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Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
151
4728
39323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
40
1153
11412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
8
396
4013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
4
48
695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
4 Families width 695 Species and 17 Subspecies
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge46SpeciesTaxom
Corethrellidae (Wood & Borkent, 1986)Frog biting midge1SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito571SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges77SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in North America
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges
8
46
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorethrellidae
Wood & Borkent, 1986
frog biting midge, Frog-biting midges
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
36
571
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDixidae
Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, meniscus midge, Meniscus midges
3
77
Genera
Species

Taxom



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