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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Greece (Southeast Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
567
7483
24197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
563
7468
24174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
536
7367
23955
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
352
5928
20399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
86
899
2459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
205
623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
65
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Greece
6 Families width 119 Species
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids41SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito40SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge11SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies15SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Greece
65 Genera with 119 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Acricotopus Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1920Ochlerotatus12SpeciesTaxom
Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1901Malaria Mosquitoes6SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Chasmatonotus Loew, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 2009Non-biting midges5SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Cnephia Enderlein, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito10SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1988Midge4SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1869Cool Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1856Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Nilotanypus Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 18333SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads1SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1896Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Paraboreochlus Thienemann, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 192112SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Stegopterna Enderlein, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1925Green Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Thaumalea Ruthe, 19817SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Trichocladius Schaus, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1868Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Greece
119 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Aedes (Diceromyia) punctipes Edwards, 1921Graceful asterella
Aedes (Finlaya) echinus Edwards, 1920
Aedes (Finlaya) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Ochlerotatus geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Ochlerotatus detritus Haliday, 1833
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mariae Sergent & Se..., 1903
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) zammitii Theobald, 1903
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) cretinus Edwards, 1921Graceful asterella
Aedes decticus Howard, Dyar..., 1917And Knab
Aedes lepidonotus Edwards, 1920
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi Coquillett, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus Pallas, 1771
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus Say, 1824Common malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) walkeri Theobald, 1901Walker'S Anopheles
Bezzia cockerelli Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Camptocladius tritoma (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Orthocladiinae tritoma Kieffer, 1921
Cardiocladius obscurus Johannsen, 1903
Chasmatonotus atripes Rempel, 1937Green slender lupine
Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus attenuatus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Cnephia dacotensis Dyar & Shannon, 1927Dakota Black Fly
Conchapelopia cornuticaudata Walley, 1925
Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856Cattail Mosquito
Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846Coville's phlox
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) annulator Goetghebuer, 1927Anglevein fern
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Cryptotendipes emorsus Townes, 1945
Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Barraudius) pusillus Macquart, 1850Ivy gourd
Culex (Culex) laticinctus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) mimeticus Noe, 1899
Culex (Culex) perexiguus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) theileri Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Maillotia) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Pontoculicoides) denisoni Boorman, 1988
Culicoides kolymbiensis Boorman, 1988
Culicoides paradisionensis Boorman, 1988
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Culiseta incidens Thomson, 1869Fish pond mosquito
Demicryptochironomus (Irmakia) latior Reiss, 1988
Dixa (Coquillettidia) maculata Meigen, 1818
Dixa (Coquillettidia) puberula Loew, 1849
Dixa ubiquita Moulton, 2017
Dixella graeca Pandazis, 1937
Dixella martinii Peus, 1934
Endochironomus nigricans Johannsen, 1905
Forcipomyia antrijovis Kieffer, 1919
Forcipomyia mediterranea Kieffer, 1919
Krenopelopia nigropunctata Staeger, 1839
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Mansonia perturbans (Walker, 1856)⇒ Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856
Mesosmittia mina Saether, 1985
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Monopelopia tenuicalcar Kieffer, 1918
Nilotanypus dubius Meigen, 1804
Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) caspius Pallas, 1771
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) detritus Haliday, 1833
Orthocladiinae agilis Goetghebuer, 1944
Orthopodomyia alba Baker, 1936
Orthopodomyia signifera Coquillett, 1896
Palpomyia lineata Meigen, 1804
Paraboreochlus minutissimus Strobl, 1895
Parachironomus frequens Johannsen, 1905
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) scirpicola Kieffer, 1921
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Procladius (Holotanypus) culiciformis Linnaeus, 1767
Prosimulium arvum Adler & Kim, 1985
Serromyia morio (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Simulium (Eusimulium) flexibranchium Crosskey, 2001
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pictipes Hagen, 1880Coontie
Simulium (Nevermannia) nigritarse Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Obuchovia) auricoma Meigen, 1818
Simulium (Psilozia) argus Williston, 1893
Simulium (Psilozia) vittatum Zetterstedt, 1838Striped black fly
Simulium (Simulium) decorum Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Simulium (Simulium) degrangei Dorier & Gre..., 1960
Simulium (Simulium) jenningsi Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Simulium) parnassum Malloch, 1914Dark Black Fly
Simulium (Wilhelmia) balcanicum Enderlein, 1924
Simulium (Wilhelmia) pseudequinum Seguy, 1921
Smittia agilis (Goetghebuer, 1944)⇒ Orthocladiinae agilis Goetghebuer, 1944
Smittia stercoraria (Rossaro & Le..., 2000)⇒ Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Stegopterna mutata Malloch, 1914
Stempellinella fimbriata Ekrem, 2007
Stictochironomus puripennis Kieffer, 1921
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanypus stellatus Coquillett, 1902
Tanytarsus cretensis Reiss, 1987
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Thaumalea chiosica Wagner, 1981
Thaumalea choisica Wagner, 1981
Thaumalea ikariae Wagner, 1981
Thaumalea kykladica Wagner, 1981
Thaumalea lesbica Wagner, 1981
Thaumalea malickyi Theischinger, 1979
Thaumalea minuta Wagner, 1981
Thienemanniella xena Roback, 1957
Toxorhynchites superbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichocladius eusandalum (Kieffer & Ki..., 1916)⇒ Halocladius varians Staeger, 1839
Uranotaenia sapphirina Osten Sacken, 1868

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Greece
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
48
52
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
12
45
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
5
22
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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