AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Central Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
723
10611
42588
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
718
10598
42553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
658
10447
42222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
422
8586
36828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
2026
10373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
27
667
3914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
193
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Europe
7 Families width 1056 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge374SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge11SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids524SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito59SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges20SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies51SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges17SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Central Europe
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
172
898
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
15
90
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
6
68
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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