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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Belize (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2642
5097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
315
2642
5097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
296
2586
4997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
196
2141
4270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
59
265
453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
64
205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
40
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Belize
4 Families width 156 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids5SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito115SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge23SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Belize
40 Genera with 156 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1907Ochlerotatus16SpeciesTaxom
Aedimorphus Theobald, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1926Malaria Mosquitoes13SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19905SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1928Basal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18484SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1915Typical Mosquito39SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1948Midge7SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1909Crabhole Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1903Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1915Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Neobezzia Wirth & Rata..., 19401SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Runchomyia Theobald, 1905Filament Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1992Canopy Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Shannoniana Lane & Cerqu..., 1919Toothy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 184613SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 17621SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1975Bromeliad Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belize
156 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ablabesmyia (Karelia) cinctipes Johannsen, 1946
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes bertrami Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Aedes cozumelensis Diaz Najera, 1966
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes gubernatoris Giles, 1901
Aedes hastatus Dyar, 1922
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes thorntoni Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Amerohelea fasciata Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Amerohelea vargasi Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) gabaldoni Vargas, 1941Canada hedgeparsley
Anopheles (Anopheles) intermedius (Peryassú, 1908)⇒ Anopheles plumbeus Stephens, 1828
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root, 1926American malaria mosquito
Bezzia cayoensis Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia glabra Coquillett, 1902
Bezzia mesotibialis Spinelli & W..., 1990
Bezzia nigritibialis Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia pseudogibbera Spinelli & W..., 1990
Chagasia bathana Dyar, 1928
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) venezuelensis Theobald, 1912
Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) urichii Coquillett, 1906
Culex (Culex) chidesteri Dyar, 1912
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) ousqua Dyar, 1918
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) usquatus Dyar, 1918
Culex (Culex) yojoae Strickman, 1990
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) commevynensis Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) ensiformis Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) flabellifer Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) inhibitator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) limacifer Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) mutator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) panocossa Dyar, 1923Tropical mosquito
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) rooti Rozeboom, 1935
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Melanoconion) vexillifer Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) zeteki Dyar, 1918
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Phenacomyia) lactator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides mckeeveri Brickle & Hagan, 1999
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Dasyhelea hondurensis Spinelli & W..., 1984
Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901Crabhole mosquito
Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909
Forcipomyia incubans Macfie, 1937
Forcipomyia minisquamosa Wirth, 1972
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) aeritinctus Galindo & Tr..., 1967
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) chalcospilans Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Nanocladius bubrachiatus Epler, 1986
Neobezzia amnicola Macfie, 1940
Parabezzia cayoensis Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paryphoconus flinti Spinelli & W..., 1984
Paryphoconus maya Spinelli & W..., 1984
Phaenobezzia maya Spinelli & W..., 1986
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Runchomyia (Ctenogoeldia) magna Theobald, 1905
Sabethes (Peytonulus) undosus Coquillett, 1906
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes gymnothorax Harbach & Pe..., 1992
Shannoniana moralesi Dyar & Knab, 1919
Simulium (Hemicnetha) earlei Vargas & Najera, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pulverulentum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Hemicnetha) rubicundulum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Notolepria) gonzalezi Vargas & Dia..., 1953
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) downsi Vargas, Pala..., 1946Hedge parsley
Simulium (Psilopelmia) haematopotum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Psilopelmia) samboni Jennings, 1915
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Xenosimulium) ganalesense Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Xenosimulium) tarsatum Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906
Toxorhynchites haemorrhoidalis suberbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) hystera Loew, 1869
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pulcherrima Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Uranotaenia socialis Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia (Triamyia) aporonoma Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) melanopus Dyar, 1919
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia chalcocephala Adisoemarto ..., 1975

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Belize
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
16
28
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
23
115
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
13
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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