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Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region Cypress County (Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
271
1371
2042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
270
1370
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
256
1335
1997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1174
1828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
280
326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
84
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
47
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
7
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cypress County
3 Families width 16 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito15SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae (Schiner, 1868)Dixid Midges0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cypress County
7 Genera with 16 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1916Ochlerotatus8SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1869Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Paleoculicis Poinar & al., 20001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cypress County
16 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856Woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes increpitus Dyar, 1916Woodland mosquito
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis Ludlow, 1906
Culiseta incidens Thomson, 1869Fish pond mosquito
Paleoculicis minutus G. O. Poinar, 2000

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

Taxom

FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDixidae
Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, meniscus midge, Meniscus midges
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



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