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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Greenland (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
197
881
1454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
197
881
1454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
188
866
1438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
140
784
1341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
33
188
444
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
96
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
62
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Greenland
4 Families width 167 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids160SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge3SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Greenland
62 Genera with 167 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1838Ochlerotatus2SpeciesTaxom
Allocladius Kieffer, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Arctopelopia Fittkau, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Axarus Roback, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 03SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1908Non-biting midges5SpeciesTaxom
Corynocera Zetterstedt, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 197312SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1988Typical Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1838Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dactylocladius Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1926Snow Midges9SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Diplocladius Kieffer, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Heterotanytarsus Spärck, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobaenus Fries, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Hydrosmittia Saether & Fe..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 186914SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19269SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19819SpeciesTaxom
Oliveridia Sæther, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 199018SpeciesTaxom
Paracladius Hirvenoja, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 18303SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Prodiamesa Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19378SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodiamesa Goetghebuer, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Pseudokiefferiella Laurence, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 189810SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Tanypodinae1SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933Green Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Thalassosmittia Strenzke & R..., 19282SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Tokunagaia Sæther, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Trichotanypus Kieffer, 18981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Greenland
167 Species
Ablabesmyia pulchripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nigripes Zetterstedt, 1838
Allocladius nanseni Kieffer, 1926
Arctopelopia melanosoma Goetghebuer, 1933
Brachypogon (Isohelea) borealis Kieffer, 1919
Camptocladius brachytomus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Limnophyes brachytomus Kieffer, 1922
Camptocladius graminicolus
Camptocladius parvus
Ceratopogon lactiepennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) holmgreni Jacobson, 1898
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) perennis Meigen, 1830
Chaetocladius adsimilis Goetghebuer, 1933
Chironomus (Chironomus) hyperboreus Staeger, 1845Darlington's glade spurge
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) staegeri Lundbeck, 1898
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Corynocera ambigua Zetterstedt, 1838Narrowflower flaxflower
Corynoneura celeripes Winnertz, 1852Pointed phlox
Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846Coville's phlox
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) cumulatus Hirvenoja, 1973Tree poppy
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) gelidus Kieffer, 1922
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) lestralis Edwards, 1924
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) patens Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) pilosellus Brundin, 1956
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) polaris (Kieffer, 1926)⇒ Cricotopus lestralis Edwards, 1924
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tibialis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Cricotopus reversus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) varipes Coquillett, 1902
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) villosus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Isocladius) laricomalis Edwards, 1932
Cricotopus tokunagaia Hirvenoja, 1973
Culex (Eumelanomyia) oresbius Harbach & Ra..., 1988
Culicoides sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Dactylocladius gelidorum (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Orthocladiinae gelidorum Kieffer, 1923
Diamesa (Diamesa) aberrata Lundbeck, 1898
Diamesa (Diamesa) arctica (Boheman, 1865)⇒ Pseudodiamesa arctica Malloch, 1919
Diamesa (Diamesa) bertrami Edwards, 1935
Diamesa (Diamesa) bohemani Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Diamesa (Diamesa) geminata Kieffer, 1926
Diamesa (Diamesa) incallida Walker, 1856
Diamesa (Diamesa) lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Diamesa chorea Lundbeck, 1898
Diamesa simplex Kieffer, 1926
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Diplocladius cultriger Kieffer, 1908Prairie fameflower
Eukiefferiella claripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Eukiefferiella rectangularis Goetghebuer, 1940
Eukiefferiella scutellata Brundin, 1956
Halocladius (Halocladius) variabilis Staeger, 1839Marine midge
Heterotrissocladius changi Saether, 1975Alpine French-honeysuckle
Heterotrissocladius maeaeri (Brundin, 1949)⇒ Heterotrissocladius maari Brundin, 1949
Heterotrissocladius marcidus Walker, 1856
Heterotrissocladius similis Kieffer, 1922
Heterotrissocladius subpilosus Kieffer, 1911
Hydrobaenus conformis Holmgren, 1869Small-spike false nettle
Hydrobaenus fusistylus Goetghebuer, 1933
