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Checklist for Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 (Mosquito)
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
174
738
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
174
738
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
169
730
1007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
106
580
836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
18
41
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
3
8
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
2
7
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
4
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
4
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
4 Genera with 10 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1917Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1866Malaria Mosquitoes6SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1941Typical Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Eretmapodites Theobald, 1914African Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
10 Species
Aedes (Diceromyia) adersi Edwards, 1917
Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis (Patton, 1905)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) aruni Sobti, 1968
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) merus Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) quadriannulatus Theobald, 1911
Anopheles costalis (Loew, 1866)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Eumelanomyia) adersianus Edwards, 1941
Eretmapodites subsimplicipes Edwards, 1914

Subnodes of Culicidae with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago
SubfamilyAnophelinae
Theobald, 1901
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCulicinae
Meigen, 1818
3
4
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