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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region East Canada (Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
617
8662
28193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
615
8657
28187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
586
8515
27692
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
405
7265
24168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
1721
6173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
27
502
1671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
182
693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Canada
7 Families width 693 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge143SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge7SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids394SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito86SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies58SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges3SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in East Canada
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
148
537
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
19
95
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
15
61
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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