Hydrosmittia oxoniana Edwards, 1922
Limnophyes anderseni Saether, 1990
Limnophyes asquamatus Andersen, 1937Alpine French-honeysuckle
Limnophyes atomarius Zetterstedt, 1850
Limnophyes borealis (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Limnophyes edwardsi Saether, 1990
Limnophyes brachytomus Kieffer, 1922
Limnophyes edwardsi Saether, 1990
Limnophyes eltoni Edwards, 1922
Limnophyes globifer (Lundstrom, 1915)⇒ Limnophyes pumilio Holmgren, 1869
Limnophyes groenlandiensis Anderson, 1937
Limnophyes hamiltoni (Saether, 1969)⇒ Limnophyes asquamatus Andersen, 1937
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975Alpine French-honeysuckle
Limnophyes pumilio Holmgren, 1869
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) picipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) tristellus Edwards, 1929
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) ursinus Holmgren, 1869
Metriocnemus atratulus (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Metriocnemus albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus hygropetricus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Metriocnemus eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus polaris Kieffer, 1926
Micropsectra brundini S”žwedal, 1979
Micropsectra groenlandica Andersen, 1937
Micropsectra insignilobus Kieffer, 1924
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Micropsectra logani Johannsen, 1928
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Micropsectra recurvata Goetghebuer, 1928Rock polypody
Micropsectra tori S”žwedal, 1981
Oliveridia tricornis Oliver, 1976
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) gelidus Kieffer, 1922
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) priomixtus Saether, 2004
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) subletteorum Cranston, 1999
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) difficilis Lundbeck, 1898
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivicola Kieffer, 1911Quill fameflower
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) thienemanni Kieffer, 1906Pygmy fameflower
Orthocladius (Mesorthocladius) frigidus Zetterstedt, 1838
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) charensis Soponis, 1977Bittersweet
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) decoratus Holmgren, 1869
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) groenlandensis Goetghebuer, 1933
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) knabeni Goetghebuer, 1933
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) knuthi Soponis, 1977Bittersweet
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) lapponicus Goetghebuer, 1940Dotted polypody
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) oblidens Walker, 1856
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) spitzbergensis Kieffer, 1919
Orthocladius (Pogonocladius) consobrinus Holmgren, 1869
Orthocladius ater Goetghebuern, 1955
Orthocladius roussellae Soponis, 1990
Paracladius quadrinodosus Hirvenoja, 1973
Parametriocnemus graminicola Lundbeck, 1898
Parametriocnemus lundbecki Johannsen, 1905
Paraphaenocladius debilipennis Lundbeck, 1898
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus natvigi Goetghebuer, 1933
Paratanytarsus setosimanus Goetghebuer, 1933
Paratanytarsus tenuis Meigen, 1830
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Parochlus kiefferi Garrett, 1925
Phaenopsectra incompta Zetterstedt, 1838
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) pedatum Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Procladius (Holotanypus) culiciformis Linnaeus, 1767
Procladius lundstromi Goetghebuer, 1936
Procladius paragretis Roback, 1971Clammy clover
Prodiamesa olivacea Meigen, 1818
Prosimulium (Prosimulium) ursinum Edwards, 1935
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) barbimanus Edwards, 1929
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) fennicus Stor” , 1939Summer grape
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) octomaculatus Wülker, 1956
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) oxyura Langton, 1985Gray wall jumper
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sokolovae Zelentsov & ..., 1988
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrocladius armatus (Andersen, 1937)⇒ Psectrocladius barbimanus Edwards, 1929
Psectrotanypus pictipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Pseudodiamesa (Pseudodiamesa) branickii Nowicki, 1873
Pseudokiefferiella parva Edwards, 1932
Pseudosmittia jemtlandica (Brundin, 1947)⇒ Prosmittia jemtlandica Brundin, 1947
Pseudosmittia nanseni (Kieffer, 1926)⇒ Allocladius nanseni Kieffer, 1926
Pseudosmittia oxoniana (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Hydrosmittia oxoniana Edwards, 1922
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) chapmani Edwards, 1935
Sergentia coracina Zetterstedt, 1850
Smittia aterrima Meigen, 1818Seedling bean midge
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia extrema Holmgren, 1869
Smittia longitibia (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Allocladius nanseni Kieffer, 1926
Smittia parva Lundbeck, 1898
Smittia polymorpha Andersen, 1937
Smittia porifera
Smittia stercoraria (Rossaro & Le..., 2000)⇒ Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Smittia subnudipennis Goetghebuer, 1933
Smittia velutina Lundbeck, 1898
Stictochironomus unguiculatus Malloch, 1934
Tanypodinae pubitarsis Zetterstedt, 1850
Tanypus pictipennis (Vimmer, 1927)⇒ Psectrotanypus pictipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Tanypus pubitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Tanypodinae pubitarsis Zetterstedt, 1850
Tanytarsus anderseni Reiss & Fittkau, 1971
Tanytarsus gracilentus Holmgren, 1883
Tanytarsus niger Andersen, 1937
Tanytarsus norvegicus Kieffer, 1924
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Thalassosmittia clavicornis Saunders, 1928
Thalassosmittia pacifica Saunders, 1928
Thienemanniella obscura Brundin, 1947
Tokunagaia obriaini Hayes & Murray, 1987
Trichotanypus posticalis Lundbeck, 1898

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Greenland
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
59
163
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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