AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Asia (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1424
46886
383801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1418
46814
383608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1295
46047
379980
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
722
33667
307519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
196
5663
56419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
64
1626
20301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
10
515
7160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Asia
10 Families width 7160 Species and 114 Subspecies
Asiochaoboridae Hong & Wang, 19904SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1898SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge43SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2559SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito1851SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges73SpeciesTaxom
Mesophantasmatidae Rohdendorf, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Protendipedidae Rohdendorf, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies701SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges27SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Asia
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
403
4457
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
83
1967
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
22
728
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAsiochaoboridae
Hong & Wang, 1990
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMesophantasmatidae
Rohdendorf, 1962
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyProtendipedidae
Rohdendorf, 1962
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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