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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region Southland (South Island, New Zealand)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
192
745
885
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
192
745
885
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
188
740
879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
144
651
773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
49
195
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
45
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southland (New Zealand)
2 Genera with 5 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1919Ochlerotatus3SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1988Typical Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southland (New Zealand)
5 Species
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856Woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pionips Dyar, 1919
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Eumelanomyia) oresbius Harbach & Ra..., 1988

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Southland (New Zealand)
SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
2
5
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