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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
253
2144
4667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
2114
4616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
171
1845
4258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
42
184
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
25
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
7
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
4
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
4
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rwanda
4 Genera with 9 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1901Ochlerotatus2SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1905Malaria Mosquitoes2SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1910Typical Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rwanda
9 Species
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) africanus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Anopheles) paludis Theobald, 1900
Anopheles (Cellia) ardensis Theobald, 1905
Coquillettidia fuscopennata Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia maculipennis Theobald, 1911
Coquillettidia versicolor Edwards, 1913
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quasiguiarti Theobald, 1910

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Rwanda
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
3
7
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