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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Honduras (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
416
4782
9398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
415
4781
9398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
4703
9243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
267
3981
8121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
67
508
835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
90
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
41
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Honduras
6 Families width 160 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito95SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge49SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids7SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Honduras
41 Genera with 160 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1902Ochlerotatus12SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1926Malaria Mosquitoes8SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1928Frog-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1906Typical Mosquito32SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1968Midge32SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1901Crabhole Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1906Shoulder Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Isostomyia Coquillett, 1927Grasping Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1908Canopy Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19157SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1975Bromeliad Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Honduras
160 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 angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes atropalpus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes euplocamus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes hastatus Dyar, 1922
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Alluaudomyia estevezae Spinelli & W..., 1984
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Root, 1926American malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) strodei Root, 1926Bee wattle
Bezzia blantoni Spinelli & W..., 1989
Bezzia capitata Wirth & Grogan, 1983Clearwater phlox
Bezzia hondurensis Spinelli & W..., 1990
Brachypogon pallidipennis Spinelli & G..., 1994
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Clinohelea horacioi Lane, 1944
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Corethrella (Corethrella) davisi Shannon & De..., 1928
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
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) ousqua Dyar, 1918
Culex (Culex) pseudostigmatosoma Strickman, 1990
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) usquatus Dyar, 1918
Culex (Culex) yojoae Strickman, 1990
Culex (Culiciomyia) tricuspis Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
Culex (Culiciomyia) trifidus Dyar, 1921
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) flabellifer Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) intonsus Galindo & Bl..., 1954
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Melanoconion) trifidus (Dyar, 1921)⇒ Culex tricuspis Edwards, 1930
Culex (Melanoconion) vexillifer Komp, 1936
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Tinolestes) latisquama Coquillett, 1906
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides efferus Fox, 1952
Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides fieldi Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides fluvialis Macfie, 1940
Culicoides franklini Spinelli, 1993
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides glabrior Macfie, 1940
Culicoides haematopotus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides hayesi Matta, 1967
Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides hondurensis Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940
Culicoides iriartei Fox, 1952
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides lanei Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides limai Barretto, 1944
Culicoides luteoventus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides polypori Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Culicoides propriipennis Macfie, 1948
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides spurius Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides xanifer Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901Crabhole mosquito
Dixella nixiae Peters, 1980
Forcipomyia copanensis Utmar & Wirth, 1976
Forcipomyia dorsalis Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia penultimata Wirth, 1972
Goeldichironomus amazonicus Fittkau, 1968Midge
Haemagogus (Conopostegus) clarki Galindo, Car..., 1953
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) aeritinctus Galindo & Tr..., 1967
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) chalcospilans Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) iridicolor Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) regalis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Isostomyia espini Martini, 1914
Isostomyia perturbans Curran, 1927
Johnbelkinia leucopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Johnbelkinia longipes Fabricius, 1805
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Leptoconops (Holoconops) bequaerti (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops hondurensis Hoffman, 1926
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Nanocladius bubrachiatus Epler, 1986
Parabezzia hondurensis Spinelli & G..., 1987
Paryphoconus anomalicornis Kieffer, 1917
Phaenobezzia maya Spinelli & W..., 1986
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes (Peytonulus) undosus Coquillett, 1906
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Simulium (Hemicnetha) earlei Vargas & Najera, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) downsi Vargas, Pala..., 1946Hedge parsley
Simulium (Psilopelmia) haematopotum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium sanguineum Knab, 1915Desert seepweed
Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia rabelloi Lane, 1947Wetherill's buckwheat
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites superbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichoprosopon compressum Lutz, 1905
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) pseudopecten Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia (Dodecamyia) aphobema Dyar, 1918
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 chalcocephala Adisoemarto ..., 1975

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Honduras
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
20
56
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
20
97
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
7
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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