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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1521
7930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
478
3711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
147
1167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for India
7 Families width 1167 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge264SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge4SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids455SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito354SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges24SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies52SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges14SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in India
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
110
719
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
34
382
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
3
66
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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