Checklist for Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
and region Southern Alberta (Alberta, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 421
3347
6679 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 420
3346
6678 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 400
3288
6562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 291
2810
5815 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 83
655
1188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 21
186
328 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 6
88
173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Culicoidea
Meigen, 1818
| 3
10
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Alberta
3 Families width 30 Species
Genera for Southern Alberta
10 Genera with 30 Species | Aedes Meigen, 1916 | Ochlerotatus | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Anopheles Meigen, 1823 | Malaria Mosquitoes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823 | Glassworm | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coquillettidia Dyar, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culex Linnaeus, 1856 | Typical Mosquito | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Culiseta Felt, 1869 | Cool Mosquito | 4 | Species | Taxom | Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Mochlonyx Loew, 1844 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paleoculicis Poinar & al., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Alberta
30 Species | Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818 | Small woodland mosquito | | Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830) | ⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830 | | Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962 | | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantator Coquillett, 1903 | Brown saltmarsh mosquito | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776) | ⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776 | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856 | Woodland mosquito | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848 | | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837 | | Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838) | ⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838 | | Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830 | Brown saltmarsh mosquito | | Aedes campestris Dyar & Knab, 1907 | | | Aedes fitchii Felt & Young, 1904 | Woodland mosquito | | Aedes increpitus Dyar, 1916 | Woodland mosquito | | Aedes provocans Walker, 1848 | | | Aedes tahoensis Dyar, 1916 | | | Aedes ventrovittis Dyar, 1916 | Black Snow Mosquito | | Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823 | Spotted wing mosquito | | Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823 | | | Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856 | Cattail Mosquito | | Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 | Common house mosquito | | Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896 | Common mosquito | | Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905) | ⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893 | | Culex (Eumelanomyia) oresbius Harbach & Ra..., 1988 | | | Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856 | Engelmann's milkweed | | Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans Theobald, 1901 | | | Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis Ludlow, 1906 | | | Culiseta impatiens Walker, 1848 | Snow mosquito | | Culiseta incidens Thomson, 1869 | Fish pond mosquito | | Ochlerotatus ventrovittis Dyar, 1916 | | | Paleoculicis minutus ♰ G. O. Poinar, 2000 | |
Subnodes of Culicoidea with occurrences in Southern Alberta | Family | Chaoboridae
Newman, 1834
phantom midge, Phantom midges, Phantom Or Ghost Midges, Phanton Midges | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Culicidae
Meigen, 1818
Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitos | 7
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dixidae
Schiner, 1868
Dixid Midges, meniscus midge, Meniscus midges | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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