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Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
283
1672
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
283
1672
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
275
1655
2186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1494
2029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
45
202
286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
11
55
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
35
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
4
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
2 Families width 8 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
4 Genera with 8 Species
Anopheles Meigen, 1866Malaria Mosquitoes1SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1930Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1914Typical Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1838Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
8 Species
Anopheles costalis (Loew, 1866)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) microstictus Edwards, 1930
Culex (Culex) andersoni Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) theileri Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) trifilatus Edwards, 1914
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838

Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Cape Town
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Culicoidea at artfakta.se
Culicoidea at dyntaxa.se