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Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region Colorado (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
595
8339
20024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
593
8334
20018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
567
8204
19733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
376
6706
16394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
97
1091
2455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
226
506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
92
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
13
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Colorado
3 Families width 39 Species
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito34SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Colorado
13 Genera with 39 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1902Ochlerotatus23SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1943Malaria Mosquitoes1SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Corethra Meigen, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1962
Frog-biting midges0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1919Typical Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1869Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Eucorethra Underwood, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1904Gang Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901
Carnivorous Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colorado
39 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cataphylla Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856Woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavescens (Müller, 1764)⇒ Ochlerotatus flavescens Müller, 1764
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) hexodontus Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) intrudens Dyar, 1919
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pionips Dyar, 1919
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus Coquillett, 1904Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes fitchii Felt & Young, 1904Woodland mosquito
Aedes hendersoni Cockerell, 1918
Aedes implicatus Vockeroth, 1954Rocky Mountain fringed gentian
Aedes melanimon Dyar, 1924Medium-sized saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes nigromaculis Ludlow, 1906Medium-sized pasture floodwater mosquito
Aedes spencerii Theobald, 1901
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) earlei Vargas, 1943Cutleaf meadowparsnip
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Corethra exita Scudder, 1877
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culex damnatorum S. H. Scudder, 1890
Culex winchesteri T. D. A. Coc..., 1919
Culiseta impatiens Walker, 1848Snow mosquito
Culiseta incidens Thomson, 1869Fish pond mosquito
Dixa aliciae Johnannsen, 1924
Dixa universitatis Cockerell, 1926
Eucorethra underwoodi Underwood, 1903Water parsnip
Psorophora (Grabhamia) signipennis Coquillett, 1904
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905

Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Colorado
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
8
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDixidae
Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, meniscus midge, Meniscus midges
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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