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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Guanacaste (Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
457
7259
13553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
456
7258
13553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
437
7171
13366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
313
6307
12223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
86
1062
1415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
124
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
58
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Guanacaste
5 Families width 146 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito94SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge20SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids14SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge4SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Guanacaste
58 Genera with 146 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1856Ochlerotatus15SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1922Malaria Mosquitoes8SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 20047SpeciesTaxom
Baeohelea Wirth & Blanton, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Beardius Reiss & Subl..., 19962SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Buchonomyia Fittkau, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1928Frog-biting midges4SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito32SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1968Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1909Crabhole Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Georgecraigius Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Gravatamberus Mendes & And..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1903Shoulder Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1915Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Neobezzia Wirth & Rata..., 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1907Red Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Pachyhelea Wirth, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1901Gang Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1819Canopy Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Simuilum
0SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 195014SpeciesTaxom
Spinellihelea Borkent, Gro..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19523SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1994Green Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 2002Pestle Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1907Heaven Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1906Bromeliad Mosquito10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guanacaste
146 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes allotecnon Kumm, Komp &..., 1940
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes brevis Berlin, 1969
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes hastatus Dyar, 1922
Aedes homoeopus Dyar, 1922
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes sexlineatus Theobald, 1901
Aedes spinosus Berlin, 1969
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Alluaudomyia stictipennis Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai Howard, Dyar..., 1906Little walnut
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Pearly prickleback
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) strodei Root, 1926Bee wattle
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus Neiva & Pinto, 1922
Atrichopogon carnatus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon colossus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon didymothecae Macfie, 1953
Atrichopogon granditergitus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon granditibialis Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon setosilateralis Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon tapantiensis Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Baeohelea nana Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Beardius lingulatus Andersen & S..., 1996
Beardius triangulatus Andersen & S..., 1996
Buchonomyia brundini Andersen & S..., 1995
Camptocladius microtomus (Kieffer, 1924)⇒ Orthocladiinae microtomus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930
Corethrella (Corethrella) carariensis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) curta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) puella Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) quadrivittata Shannon & De..., 1928
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) babahoyensis Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Carrollia) bihaicola Dyar & Núñe..., 1928
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) pseudostigmatosoma Strickman, 1990
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) stenolepis Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culex) thriambus (Dyar, 1921)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Culiciomyia) trifidus Dyar, 1921
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Micraedes) erethyzonfer Galindo & Bl..., 1954
Culex (Microculex) daumastocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Microculex) jenningsi Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Neoculex) derivator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides cancer Hogue & Wirth, 1968
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Dasyhelea tristyla Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909
Forcipomyia copanensis Utmar & Wirth, 1976
Forcipomyia digita Spinelli, Ma..., 2004
Forcipomyia leei Wirth & Rata..., 1978Longhair phlox
Gravatamberus curtus Mendes & And..., 2008
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) chalcospilans Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Nannoodes pseudocistela A. Handlirsch, 1906
Orthopodomyia fascipes Coquillett, 1906
Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
Orthopodomyia phyllozoa Dyar & Knab, 1907
Parabezzia clastrieri Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Simulium (Hemicnetha) earlei Vargas & Najera, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Inaequalium) inaequale Paterson & S..., 1927Chokecherry
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) panamense Fairchild, 1940
Simulium (Psilopelmia) pseudocallidum Diaz Najera, 1965
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Psilopelmia) samboni Jennings, 1915
Simulium (Psilopelmia) travisi Vargas, Varg..., 1993
Simulium (Simulium) jobbinsi Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Xenosimulium) tarsatum Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Simulium chiriquiense Field, 1967
Simulium ethelae Dalmat, 1950
Spinellihelea brevicosta Borkent, Gro..., 2008
Stenochironomus totifuscus Sublette, 1960Painted buckeye
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia fuscula Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Tanytarsus curvicristatus Contreras-Li..., 1988
Tanytarsus hastatus Sublette & Sasa, 1994
Tanytarsus pandus Sublette & Sasa, 1994
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites superbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Tripteroides janzeni Marsh, 2002
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) coatzacoalcos Dyar & Knab, 1906
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia typhlosomata Dyar & Knab, 1907
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) ypsipola Dyar, 1922
Wyeomyia (Triamyia) aporonoma Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) melanopus Dyar, 1919
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia circumcincta Dyar & Knab, 1907
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia melanocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Guanacaste
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
34
34
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
22
98
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
2
14
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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