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Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region Northern Ireland (Ulster, Ireland)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
346
2290
4188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
344
2285
4183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
329
2252
4144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
220
1691
3098
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
285
467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
14
78
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
6
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Ireland
2 Families width 13 Species
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito12SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Ireland
6 Genera with 13 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1917Ochlerotatus5SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1818Malaria Mosquitoes2SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1823Typical Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1776Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 19011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Ireland
13 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus Theobald, 1901Asian Bush Mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes koreicus Edwards, 1917Korean bush mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Dixa dilatata Strobl, 1900
Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) japonicus (Theobald, 1901)⇒ Aedes japonicus Theobald, 1901

Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Northern Ireland
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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