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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Far North Queensland (Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
479
4590
8423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
476
4586
8423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
449
4477
8228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
3749
7132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
74
487
934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
137
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
82
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Far North Queensland
4 Families width 160 Species
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids25SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito116SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae (Newman, 1834)Black flies6SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Far North Queensland
82 Genera with 160 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1909Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1889Ochlerotatus33SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1933Malaria Mosquitoes14SpeciesTaxom
Aphroteniella Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Archaeochlus Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Australopelopia Cranston, 2000
0SpeciesTaxom
Austrobrillia Freeman, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1906New Zealand black fly4SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Bironella Theobald, 1919Biró Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Botryocladius Cranston & E..., 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Cellia Theobald, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratoculicoides Wirth & Rata..., 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1961Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelopynia Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1901Typical Mosquito22SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1997Midge6SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinocladius Cranston, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsidia Sæther, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Harrisius Freeman, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Hodgesia Theobald, 1812Tiny Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1903Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1947Ant Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1914Indistinct Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Molpemyia Theobald, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilotanypus Kieffer, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraheptagyia Brundin, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Patmarksia Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Podonomopsis Brundin, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Stictocladius Edwards, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1947Green Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1819Carnivorous Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1910Pestle Mosquito10SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1919Heaven Mosquito10SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1910Broadtail Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1901Bromeliad Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Far North Queensland
160 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedes (Aedimorphus) alboscutellatus Theobald, 1905
Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962
Aedes (Finlaya) josephinae (Marks, 1958)⇒ Finlaya josephinae Marks, 1958
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) aurimargo (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Leptosomatomyia aurimargo Edwards, 1922
Aedes (Lorrainea) dasyorrhus (King & Hoogs..., 1946)⇒ Lorrainea dasyorrhus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Mucidus) aurantius (Theobald, 1907)⇒ Mucidus aurantius Theobald, 1907
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905)⇒ Neomelaniconion lineatopenne Ludlow, 1905
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) vigilax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vigilax Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) katherinensis (Woodhill, 1949)⇒ Stegomyia katherinensis Woodhill, 1949
Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1859)⇒ Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858
Aedes alternans (Westwood, 1836)⇒ Mucidus alternans Westwood, 1835
Aedes australiensis Theobald, 1910
Aedes bancroftianus (Edwards, 1921)⇒ Ochlerotatus bancroftianus Edwards, 1921
Aedes candidoscutellum Marks, 1947
Aedes culiciformis (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Ochlerotatus culiciformis Theobald, 1905
Aedes gahnicola (Marks, 1947)⇒ Finlaya gahnicola Marks, 1947
Aedes keefei King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes littlechildi (Taylor, 1933)⇒ Macleaya littlechildi Taylor, 1933
Aedes macintoshi (Marks, 1959)⇒ Ochlerotatus macintoshi Marks, 1959
Aedes mackerrasi (Taylor, 1927)⇒ Patmarksia mackerrasi Taylor, 1927
Aedes normanensis (Taylor, 1915)⇒ Ochlerotatus normanensis Taylor, 1915
Aedes palmarum (Edwards, 1924)⇒ Patmarksia palmarum Edwards, 1924
Aedes quasirubithorax Theobald, 1910
Aedes rubrithorax (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Dobrotworskyius rubrithorax Macquart, 1850
Aedes rupestris (Dobrotworsky, 1959)⇒ Dobrotworskyius rupestris Dobrotworsky, 1959
Aedes spinosipes Edwards, 1922
Aedes subbasalis (Dobrotworsky, 1962)⇒ Dobrotworskyius subbasalis Dobrotworsky, 1962
Aedes tremulus Theobald, 1903
Aedes tulliae Taylor, 1929
Aedes vittiger (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vittiger Skuse, 1889
Anopheles (Anopheles) bancroftii Giles, 1902Black Australian anopheline
Anopheles (Anopheles) corethroides (Theobald, 1907)⇒ Anopheles stigmaticus Skuse, 1889
Anopheles (Anopheles) forattinii Wilkerson & ..., 1999
Anopheles (Anopheles) powelli Lee, 1944
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudobarbirostris Ludlow, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) stigmaticus Skuse, 1889Jau jau
Anopheles (Cellia) amictus Edwards, 1921Graceful asterella
Anopheles (Cellia) annulipes Walker, 1856Common Australian anopheline
Anopheles (Cellia) farauti Laveran, 1902Australian malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) hilli Woodhill & Lee, 1944
Anopheles (Cellia) hinesorum Schmidt, 2001
Anopheles (Cellia) kochi Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) meraukensis Venhuis, 1932
