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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Flanders (Belgium)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
478
4504
11879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
475
4494
11866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
454
4438
11745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
312
3668
10194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
81
674
2044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
160
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
29
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Flanders
4 Families width 103 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids18SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito26SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae (Newman, 1834)Biting midge59SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Flanders
29 Genera with 103 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1917Ochlerotatus14SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1828Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 192010SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800
Glassworm0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1826Non-biting midges3SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1914Midge19SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1921Cool Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 185218SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19212SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1856Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Flanders
103 Species
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818Small woodland mosquito
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Finlaya) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Ochlerotatus geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Ochlerotatus annulipes Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantans (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Ochlerotatus cantans Meigen, 1818
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Ochlerotatus detritus Haliday, 1833
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes (Rusticoidus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes koreicus Edwards, 1917Korean bush mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) atroparvus van Thiel, 1927
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) aethiops Goetghebuer, 1920
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) brunnipes Meigen, 1804
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) fuscus Meigen, 1804
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) infuscus Goetghebuer, 1929
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus Meigen, 1830
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) pavidus Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) rostratus Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer, 1922
Atrichopogon (Psilokempia) appendiculatus Goetghebuer, 1920
Ceratopogon niveipennis Meigen, 1818
Ceratopogon punctatus (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Culicoides punctatus Meigen, 1804
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus tenuis (Macquart, 1826)⇒ Chironominae tenuis Macquart, 1826
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii Ficalbi, 1889
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) torrentium Martini, 1925
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culicoides (Avaritia) chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Avaritia) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) manchuriensis Tokunaga, 1941
Culicoides (Culicoides) pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758Biting midge
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) parroti Kieffer, 1922
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker, 1903)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) riethi Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Oecacta) albicans Winnertz, 1852
Culicoides (Oecacta) maritimus Kieffer, 1924
Culicoides (Oecacta) pictipennis (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Oecacta) simulator Edwards, 1939
Culicoides (Oecacta) vexans Staeger, 1839
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) fascipennis Staeger, 1839
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) subfasciipennis Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides festivipenis Kieffer, 1914
Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis Stephens, 1825
Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans Theobald, 1901
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea Edwards, 1921
Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) polita Edwards, 1921
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) sericata Winnertz, 1852
Dasyhelea flava Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Dasyhelea semistriata (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Dasyhelea notata Goetghebuer, 1920
Dasyhelea versicolor Winnertz, 1852
Eukiefferiella ilkleyensis Edwards, 1929
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) alacris Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) titillans Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) brevipennis Macquart, 1826
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) ciliata Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) crassipes Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) nigra Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pallida (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Forcipomyia sphagnophila Kieffer, 1925
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) urbana Goetghebuer, 1937
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) velox Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) paludis Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) knockensis Goetghebuer, 1938
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) murina Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) eques Johannsen, 1908
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) tonnoiri Goetghebuer, 1920
Forcipomyia brevicubitus Goetghebuer, 1920
Forcipomyia kaltenbachii Winnertz, 1852
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) nudipennis Goetghebuer, 1949
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus intricatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratrissocladius excerptus Walker, 1856
Psectrocladius (Allopsectrocladius) obvius Walker, 1856
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Serromyia bispinosa (Goetghebuer, 1936)⇒ Serromyia rufitarsis Meigen, 1818
Serromyia femorata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Serromyia ledicola Kieffer, 1925
Serromyia morio (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Serromyia nitens (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Serromyia atra Meigen, 1818
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) gibbus Fabricius, 1794
Tanytarsus ejuncidus Walker, 1856
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933Marine splash midge

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Flanders
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
22
77
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
7
26
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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