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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
421
3952
7779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
419
3950
7777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
399
3889
7631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
258
3180
6501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
63
359
746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
14
120
362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
52
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Chiapas
5 Families width 187 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito112SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge29SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids8SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies37SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Chiapas
52 Genera with 187 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1902Ochlerotatus17SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1926Malaria Mosquitoes16SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1928Basal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1939Frog-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1906Typical Mosquito31SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1955Midge11SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Gigantodax Enderlein, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1938Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19022SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1896Predatory Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Mayacnephia Wygodzinsky,..., 1973
0SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Oligosmittia1SpeciesTaxom
Onirion Peyton & Har..., 1848Dream Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1896Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pellucidomyia Macfie, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1961Canopy Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Shannoniana Lane & Cerqu..., 1919Toothy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 194835SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Tlalocomyia Wygodzinsky ..., 19451SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 2008Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1905Bromeliad Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chiapas
187 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
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 bimaculatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes hendersoni Cockerell, 1918
Aedes quadrivittatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes sandrae Zavortink, 1972Mat prickly gilia
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes sexlineatus Theobald, 1901
Aedes sumidero Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes tormentor Dyar & Knab, 1906Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Amerohelea fasciata Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Amerohelea frontispina Dow & Turner, 1976
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) franciscanus Mccracken, 1904
Anopheles (Anopheles) freeborni Aitken, 1939
Anopheles (Anopheles) gabaldoni Vargas, 1941Canada hedgeparsley
Anopheles (Anopheles) hectoris Giaquinto Mira, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) parapunctipennis Martini, 1932Crown of thorns
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai Howard, Dyar..., 1906Little walnut
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root, 1926American malaria mosquito
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) fusculus Coquillett, 1901
Atrichopogon altivolans Macfie, 1949
Atrichopogon mexicanus Huerta, 2001
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Chagasia bathana Dyar, 1928
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) venezuelensis Theobald, 1912
Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856Cattail Mosquito
Corethrella (Corethrella) flavitibia Lane, 1939
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) bihaicola Dyar & Núñe..., 1928
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
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) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) scimitar Branch & Sea..., 1959
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) trifidus Dyar, 1921
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
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) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) inhibitator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) panocossa Dyar, 1923Tropical mosquito
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Neoculex) arizonensis Bohart, 1949
Culex (Neoculex) derivator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Phenacomyia) lactator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides crescentris Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides filarifer Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides filariferus Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides ocumarensis Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culiseta impatiens Walker, 1848Snow mosquito
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Gigantodax wrighti Vargas, Mart..., 1944
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) mesodentatus Komp & Kumm, 1938
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Lauterborniella longipalpis
Lauterborniella varipennis Coquillett, 1902
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Lutzia (Lutzia) bigoti Hart, 1896
Mallochohelea pullata Wirth, 1952
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Nilothauma mergae Adam & Saether, 1999
Oligosmittia larino
Onirion personatum Walker, 1848
Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
Orthopodomyia signifera Coquillett, 1896
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Pellucidomyia wirthi Lane, 1956
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Grabhamia) dimidiata Cerqueira, 1943
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens Philip, 1941
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) varipes Coquillett, 1904
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes ortizi Vargas & Dia..., 1961
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Shannoniana moralesi Dyar & Knab, 1919
Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries, 1824
Simulium (Eusimulium) donovani Vargas, 1943
Simulium (Hemicnetha) hinmani Vargas & Najera, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pulverulentum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Hemicnetha) smarti Vargas, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) solarii Stone, 1948Smallflower mock buckthorn
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Hemicnetha) yepocapense Dalmat, 1949
Simulium (Notolepria) exiguum (Roubaud, 1906)⇒ Simulium lutzi Knab, 1913
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) ochraceum Walker, 1861Black fly
Simulium (Psilopelmia) pseudocallidum Diaz Najera, 1965
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Psilopelmia) samboni Jennings, 1915
Simulium (Psilopelmia) veracruzanum Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) hunteri Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Simulium) iriartei Vargas & al., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) jobbinsi Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) kompi Dalmat, 1951
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Simulium) puigi Vargas & Pal..., 1945
Simulium (Simulium) tricorne Leon, 1945
Simulium (Xenosimulium) ganalesense Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Xenosimulium) tarsatum Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Simulium amazonicum Goeldi, 1905Irregular polypody
Simulium capricorne Leon, 1945
Simulium carolinae Leon, 1945
Simulium delatorrei Dalmat, 1950
Simulium ethelae Dalmat, 1950
Simulium gorirossiae Vargas & Día..., 1957
Simulium larvispinosum Leon, 1948
Stenoxenus johnsoni Coquillett, 1899
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia coquilletti Kieffer, 1917Brewer's redmaids
Stilobezzia glauca Macfie, 1939Clustered frostweed
Tlalocomyia pachecolunai Leon, 1945
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) mexicanus T. J. Zavortink, 2008
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) apicalis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar & Knab, 1906
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia nataliae Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Uranotaenia socialis Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia mitchellii Theobald, 1905Bromeliad mosquito

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Chiapas
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
25
37
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
23
113
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
4
37
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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