Anopheles (Cellia) novaguinensis Venhuis, 1933
Aphroteniella tenuicornis Brundin, 1966
Archaeochlus bassianus Brundin, 1966
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) bancrofti Taylor, 1918
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) furiosum Skuse, 1889
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) torrentium Tonnoir, 1925
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) victoriae Roubaud, 1906
Bironella (Bironella) gracilis Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Bironella (Bironella) simmondsi Tenorio, 1977
Bironella (Neobironella) papuae Swellengrebe..., 1919
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Coelopynia pruinosa Freeman, 1961
Conchapelopia pallens Coquillett, 1902
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) linealis Skuse, 1889
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) xanthogaster Malloch, 1915Golden mosquito
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) australicus Dobrotworsky..., 1953Australian house mosquito
Culex (Culex) crinicauda Edwards, 1921Graceful asterella
Culex (Culex) edwardsi Barraud, 1923
Culex (Culex) gelidus Theobald, 1901Frosty mosquito
Culex (Culex) mimulus Edwards, 1915Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) palpalis Taylor, 1912Wood-Mason's rattail
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) squamosus Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culex) starckeae Stone & Knight, 1958
Culex (Culex) vicinus Taylor, 1916
Culex (Culex) whitmorei Giles, 1904
Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cylindricus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fraudatrix Theobald, 1905
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) hilli Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) insequens Marks, 1989
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) orbostiensis Dobrotworsky, 1958
Culex (Melanoconion) phlogistus Dyar, 1920
Culex (Neoculex) chaetoventralis Theobald, 1910
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culicoides (Avaritia) dumdumi Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) flavipunctatus Kitaoka, 1975
Culicoides (Avaritia) jacobsoni Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Avaritia) wadai Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides (Trithecoides) dubiosum Dyce & Wirth, 1997
Culicoides (Trithecoides) queenslandae Dyce & Wirth, 1997
Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) modesta Winnertz, 1852
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) turficola Kieffer, 1925
Echinocladius martini Cranston, 2000
Edwardsidia philhygra Edwards, 1931
Eukiefferiella claripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Hodgesia cairnsensis Taylor, 1919
Hodgesia quasisanguinae Olivier, 1812
Kiefferulus martini Freeman, 1961
Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903
Malaya genurostris Leicester, 1908
Malaya leei Wharton, 1947
Mansonia (Mansonioides) septempunctata Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Micropsectra subletteorum Anderson, St..., 2013
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) elegans Taylor, 1914
Nilotanypus fimbriatus Walker, 1848
Orthocladius kiefferulus (Goetghebuer ..., 1943)⇒ Orthocladiinae kiefferulus Goetghebuer ..., 1943
Paraheptagyia tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Parochlus kiefferi Garrett, 1925
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) prasiogaster Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Prosimulium mixtum Syme & Davies, 1958
Riethia cinctipes Freeman, 1961
Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917
Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum (Lundström, 1911)⇒ Simulium tuberosum Lundström, 1911
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanytarsus guerlus Roback, 1957
Tanytarsus humphreyi Cranston, 2000
Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947
Thienemanniella xena Roback, 1957
Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus) purpureus Theobald, 1901
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) speciosus Skuse, 1889
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) splendens Wiedemann, 1819Mosquito
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) argenteiventris Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) atripes Skuse, 1889
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) collessi Lee, 1946
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) brevirhynchus Brug, 1934
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) filipes Walker, 1861
Tripteroides (Rachisoura) vanleeuweni Edwards, 1927
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bimaculipes Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) magnesianus Edwards, 1924
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) quasiornatus Taylor, 1915
Tripteroides apicotriangulatus Theobald, 1910
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) diagonalis Brug, 1934
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) obscura Edwards, 1915Elegant asterella
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) albescens Taylor, 1914
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) albosternopleura Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) amiensis Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) argyrotarsis Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lateralis Ludlow, 1905Field pansy
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) novaguinensis Peters, 1963
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) paralateralis Peters, 1964
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) tibialis Taylor, 1919
Verrallina (Verrallina) carmenti Edwards, 1924
Verrallina (Verrallina) funerea Theobald, 1903
Verrallina (Verrallina) leilae King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) lineata Taylor, 1914
Verrallina (Verrallina) quadrispinata King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) reesi King & Hoogs..., 1947
Verrallina (Verrallina) similis Theobald, 1910
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia smithii Coquillett, 1901Pitcher plant mosquito

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Far North Queensland
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
59
38
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
20
116
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
3
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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