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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Caño Negro (Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
202
1347
1280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
202
1347
1280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
199
1343
1276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
144
1157
1110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
38
141
101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
7
12
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
7
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caño Negro
4 Families width 4 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge0SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Caño Negro
7 Genera with 4 Species
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1942Frog-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1906Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caño Negro
4 Species
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Corethrella (Corethrella) edwardsi Lane, 1942
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Caño Negro
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
5
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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