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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Fairfax County (Virginia, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
254
911
1221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
253
909
1219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
238
870
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
173
723
985
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
41
130
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
7
33
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
2
12
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fairfax County
2 Families width 19 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge16SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fairfax County
12 Genera with 19 Species
Allohelea Kieffer, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1956Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19934SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rheopelopia Fittkau, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19532SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fairfax County
19 Species
Allohelea johannseni Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Bezzia pseudobscura Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Culicoides crepuscularis Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides haematopotus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides snowi Wirth & Jones, 1956
Dasyhelea longisterna
Dasyhelea messersmithi Waugh & Wirth, 1976Davis horsenettle
Echinohelea lanei Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) fairfaxensis Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Forcipomyia dubiamima Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Parabezzia neunguis Grogan & Wirth, 1977Gray's cloak fern
Polypedilum simulans (Townes, 1945)⇒ Polypedilum halteralis Coquillett, 1901
Psectrocladius (Allopsectrocladius) flavus Johannsen, 1905
Rheopelopia paramaculipennis Roback, 1971
Serromyia crassifemorata Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Stilobezzia stonei Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Stilobezzia sybleae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Fairfax County
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
12
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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