Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 223
6838
56840 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 223
6838
56840 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 209
6733
56403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 185
6591
56071 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 34
336
3285 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 7
113
1490 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 3
39
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Afrotropical
3 Families width 87 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Afrotropical
39 Genera with 87 Species #ABCDFHKLMNPSTVZ
| Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1923 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bezzia Kieffer, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetocladius Kieffer, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1903 | Glassworm | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomus Meigen, 1923 | Non-biting midges | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1954 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conchapelopia Fittkau, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conochironomus Freeman, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culicoides Latreille, 1912 | Midge | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomella Sæther, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Forcipomyia Meigen, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Harnischia Kieffer, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kribiodosis Kieffer, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Microtendipes Kieffer, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parachironomus Lenz, 1934 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramerina Fittkau, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasmittia Strenzke, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratendipes Kieffer, 1925 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrissocladius ZavÃel, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypedilum Kieffer, 1936 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Procladius Skuse, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Skusella Freeman, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stelechomyia Reiss, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1921 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1911 | Green Midges | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zavreliella Kieffer, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Afrotropical
87 Species and 1 Subspecies | Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) dusoleili Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Ablabesmyia meilloni | | | Ablabesmyia nilotica Kieffer, 1923 | | | Ablabesmyia pictipes Kieffer, 1923 | | | Bezzia melanoflavida Clastrier & ..., 1961 | | | Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) melaleucus Meigen, 1818 | | | Chaoborus (Sayomyia) ceratopogones Theobald, 1903 | | | Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus formosipennis Kieffer, 1908 | | | Chironomus imicola Kieffer, 1913 | | | Chironomus pulcher (Wiedemann, 1830) | ⇒ Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761 | | Chironomus scotti Kieffer, 1911 | | | Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923 | | | Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pseudomancus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Cladotanytarsus lewisi Freeman, 1950 | | | Cladotanytarsus reductus Freeman, 1954 | | | Clinotanypus claripennis Kieffer, 1918 | | | Conchapelopia cygnus Kieffer, 1914 | | | Conochironomus acutistilus Freeman, 1955 | | | Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818 | Midge | | Cryptochironomus subovatus Freeman, 1954 | | | Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913 | | | Culicoides kingi Austen, 1912 | | | Cyphomella camelus Kieffer, 1925 | | | Dicrotendipes fusconotatus Kieffer, 1922 | | | Dicrotendipes peringueyanus Kieffer, 1924 | | | Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908 | | | Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) frutetorum Winnertz, 1852 | | | Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) monilicornis Coquillett, 1905 | | | Harnischia curtilamellata Malloch, 1915 | | | Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911 | | | Kribiodosis clavigera Kieffer, 1921 | | | Lauterborniella fuscoguttata (Kieffer, 1922) | ⇒ Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859 | | Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957 | | | Microchironomus lendli Kieffer, 1918 | | | Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918 | | | Microtendipes taitae Kieffer, 1913 | | | Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955 | | | Nilodorum brevibucca Kieffer, 1922 | | | Nilodorum brevipalpis | | | Parachironomus aculeatus Kieffer, 1921 | | | Parachironomus acutus Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Parachironomus dewulfianus Goetghebuer, 1934 | | | Paracladopelma graminicolor Kieffer, 1925 | | | Paramerina vaillanti Fittkau, 1962 | | | Parasmittia micans Kieffer, 1918 | | | Paratendipes crosskeyi Freeman, 1956 | | | Paratendipes nubilipennis Freeman, 1957 | | | Paratendipes striatus Kieffer, 1925 | | | Paratrissocladius excerptus Walker, 1856 | | | Polypedilum (Cerobregma) ramiferum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) wittei Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albosignatum Kieffer, 1925 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) annulatipes Kieffer, 1910 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bifalcatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) bipustulatum Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) deletum Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) fuscipenne (Meigen, 1818) | ⇒ Polypedilum pedestre Meigen, 1830 | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) griseoguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laterale Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) longicrus Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubiferum Skuse, 1889 | Midge | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pruina Freeman, 1954 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) quinqueguttatum Kieffer, 1921 | | | Polypedilum (Polypedilum) subovatum Freeman, 1958 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) aegyptium Kieffer, 1925 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) tridens Freeman, 1955 | | | Polypedilum (Tripodura) tropicum Kieffer, 1913 | | | Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) kibatiense Goetghebuer, 1936 | | | Procladius noctivagus Kieffer, 1910 | | | Pseudosmittia danconai Marcuzzi, 1947 | | | Pseudosmittia hamata (Freeman, 1956) | ⇒ Pseudosmittia danconai Marcuzzi, 1947 | | Skusella pallidipes Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stelechomyia pulchra | | | Stenochironomus spatuliger Kieffer, 1922 | | | Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus festivus imperforatus | | | Stictochironomus fusiformis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921 | | | Tanytarsus balteatus Freeman, 1955 | | | Tanytarsus mcmillani Freeman, 1958 | | | Tanytarsus nocticola Kieffer, 1911 | | | Thienemanniella trivittata Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Virgatanytarsus nigricornis Goetghebuer, 1935 | | | Virgatanytarsus subreflexens Freeman, 1955 | | | Zavreliella fuscoguttata (Kieffer, 1922) | ⇒ Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859 | | Zavreliella marmorata van der Wulp, 1859 | |
Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Afrotropical
Links, sources and further information Culicomorpha at itis.gov
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