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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
469
5254
11068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
468
5253
11067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
447
5167
10846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
288
4147
8799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
59
481
925
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
81
251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
44
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Mexico
5 Families width 179 Species and 1 Subspecies
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito101SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge28SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids9SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies40SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Mexico
44 Genera with 179 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1970Ochlerotatus28SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1827Malaria Mosquitoes17SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito30SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1960Midge6SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19376SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Georgecraigius Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Gigantodax Enderlein, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1906Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1896Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1896Red Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1819Canopy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Schizonyxhelea Clastrier, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 196238SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromias Curtis, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Tlalocomyia Wygodzinsky ..., 19621SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1896Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1924Heaven Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1905Bromeliad Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Mexico
179 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) kummi Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes allotecnon Kumm, Komp &..., 1940
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes atropalpus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes bimaculatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes chionotum Zavortink, 1972Mat prickly gilia
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes gabriel Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Aedes idahoensis Theobald, 1903
Aedes idanus Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Aedes insolitus Coquillett, 1906
Aedes kompi Vargas & Downs, 1950
Aedes muelleri Dyar, 1920
Aedes purpureipes Aitken, 1941
Aedes quadrivittatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes ramirezi Vargas & Downs, 1950
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes shannoni Vargas & Downs, 1950
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823)⇒ Ochlerotatus triseriatus Say, 1823
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Aedes vargasi Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Alluaudomyia estevezae Spinelli & W..., 1984
Anopheles (Anopheles) aztecus Hoffmann, 1935Red mulberry
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) fausti Vargas, 1943Cutleaf meadowparsnip
Anopheles (Anopheles) franciscanus Mccracken, 1904
Anopheles (Anopheles) freeborni Aitken, 1939
Anopheles (Anopheles) judithae Zavortink, 1969
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) occidentalis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) parapunctipennis Martini, 1932Crown of thorns
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus Say, 1824Common malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Bezzia mexicana Spinelli, 1991
Bryophaenocladius humerosus Wang, Anders..., 2005
Camptocladius microtomus (Kieffer, 1924)⇒ Orthocladiinae microtomus Kieffer, 1924
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) erythrothorax Dyar, 1907
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culex) thriambus (Dyar, 1921)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Culiciomyia) trifidus Dyar, 1921
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) peccator Dyar & Knab, 1909
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Neoculex) apicalis (Adams, 1903)⇒ Psorophora cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Culex (Neoculex) arizonensis Bohart, 1949
Culex (Neoculex) reevesi (Wirth, 1948)⇒ Culex boharti Brookman & R..., 1950
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides blantoni Vargas & Wirth, 1955Leiberg's umbrellawort
Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides multipunctatus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides neopulicaris Wirth, 1955
Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Dasyhelea azteca Huerta & Grogan, 2006
Dasyhelea huasteca Huerta & Iba..., 1999
Dasyhelea mutabilis Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea saltensis Spinelli & W..., 1984
Dasyhelea scissurae Macfie, 1937Bushy frostweed
Dicrotendipes aethiops Townes, 1945
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia mexicana Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Forcipomyia nodosa Saunders, 1959
Gigantodax wrighti Vargas, Mart..., 1944
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) mesodentatus Komp & Kumm, 1938
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) regalis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Leptoconops werneri Wirth, 1973Smooth phlox
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Lutzia (Lutzia) bigoti Hart, 1896
Mallochohelea pullata Wirth, 1952
Mesosmittia guanajensis Andersen & M..., 2002
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Orthopodomyia alba Baker, 1936
Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
Orthopodomyia signifera Coquillett, 1896
Palpomyia bottimeri Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Phaenobezzia maya Spinelli & W..., 1986
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Schizonyxhelea thomsenae Wirth, 1953
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Simulium (Aspathia) anduzei Vargas & Dia..., 1948
Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries, 1824
Simulium (Hemicnetha) bricenoi Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) earlei Vargas & Najera, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) freemani Vargas & Najera, 1949
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pulverulentum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Hemicnetha) solarii Stone, 1948Smallflower mock buckthorn
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Hemicnetha) yepocapense Dalmat, 1949
Simulium (Lewisellum) neavei Roubaud, 1915
Simulium (Notolepria) exiguum (Roubaud, 1906)⇒ Simulium lutzi Knab, 1913
Simulium (Notolepria) gonzalezi Vargas & Dia..., 1953
Simulium near incrustatum
Simulium (Psilopelmia) bivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) bobpetersoni Coscaron, Ib..., 1996
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) dugesi Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Psilopelmia) gonzalezherrejoni Diaz Najera, 1969
Simulium (Psilopelmia) haematopotum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) longithallum Diaz Najera ..., 1962
Simulium (Psilopelmia) mangabeirai Vargas, 1945
Simulium (Psilopelmia) ochoai Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Psilopelmia) samboni Jennings, 1915
Simulium (Psilopelmia) trivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) veracruzanum Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Psilopelmia) zempoalense Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Psilozia) argus Williston, 1893
Simulium (Simulium) costalimai Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) hechti Vargas, Mart..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) hunteri Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Simulium) iriartei Vargas & al., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Simulium) wygoi Coscaron, Ib..., 1999
Simulium (Xenosimulium) ganalesense Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium juarezi Vargas & Najera, 1957
Simulium temascalense Najera & Vul..., 1962
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia thomsenae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Tlalocomyia atzompensis Diaz Najera, 1962
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites rutilus Coquillett, 1896Elephant Mosquito
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar & Knab, 1906
Uranotaenia orthodoxa Dyar, 1921
Uranotaenia sapphirina Osten Sacken, 1868
Uranotaenia syntheta (Dyar & Shannon, 1924)⇒ Uranotaenia anhydor Dyar, 1907
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia guatemala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia mitchellii Theobald, 1905Bromeliad mosquito

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Central Mexico
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
24
37
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
17
102
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
3
40
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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