Checklist of Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
for Polynesia (Oceania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 633
8871
31367 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 629
8860
31350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 599
8751
31129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 391
6950
25723 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 102
1300
6337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 24
415
2392 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 7
128
567 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
| 3
22
90 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Polynesia
3 Families width 90 Species
Genera for Polynesia
22 Genera with 90 Species
| Aedes Meigen, 1965 | Ochlerotatus | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Aedimorphus Theobald, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coquillettidia Dyar, 1966 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Corethrella Freeman, 1927 | Frog-biting midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culex Linnaeus, 1988 | Typical Mosquito | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Culiseta Felt, 1925 | Cool Mosquito | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dixa Meigen, 1922 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1968 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Finlaya Theobald, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Halaedes Belkin, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maorigoeldia Edwards, 1848 | Maori Mosquito | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mucidus Theobald, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neodixa Tonnoir, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nothodixa Edwards, 1848 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1960 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Opifex Hutton, 1902 | Waterwalking Mosquito | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paradixa Tonnoir, 1924 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rampamyia Reinert, Har..., 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stegomyia Meigen, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1819 | Carnivorous Mosquito | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1904 | Heaven Mosquito | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Wyeomyia Theobald, 1905 | Bromeliad Mosquito | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Polynesia
90 Species | Aedes (Aedimorphus) nocturnus Thoebald, 1903 | | | Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830) | ⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830 | | Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus Theobald, 1901 | Asian Bush Mosquito | | Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889) | ⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889 | | Aedes (Halaedes) australis (Erichson, 1842) | ⇒ Halaedes australis Erichson, 1842 | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) antipodeus Edwards, 1920 | | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) camptorhynchus Thomson, 1869 | Southern Saltmarsh mosquito | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) diantaeus Howard, Dyar..., 1913 | And Knab | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856 | Woodland mosquito | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848 | | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pionips Dyar, 1919 | | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) subalbirostris Klein & Marks, 1960 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) | ⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 | | Aedes (Stegomyia) albopicta Skuse, 1894 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895) | ⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894 | | Aedes (Stegomyia) cooki Belkin, 1962 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) futunae Belkin, 1962 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) kesseli Huang & Hitc..., 1980 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis Marks, 1951 | Polynesian tiger mosquito | | Aedes (Stegomyia) pseudoscutellaris Theobald, 1910 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1859) | ⇒ Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858 | | Aedes (Stegomyia) tabu Ramalingam &..., 1965 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) tongae Edwards, 1962 | | | Aedes (Stegomyia) upolensis Marks, 1957 | | | Aedes alternans (Westwood, 1836) | ⇒ Mucidus alternans Westwood, 1835 | | Aedes busckii Coquillett, 1906 | | | Aedes chathamicus Dumbleton, 1962 | | | Aedes edgari Stone & Rosen, 1952 | | | Aedes oceanicus Belkin, 1962 | | | Aedes samoanus Grunberg, 1913 | | | Aedes tulliae Taylor, 1929 | | | Aedes tutuilae Ramalingam &..., 1965 | | | Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830 | | | Coquillettidia (Austromansonia) tenuipalpis Edwards, 1924 | | | Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) iracunda Walker, 1848 | | | Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915 | | | Coquillettidia samoaensis Stone, 1966 | | | Corethrella (Notocorethrella) novaezealandiae Tonnoir, 1927 | | | Culex (Culex) albinervis Edwards, 1929 | | | Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889 | Common Banded Mosquito | | Culex (Culex) asteliae Belkin, 1968 | | | Culex (Culex) atriceps Edwards, 1926 | | | Culex (Culex) crinicauda Edwards, 1921 | Graceful asterella | | Culex (Culex) kesseli Belkin, 1962 | | | Culex (Culex) litoralis Bohart, 1946 | | | Culex (Culex) marquesensis Stone & Rosen, 1953 | | | Culex (Culex) pervigilans von Bergroth, 1889 | Vigilant mosquito | | Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 | Common house mosquito | | Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 | Brown house mosquito | | Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901 | White-dotted mosquito | | Culex (Culex) roseni Belkin, 1962 | | | Culex (Culex) rotoruae Belkin, 1968 | | | Culex (Culex) samoaensis Theobald, 1914 | | | Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 | Salt-water culex | | Culex (Eumelanomyia) oresbius Harbach & Ra..., 1988 | | | Culiseta (Climacura) novaezealandiae Pillai, 1966 | | | Culiseta (Climacura) tonnoiri Edwards, 1925 | | | Dixa longistyla Takahashi, 1958 | Midge | | Dixa otagensis (Alexander, 1922) | ⇒ Nothodixa otagensis Loew, 1869 | | Dixella fuscinervis Tonnoir, 1924 | | | Dixella harrisi Say, 1823 | | | Dixella neozelandica Tonnoir, 1924 | | | Dixella tonnoiri Belkin, 1968 | | | Halaedes australis Erichson, 1842 | Salt-water Mosquito | | Maorigoeldia argyropus Walker, 1848 | | | Mucidus (Mucidus) alternans Westwood, 1835 | Hexham Grey | | Neodixa minuta Tonnoir, 1924 | | | Nothodixa campbelli Alexander, 1922 | | | Nothodixa otagensis Loew, 1869 | | | Nothodixa philpotti Tonnoir, 1924 | | | Nothodixa septentrionalis Erichson, 1848 | | | Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) notoscriptus Skuse, 1889 | Domestic container mosquito | | Ochlerotatus (Halaedes) australis Erichson, 1842 | Saltwater mosquito | | Ochlerotatus (Nothoskusea) chathamicus Dumbleton, 1962 | | | Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) antipodeus (Edwards, 1920) | ⇒ Aedes antipodeus Edwards, 1920 | | Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) camptorhynchus (Thomson, 1869) | ⇒ Aedes camptorhynchus Thomson, 1869 | | Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) subalbirostris Klein & Marks, 1960 | | | Opifex fuscus Hutton, 1902 | Saltpool mosquito | | Paradixa fuscinervis Tonnoir, 1924 | | | Paradixa neozelandica Tonnoir, 1924 | | | Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889 | | | Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 | Tiger Mosquito | | Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894 | Asian Tiger Mosquito | | Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858 | | | Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) amboinensis Doleschall, 1857 | Mosquito | | Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) brevipalpis Theobald, 1901 | Mosquito | | Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) inornatus Walker, 1865 | | | Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) splendens Wiedemann, 1819 | Mosquito | | Uranotaenia balfouri Theobald, 1904 | | | Wyeomyia mitchellii Theobald, 1905 | Bromeliad mosquito |
Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Polynesia | Family | Chaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Culicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos | 16
76 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dixidae
Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, meniscus midge, Meniscus midges | 5
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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