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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
118
288
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
118
288
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
115
284
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
80
221
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
19
27
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
11
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ascension
2 Families width 5 Species
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ascension
3 Genera with 5 Species
Allocladius Kieffer, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ascension
5 Species
Allocladius lusciniolus Sæther & An..., 2011
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Mansonia (Mansonia) humeralis Loew, 1866
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Mansonia amazonensis Theobald, 1901

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Ascension
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Culicomorpha at itis.gov
Culicomorpha at marinespecies.org