyar..., 1913And Knab
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) inexpectatus Bonne-Wepster, 1948
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) purpuraceus Brug, 1932
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) vigilax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vigilax Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Rhinoskusea) longirostris (Leicester, 1908)⇒ Rhinoskusea longirostris Leicester, 1908
Aedes (Scutomyia) albolineatus Theobald, 1904
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albolineatus Theobald, 1904
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) annandalei Theobald, 1910
Aedes (Stegomyia) gurneyi Stone & Bohart, 1944
Aedes (Stegomyia) hebrideus Edwards, 1926
Aedes (Stegomyia) quasiscutellaris Farner & Bohart, 1944
Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1859)⇒ Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858
Aedes (Stegomyia) varuae Belkin, 1962
Aedes albilabris Edwards, 1925
Aedes alternans (Westwood, 1836)⇒ Mucidus alternans Westwood, 1835
Aedes bougainvillensis Marks, 1947
Aedes candidoscutellum Marks, 1947
Aedes culiciformis (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Ochlerotatus culiciformis Theobald, 1905
Aedes decticus Howard, Dyar..., 1917And Knab
Aedes dobodurus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes fimbripes Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Aedes hollingsheadi Belkins, 1962
Aedes keefei King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes longiforceps Edwards, 1929
Aedes mcdonaldi Belkin, 1962
Aedes normanensis (Taylor, 1915)⇒ Ochlerotatus normanensis Taylor, 1915
Aedes painei Knight, 1948
Aedes perryi Belkin, 1962
Aedes rubiginosus Belkin, 1962
Aedes solomonis Stone & Bohart, 1944
Aedes stanleyi Peters, 1963
Aedes tremulus Theobald, 1903
Aedes vittiger (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vittiger Skuse, 1889
Aedimorphus alboscutellatus Theobald, 1905
Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Anopheles (Anopheles) bancroftii Giles, 1902Black Australian anopheline
Anopheles (Anopheles) papuensis Dobrotworsky, 1957
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudobarbirostris Ludlow, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) annulipes Walker, 1856Common Australian anopheline
Anopheles (Cellia) farauti Laveran, 1902Australian malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) hilli Woodhill & Lee, 1944
Anopheles (Cellia) hinesorum Schmidt, 2001
Anopheles (Cellia) karwari James, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) kochi Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) koliensis Owen, 1945
Anopheles (Cellia) kosiensis Coetzee, Seg..., 1987
Anopheles (Cellia) longirostris Brug, 1928
Anopheles (Cellia) ludlowae Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) lungae Belkin & Sch..., 1944
Anopheles (Cellia) novaguinensis Venhuis, 1933
Anopheles (Cellia) punctulatus Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) solomonis Belkin, Knig..., 1945
Anopheles (Cellia) subpictus Grassi, 1899Apple maggot
Anopheles (Cellia) torresiensis Schmidt, 2001
Armigeres (Armigeres) breinli Taylor, 1914
Armigeres (Armigeres) malayi Theobald, 1901
Armigeres (Armigeres) milnensis Lee, 1944
Armigeres (Armigeres) papuensis Peters, 1963
Armigeres lacuum Edwards, 1922
Armigeres obturbans Walker, 1859
Bironella (Bironella) gracilis Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Bironella (Bironella) simmondsi Tenorio, 1977
Bironella (Brugella) travestita Brug, 1928
Bironella (Neobironella) papuae Swellengrebe..., 1919
Bironella confusa Bonne-Wepster, 1951
Bironella derooki (Söesilo & Va..., 1931)⇒ Bironella soesiloi Strickland &..., 1931
Bironella hollandi Taylor, 1934
Bironella obscura Tenorio, 1975
Bironella soesiloi Strickland &..., 1931
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes van der Wulp, 1881
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) giblini Taylor, 1914
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) linealis Skuse, 1889
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) memorans Bonne-Wepster, 1930
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) ochracea Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) xanthogaster Malloch, 1915Golden mosquito
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915
Culex (Acallyntrum) axillicola Steffan, 1979
Culex (Acallyntrum) bicki Stone & Penn, 1947
Culex (Acallyntrum) pallidiceps Theobald, 1905
Culex (Acallyntrum) perkinsi Stone & Penn, 1948
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex annulirostris annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) edwardsi Barraud, 1923
Culex (Culex) gelidus Theobald, 1901Frosty mosquito
Culex (Culex) mimulus Edwards, 1915Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) miraculosus Bonne-Wepster, 1937
Culex (Culex) palpalis Taylor, 1912Wood-Mason's rattail
Culex (Culex) perplexus Leicester, 1908
Culex (Culex) pervigilans von Bergroth, 1889Vigilant mosquito
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless, 1957
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) solitarius Bonne-Wepster, 1938
Culex (Culex) squamosus Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culex) vicinus Taylor, 1916
Culex (Culex) whitmorei Giles, 1904
Culex (Culiciomyia) bailyi Barraud, 1934
Culex (Culiciomyia) fragilis Ludlow, 1903
Culex (Culiciomyia) nailoni King & Hoogs..., 1946
Culex (Culiciomyia) papuensis Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Culiciomyia) ruthae Peters, 1958
Culex (Eumelanomyia) brevipalpis Giles, 1902
Culex (Eumelanomyia) cataractarum Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Culex (Eumelanomyia) manusensis Sirivanakarn, 1975
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) atracus Colless, 1960
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bergi Belkin, 1962
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bolii Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) castaneus Sirivanakarn, 1973
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) christiani Colless, 1960
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) collessi Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cottlei Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) crowei Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cubitatus Colless, 1965
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cylindricus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) digoelensis Brug, 1932
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) durhami Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fraudatrix Theobald, 1905
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) gagnei Evenhuis, 1989
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) gressitti Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) hurlbuti Belkin, 1962
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) insularis Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) kaviengensis Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) kowiroensis Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) kuhnsi King & Hoogs..., 1955
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) lakei Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) minjensis Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) muruae Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) petersi Colless, 1960
