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Checklist of Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
for Azores (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
289
1632
2733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
285
1624
2723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
280
1613
2706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
187
1254
2130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
298
549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
92
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
52
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Azores
5 Families width 87 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito11SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge14SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids59SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Azores
52 Genera with 87 Species
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Anopheles Meigen, 1902Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1910Non-biting midges7SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17943SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1921Midge4SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1932Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 18604SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1945Snow Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 19343SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18603SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1921Shoulder Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1979Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19313SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads2SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1906Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Parachaetocladius Wulker, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Telmatopelopia Murray & Fit..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomyia Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassosmittia Strenzke & R..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 18302SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Azores
87 Species
Anopheles (Anopheles) fluminensis Root, 1927Huisachillo
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipes Theobald, 1903
Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii Dyar & Knab, 1908
Anopheles (Stethomyia) nimbus Theobald, 1902
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus Meigen, 1830
Brachypogon (Isohelea) griseipennis Stora, 1945
Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Cardiocladius freyi Stora, 1936
Ceratopogon griseipennis Stora, 1945
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) melaleucus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus annularis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Chironomus plumosus Linnaeus, 1758
Chironomus atripes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Corynoneura clavicornis (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex ocellatus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides (Culicoides) newsteadi Austen, 1921
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Culiseta (Culiseta) atlantica Edwards, 1932
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) dufouri Laboulbene, 1869
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) flavifrons Guérin, 1833
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) flavoscutellata Zetterstedt, 1850
Dasyhelea aristolochiae Rondani, 1860
Diamesa (Nesodiamesa) alata Stora, 1945
Dixella laeta (Loew, 1849)⇒ Dixella martinii Peus, 1934
Dixella martinii Peus, 1934
Eukiefferiella atlantica (Stora, 1936)⇒ Orthocladiinae atlantica Stora, 1936
Eukiefferiella gracei Edwards, 1929
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Panhelea) aristolochiae Rondani, 1860
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) janthinomys Dyar, 1921
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Halocladius vitripennis Meigen, 1818
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Macropelopia nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Metriocnemus (Inermipupa) carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra freyi Stora, 1945
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Orthocladiinae azoricus Stora, 1945
Orthocladiinae rivalris Strol, 1945
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1908
Orthocladius rivalris (Strol, 1945)⇒ Orthocladiinae rivalris Strol, 1945
Orthopodomyia fascipes Coquillett, 1906
Parachaetocladius abnobaeus Wülker, 1959
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Parametriocnemus stylatus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus Meigen, 1804
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrocladius insularis Stora, 1945
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921Maiden fern
Pseudosmittia azoricus (Stora, 1945)⇒ Orthocladiinae azoricus Stora, 1945
Pseudosmittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) atripes Kieffer, 1913
Simulium (Eusimulium) azorense Carlsson, 1963
Smittia aterrima Meigen, 1818Seedling bean midge
Smittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Smittia contingens Walker, 1856
Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Telmatopelopia nemorum Goetghebuer, 1921
Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856Cut-leaf water-milfoil
Thalassomyia frauenfeldi (Schiner, 1856)⇒ Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856
Thalassosmittia atlantica Stora, 1936
Thienemannia gracei Edwards, 1929
Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Zavrelimyia nubila Meigen, 1830
Zavrelimyia nubilus Meigen, 1830

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Azores
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
44
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
7
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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