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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region South Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
783
15064
73730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
779
15035
73567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
729
14837
73064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
466
12033
63593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
118
2124
10601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
25
611
3231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
205
1028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
24
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
19
139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Europe
19 Genera with 139 Species
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1889Ochlerotatus41SpeciesTaxom
Aedimorphus Theobald, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1922Malaria Mosquitoes29SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito27SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1921Cool Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Georgecraigius Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1955Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1925Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 183811SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1872Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1794Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1906Canopy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1913Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1975Bromeliad Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Europe
139 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818Small woodland mosquito
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Finlaya) echinus Edwards, 1920
Aedes (Finlaya) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Ochlerotatus geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Aedes japonicus japonicus Theobald, 1901
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Fredwardsius) vittatus Bigot, 1861
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Ochlerotatus annulipes Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) berlandi Seguy, 1921
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantans (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Ochlerotatus cantans Meigen, 1818
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cataphylla Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Ochlerotatus detritus Haliday, 1833
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Ochlerotatus dorsalis Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) leucomelas Meigen, 1804
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mariae Sergent & Se..., 1903
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pulchritarsis Rondani, 1872
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus Coquillett, 1904Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) surcoufi Theobald, 1912
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) zammitii Theobald, 1903
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes (Rusticoidus) refiki Medschid, 1928
Aedes (Rusticoidus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
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) vittatus Bigot, 1861
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes bancroftianus (Edwards, 1921)⇒ Ochlerotatus bancroftianus Edwards, 1921
Aedes eatoni Edwards, 1916
Aedes gilcolladoi Sanchez-Covi..., 1985
Aedes koreicus Edwards, 1917Korean bush mosquito
Aedes metoecopus Dyar, 1925
Aedes quasirusticus Torres Canam..., 1951
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes theobaldi (Taylor, 1914)⇒ Ochlerotatus theobaldi Taylor, 1914
Aedes vittiger (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vittiger Skuse, 1889
Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) atroparvus van Thiel, 1927
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus Pallas, 1771
Anopheles (Anopheles) labranchiae Falleroni, 1926
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) marteri Senevet & Pr..., 1927
Anopheles (Anopheles) melanoon Hackett, 1934
Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926
Anopheles (Anopheles) peryassui Dyar & Knab, 1908
Anopheles (Anopheles) petragnani del Vecchio, 1939
Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) subalpinus (Hackett & Lewis, 1935)⇒ Anopheles melanoon Hackett, 1934
Anopheles amictus amictus
Anopheles (Cellia) annulipes Walker, 1856Common Australian anopheline
Anopheles (Cellia) cinereus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) hispaniola Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Cellia) sergentii Theobald, 1907
Anopheles (Cellia) superpictus Grassi, 1899
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles halophylus do Nascimento &..., 2002
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi Peryassú, 1922
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli Gabaldon, Co..., 1940
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus Neiva & Pinto, 1922
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) buxtoni Edwards, 1923
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii Ficalbi, 1889
Coquillettidia chrysonotum Peryassú, 1922
Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Carrollia) babahoyensis Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Carrollia) bihaicola Dyar & Núñe..., 1928
Culex (Culex) bahamensis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) brumpti Gailiard, 1931
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) duplicator Dyar & Knab, 1909
Culex (Culex) laticinctus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) maracayensis Evans, 1923
Culex (Culex) mimeticus Noe, 1899
Culex (Culex) molestus Forskal, 1775Underground mosquito
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) theileri Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) torrentium Martini, 1925
Culex (Culex) univittatus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Maillotia) deserticola Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Maillotia) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Culex hortensis maderensis Mattingly, 1955
Culex (Maillotia) pilifera Theobald, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) atratus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Neoculex) europaeus da Cunha Ram..., 2003
Culex (Neoculex) impudicus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Neoculex) martinii Medschid, 1930
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis Stephens, 1825
Culiseta (Culicella) litorea Shute, 1928Pepper maggot
Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans Theobald, 1901
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) atlantica Edwards, 1932
Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea Edwards, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) acutisentis Arnell, 1973
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) panarchys Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) soperi Levi-castillo, 1955
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) eatoni (Edwards, 1916)⇒ Aedes eatoni Edwards, 1916
Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) annulipes Meigen, 1830
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) atropalpus (Coquillett, 1902)⇒ Aedes atropalpus Coquillett, 1902
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) cantans Meigen, 1818
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) caspius Pallas, 1771
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) communis De Geer, 1776
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) detritus Haliday, 1833
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) punctor Kirby, 1837
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) sticticus Meigen, 1838
Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis Rondani, 1872
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Grabhamia) columbiae Dyar & Knab, 1906Dark rice field mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens Philip, 1941
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Sabethes bipartipes Dyar & Knab, 1906
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894Asian Tiger Mosquito
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) unguiculata Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) pseudopecten Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia chalcocephala Adisoemarto ..., 1975

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in South Europe
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
1
29
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
18
110
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