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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Caroline Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
148
558
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
148
558
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
144
551
915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
82
303
505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
32
89
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
31
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
20
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caroline Islands
4 Families width 64 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito16SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge34SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids13SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Caroline Islands
20 Genera with 64 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1956Ochlerotatus9SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19597SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges4SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1957Typical Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1940Midge2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1932Green Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1957Broadtail Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caroline Islands
64 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) senyavinensis Knight & Hur..., 1949
Aedes (Aedimorphus) trukensis Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Lorrainea) lamelliferus Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) hakanssoni Knight & Hur..., 1949
Aedes (Stegomyia) hensilli Farner, 1945
Aedes (Stegomyia) maehleri Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Stegomyia) marshallensis Stone & Bohart, 1944
Aedes (Stegomyia) scutoscriptus Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes hui Bohart, 1956
Alluaudomyia insulicola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia monopunctata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon fenestriscutum Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon gressitti Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia adamsi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia badiifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia maculifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia nigrofasciata Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia pediaureola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia spinositibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia sulfureicruris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) insulicola Tokunaga, 1959
Chironomus (Camptochironomus) crassiforceps Kieffer, 1916Midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus longilobus Kieffer, 1916
Cryptochironomus javae Kieffer, 1924
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) maplei Knight & Hur..., 1949
Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) carolinensis Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) gossi Bohart, 1957
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) kusaiensis Bohart, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) flavimaculinotalis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) kusaiensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea flavicaudalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea furcillifera Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea nigroris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea parvistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Endochironomus tenuicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) yapensis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) ancoriformis Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) flavitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) subspadicifascia Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) basiflava Tokunaga, 1959
Monohelea albiclavatoris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Pentapedilum nodosum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) concomitatum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) medivittatum Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum albiceps Johannsen, 1932
Simulium (Inseliellum) trukense Stone, 1964
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) albiabdominalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) calcaris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fulviscuta Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fusciscutellata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fusistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) gressitti Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) setigeriscutellata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) spadicicoxalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) truncata Tokunaga, 1959
Tanytarsus lamnicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus ovatus Johannsen, 1932
Thalassomya maritima Wirth, 1947Florida phlox
Verrallina pipkini Bohart, 1957

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Caroline Islands
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
16
47
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
3
16
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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