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) pseudornatus Colless, 1960
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) pseudorubithoracis Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) rajaneeae Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) schilfgaardei Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) sedlacekae Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) shanahani Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) singuawaensis Sirivanakarn, 1969
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) solomonis Edwards, 1929
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) steffani Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) submarginalis Sirivanakarn, 1973
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) versabilis Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) wamanguae Sirivanakarn, 1968
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) winkleri Belkin, 1962
Culex (Nomina) ventralis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Armigeres obturbans Walker, 1859
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Oculeomyia) sinensis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Edwardsaedes imprimens Walker, 1861
Ficalbia minima (Theobald, 1901)⇒ Ficalbia ludlowae Brunetti, 1920
Finlaya josephinae Marks, 1958
Finlaya kochi Dönitz, 1901
Hodgesia cairnsensis Taylor, 1919
Hodgesia quasisanguinae Olivier, 1812
Hodgesia solomonis Belkin, 1962
Hodgesia spoliata Edwards, 1923Lindenberg's asterella
Leptosomatomyia aurimargo Edwards, 1922
Lorrainea dasyorrhus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903
Macleaya (Macleaya) tremula (Theobald, 1903)⇒ Aedes tremulus Theobald, 1903
Malaya genurostris Leicester, 1908
Malaya leei Wharton, 1947
Malaya solomonis Wharton, 1947
Mansonia (Mansonioides) papuensis Taylor, 1914
Mansonia (Mansonioides) septempunctata Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Mansonia (Mansonoides) dives Schiner, 1868
Mansonia melanesiensis Belkin, 1962
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) elegans Taylor, 1914
Mimomyia (Mimomyia) chamberlaini Ludlow, 1904Bernard's violet
Mimomyia chamberlaini metallica Leicester, 1908
Mucidus (Mucidus) alternans Westwood, 1835Hexham Grey
Mucidus (Pardomyia) aurantius Theobald, 1907
Mucidus aurantius aurantius Theobald, 1907
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) vigilax Skuse, 1889Black Bush-mosquito
Ochlerotatus (Pseudoskusea) culiciformis Theobald, 1905
Ochlerotatus normanensis Taylor, 1915
Ochlerotatus vittiger Skuse, 1889Grey Striped Mosquito
Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Rhinoskusea longirostris Leicester, 1908
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858
Topomyia (Suaymyia) papuensis Marks, 1960
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) inornatus Walker, 1865
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) argenteiventris Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) microlepis Edwards, 1927
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) bisquamatus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) brevirhynchus Brug, 1934
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) concinnus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) filipes Walker, 1861
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) fuscipleura Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) leei Peters, 1959
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) longipalpatus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) vanleeuweni Edwards, 1927
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) alboscutellatus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bimaculipes Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) elegans Brug, 1934
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) littlechildi Edwards, 1930
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) magnesianus Edwards, 1924
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) quasiornatus Taylor, 1915
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) splendens Lee, 1946
Tripteroides binotatus Belkin, 1950
Tripteroides bisquamamtus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides confusus Lee, 1946
Tripteroides lorengaui Peters, 1963
Tripteroides mathesoni Belkin, 1950
Tripteroides nissanensis Lee, 1946
Tripteroides novohanoverae Peters, 1963
Tripteroides solomonis Edwards, 1924
Tripteroides standfasti Peters, 1959
Tripteroides stonei Belkin, 1950
Tripteroides torokinae Belkin, 1950
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) diagonalis Brug, 1934
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) hirsutifemora Peters, 1964
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) obscura Edwards, 1915Elegant asterella
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) albescens Taylor, 1914
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) albosternopleura Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) amiensis Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) antennalis Taylor, 1919
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) argyrotarsis Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) fimbriata King & Hoogs..., 1947
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lateralis Ludlow, 1905Field pansy
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) longirostris Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) moresbyensis Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) neotibialis King & Hoogs..., 1947
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) nivipes Theobald, 1905
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) novaguinensis Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia novaguinensis novaguinensis
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) paralateralis Peters, 1964
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) setosa King & Hoogs..., 1947
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) solomonis Belkin, 1953
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) tibialis Taylor, 1919
Uranotaenia atra Krober, 1912Wood sorrel
Uranotaenia barnesi Hardy, 1943
Uranotaenia civinskii Belkin, 1953
Uranotaenia paranovaguinensis Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia quadrimaculata Edwards, 1929
Uranotaenia sexaueri Belkin, 1953
Uranotaenia tibioclada King & Hoogs..., 1947
Uranotaenia wysockii Belkin, 1953
Verrallina (Verrallina) carmenti Edwards, 1924
Verrallina (Verrallina) foliformis Loew, 1866
Verrallina (Verrallina) funerea Theobald, 1903
Verrallina (Verrallina) leilae King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) lineata Taylor, 1914
Verrallina (Verrallina) parasimilis King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) quadrispinata King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) sentania King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) similis Theobald, 1910
Verrallina mccormicki Belkin, 1962
Verrallina neomacrodioxa King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina uniformis Theobald, 1910
Verrallina vanapa Huang, 1968
Wyeomyia mystes Dyar, 1924

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
2
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
31
251
Genera
Species

Taxom



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