Ants
Ants
Arachnids
Arachnids
Bees
Bees
Beetles
Beetles
Booklice
Booklice
Bugs
Bugs
Bumblebees
Bumblebees
Butterflies
Butterflies
Cicadas
Cicadas
Crane flies
Crane flies
Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Earwigs
Earwigs
Flies
Flies
Isopods
Isopods
Locusts
Locusts
Mantises
Mantises
Mayflies
Mayflies
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes
Myriapods
Myriapods
Net-winged
Net-winged
Plant-parasitic
Plant-parasitic
Scorpion flies
Scorpion flies
Termites
Termites
Wasps
Wasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist of Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
for Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
348
2667
4080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
348
2667
4080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
333
2610
3989
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
220
2112
3277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
50
276
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
102
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
63
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
16
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ryukyu Islands
2 Families width 55 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito54SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ryukyu Islands
16 Genera with 55 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1979Ochlerotatus15SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 2010Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1898Cord Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1980Frog-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1979Typical Mosquito14SpeciesTaxom
Heizmannia Ludlow, 1979Metallic Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1859Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1908Ant Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1905Indistinct Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1903Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Topomyia Leicester, 1976Omnivore Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1979Pestle Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1979Heaven Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1973Broadtail Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ryukyu Islands
55 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Finlaya) aureostriatus Doleschall, 1857
Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus Theobald, 1901Asian Bush Mosquito
Aedes (Finlaya) togoi Theobald, 1907
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) daitensis Miyagi & Toma, 1980
Aedes (Stegomyia) flavopictus Yamada, 1921
Aedes (Stegomyia) riversi Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes amamiensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes miyarai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes nishikawai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes okinawanus Bohart, 1946
Aedes taiwanus Lien, 1968
Aedes watasei Yamada, 1921
Aedes yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri Baisas & Hu, 1936
Anopheles (Anopheles) saperoi Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis Wiedemann, 1828Chinese malaria mosquito
Anopheles yaeyamaensis Somboon & Ha..., 2010
Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus Coquillett, 1898
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes van der Wulp, 1881
Corethrella (Corethrella) urumense Miyagi, 1980
Culex (Culex) epidesmus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) fuscocephala Theobald, 1907Alpine woodsorrel
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Culiciomyia) pallidothorax Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Culiciomyia) ryukyensis Bohart, 1946
Culex (Eumelanomyia) hayashii Yamada, 1917
Culex (Eumelanomyia) okinawae Bohart, 1953
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cinctellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) infantulus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) tuberis Bohart, 1946
Culex ryukyuanus Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Heizmannia kana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Lutzia vorax Bellardi, 1859Graceful asterella
Malaya genurostris Leicester, 1908
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) elegans Taylor, 1914
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) luzonensis Ludlow, 1905
Orthopodomyia anopheloides Giles, 1903
Topomyia (Suaymyia) yanbarensis Miyagi, 1976
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bambusa Yamada, 1917
Tripteroides yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) nivipleura Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) novobscura Barraud, 1934
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) yaeyamana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lateralis Ludlow, 1905Field pansy
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) macfarlanei Edwards, 1914
Uranotaenia ohamai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Uranotaenia ryukyuana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Verrallina atriisimilis Tanaka & Miz..., 1973
Verrallina iriomotensis Tanaka & Miz..., 1973

Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Ryukyu Islands
FamilyChaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCulicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos
15
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Links, sources and further information