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Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
89
883
2665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
165
1064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
60
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
23
189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ecuador
2 Families width 189 Species and 1 Subspecies
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito186SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ecuador
23 Genera with 189 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1909Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1902Ochlerotatus23SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1945Malaria Mosquitoes25SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1904Basal Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 2008Frog-biting midges3SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito66SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1909Crabhole Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1955Shoulder Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1895Royal Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1915Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Onirion Peyton & Har..., 2000Dream Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1907Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Runchomyia Theobald, 1905Filament Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1999Canopy Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1953Carnivorous Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1906Hairy-Lipped Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1907Heaven Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1906Bromeliad Mosquito13SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
189 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Rusticoidus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) varuae Belkin, 1962
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes argyrothorax Bonne-Wepste..., 1919
Aedes brevivittatus Berlin, 1969
Aedes crinifer Theobald, 1903
Aedes ecuadoriensis Berlin, 1969
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes gubernatoris Giles, 1901
Aedes hortator Marks, 1907
Aedes meprai Martinez & P..., 1953
Aedes metoecopus Dyar, 1925
Aedes milleri Dyar, 1922
Aedes nubilus Theobald, 1903
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes sexlineatus Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) calderoni Wilkerson, 1991
Anopheles (Anopheles) fluminensis Root, 1927Huisachillo
Anopheles (Anopheles) forattinii Wilkerson & ..., 1999
Anopheles (Anopheles) mediopunctatus Lutz, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Kerteszia) bambusicolus Komp, 1937
Anopheles (Kerteszia) boliviensis Theobald, 1905
Anopheles (Kerteszia) lepidotus Zavortink, 1973
Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai Howard, Dyar..., 1906Little walnut
Anopheles (Lophopodomyia) gomezdelatorrei Levi-castillo, 1955
Anopheles (Lophopodomyia) squamifemur Antunes, 1937
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Pearly prickleback
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) aquasalis Curry, 1932
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) janconnae Wilkerson & ..., 2009
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) konderi Galvao & Dam..., 1942
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi Peryassú, 1922
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli Gabaldon, Co..., 1940
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) strodei Root, 1926Bee wattle
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus Neiva & Pinto, 1922
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) trinkae Faran, 1979
Anopheles levicastilloi Levi-castillo, 1944
Anopheles rivadeneirai Levi-castillo, 1945
Chagasia bathana Dyar, 1928
Chagasia bonneae Root, 1927Huisachillo
Chagasia fajardi Lutz, 1904
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) arribalzagae Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) lynchi Shannon, 1931
Corethrella (Corethrella) briannae Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) davisi Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) incompta Borkent, 2008
Culex (Aedinus) amazonensis Lutz, 1905
Culex (Anoedioporpa) bamborum Rozeboom & Komp, 1948
Culex (Anoedioporpa) browni Komp, 1936
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) babahoyensis Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Carrollia) bihaicola Dyar & Núñe..., 1928
Culex (Carrollia) bonnei Dyar, 1921
Culex (Carrollia) infoliatus Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Carrollia) secundus Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Carrollia) urichii Coquillett, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) wilsoni Lane & Whitman, 1943
Culex (Culex) archegus Dyar, 1929
Culex (Culex) articularis Philippi, 1865
Culex (Culex) bonneae Dyar & Knab, 1919
Culex (Culex) camposi Dyar, 1925
Culex (Culex) chidesteri Dyar, 1912
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) dolosus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Culex (Culex) guayasi Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Culex) levicastilloi Lane, 1945
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quitensis Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Culex) usquatissimus Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) usquatus Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) adamesi Sirivanakarn..., 1980
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) batesi Rozeboom & Komp, 1948
Culex (Melanoconion) comminutor Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) distinguendus Dyar, 1928
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) eastor Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) eknomios Forattini & ..., 1992
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) ensiformis Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) evansae Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) lucifugus Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) ocossa Dyar & Knab, 1919
Culex (Melanoconion) oedipus Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Melanoconion) paracrybda Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) pedroi Sirivanakarn..., 1980
Culex (Melanoconion) penai Sirivanakarn, 1979
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) psatharus Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) putumayensis Matheson, 1934
Culex (Melanoconion) saramaccensis Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) serratimarge Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Melanoconion) sursumptor Dyar, 1924
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Melanoconion) vomerifer Komp, 1932
Culex (Microculex) chryselatus Dyar & Knab, 1919
Culex (Microculex) imitator Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Microculex) pleuristriatus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Microculex) stonei Lane & Whitman, 1943
Culex (Nomina) maculatus (Von Humboldt, 1819)⇒ Aedes rusticus Rossi, 1790
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Culex ocellatus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909
Haemagogus (Conopostegus) leucocelaenus Dyar & Shannon, 1924
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) acutisentis Arnell, 1973
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) boshelli Osorno-mesa, 1944
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) chalcospilans Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) janthinomys Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) lucifer Howard, Dyar..., 1913
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) panarchys Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) soperi Levi-castillo, 1955
Johnbelkinia longipes Fabricius, 1805
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Limatus andinus Levi-castillo, 1954
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Limatus flavisetosus de Oliveira ..., 1935
Limatus guayasi Johnson, 1895
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Mansonia amazonensis Theobald, 1901
Onirion imparis Peyton & Har..., 2000
Orthopodomyia fascipes Coquillett, 1906
Orthopodomyia phyllozoa Dyar & Knab, 1907
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albigenu Peryassú, 1908
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) lanei Shannon & Ce..., 1943
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) lutzii Theobald, 1901
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Runchomyia (Ctenogoeldia) magna Theobald, 1905
Sabethes (Peytonulus) undosus Coquillett, 1906
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes bipartipes Dyar & Knab, 1906
Sabethes luxodens Hall, Howard..., 1999
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) bambusicola Lutz & Neiva, 1913
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1787
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites aequatorianus Levi-castillo, 1953
Trichoprosopon andinum Levi-castillo, 1953
Trichoprosopon compressum mogilasium Dyar & Knab, 1907
Trichoprosopon cotopaxense Levi-castillo, 1953
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Trichoprosopon lanei Antunes, 1937
Trichoprosopon vonplesseni Dyar & Knab, 1906
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) calosomata Dyar & Knab, 1907
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar & Knab, 1906
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) leucoptera Theobald, 1907
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia aequatorianna Levi-castillo, 1953
Uranotaenia typhlosomata Dyar & Knab, 1907
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) pseudopecten Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) ulocoma Theobald, 1903
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia (Dodecamyia) aphobema Dyar, 1918
Wyeomyia (Miamyia) codiocampa Adisoemarto ..., 1975
Wyeomyia (Miamyia) oblita Lutz, 1904
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia aequatorianna Levi-castillo, 1954
Wyeomyia amazonica Levi-castillo, 1954
Wyeomyia autocratica Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia chalcocephala Adisoemarto ..., 1975
Wyeomyia esmeraldasi Levi-castillo, 1955
Wyeomyia melanocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906

Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Ecuador
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
22
186
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
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Culicoidea at dyntaxa.se