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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Douglas County (Colorado, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
197
852
1198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
197
852
1198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
183
820
1154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
129
673
970
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
30
64
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
19
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
14
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Douglas County (Colorado)
4 Families width 8 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids5SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Douglas County (Colorado)
14 Genera with 8 Species
Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1848Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1848Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cnephia Enderlein, 01SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Douglas County (Colorado)
8 Species
Ablabesmyia pulchripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Chironomus attenuatus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Cnephia mutata
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Nannoodes pseudocistela A. Handlirsch, 1906
Paraphaenocladius exagitans Johannsen, 1905

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Douglas County (Colorado)
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
12
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
1
1
Family
Genus
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