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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Australasia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
942
23049
129157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
938
23017
129086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
22694
128014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
534
17158
106564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
133
2541
17163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
32
649
6526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
241
1873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australasia
7 Families width 1873 Species and 27 Subspecies
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge556SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge15SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids431SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito713SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges9SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies119SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges30SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Australasia
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
173
987
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
57
737
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
11
149
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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