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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Fennoscandia (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
532
7530
35199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
530
7524
35189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
507
7448
35013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
357
6306
31612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
99
1595
10296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
552
4078
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
203
1480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fennoscandia
7 Families width 1480 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge150SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge14SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1150SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito76SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges19SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies70SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Fennoscandia
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
181
1300
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
14
109
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
8
71
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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