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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Israel (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
402
3659
9214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
400
3654
9207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
388
3626
9162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
252
2792
7686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
72
674
1664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
119
318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
41
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Israel
5 Families width 154 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids38SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito41SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge63SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges7SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Israel
41 Genera with 154 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1872Ochlerotatus7SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1942Malaria Mosquitoes11SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 20143SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1923Non-biting midges4SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito17SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1921Midge50SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1921Cool Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Greniera Doby & David, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Kolenohelea De Meillon &..., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Levitinia Chubareva & ..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 17711SpeciesTaxom
Plhudsonia Saether, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19158SpeciesTaxom
Procladiini1SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19863SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Trichotanypus Kieffer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1913Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19554SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Israel
154 Species
Ablabesmyia nilotica Kieffer, 1923
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mariae Sergent & Se..., 1903
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pulchritarsis Rondani, 1872
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes phoeniciae Coluzzi & Sa..., 1968
Aedes pulcritarsis Rondani, 1872
Anopheles (Anopheles) algeriensis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) coustani Laveran, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) marteri Senevet & Pr..., 1927
Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) tenebrosus Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) multicolor Cambouliu, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) sergentii Theobald, 1907
Anopheles (Cellia) superpictus Grassi, 1899
Anopheles (Cellia) turkhudi Liston, 1901
Anopheles telamali Saliternik &..., 1942
Atrichopogon (Psammopogon) nemestrinus Santos Abreu, 1918
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) vitiosus Winnertz, 1852
Brachypogon aethiopica Clastrier, R..., 1961
Brachypogon freidbergi Dominiak, Al..., 2014
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus bethsaidae Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus galilaeus Kieffer, 1915
Chironomus transvaalensis Kieffer, 1923
Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Clinotanypus claripennis Kieffer, 1918
Conchapelopia cygnus Kieffer, 1914
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) buxtoni Edwards, 1923
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) guttatus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) supplicans Meigen, 1830
Culex (Barraudius) modestus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Barraudius) pusillus Macquart, 1850Ivy gourd
Culex (Culex) antennatus Becker, 1903
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) sinaiticus Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Culex) theileri Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culex) univittatus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Lasiosiphon) adairi Kirkpatrick, 1926
Culex (Maillotia) deserticola Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Maillotia) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Culex (Neoculex) judaicus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Neoculex) martinii Medschid, 1930
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) montanus (Shakirzjanova, 1962)⇒ Culicoides neomontanus Wirth, 1976
Culicoides (Culicoides) fagineus Edwards, 1939
Culicoides (Culicoides) newsteadi Austen, 1921
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker, 1903)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Oecacta) azerbajdzhanicus Dzhafarov, 1962
Culicoides (Oecacta) begueti Clastrier, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) brunnicans Edwards, 1939
Culicoides (Oecacta) cataneii Clastrier, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Oecacta) gejgelensis Dzhafarov, 1964
Culicoides (Oecacta) haranti Rioux, Desco..., 1959
Culicoides (Oecacta) kurensis Dzhafarov, 1960
Culicoides (Oecacta) longipennis Khalaf, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) odiatus Austen, 1921
Culicoides (Oecacta) pictipennis (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Oecacta) sahariensis Kieffer, 1923
Culicoides (Oecacta) semimaculatus Clastrier, 1958
Culicoides (Oecacta) shaklawensis Khalaf, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) simulator Edwards, 1939
Culicoides (Oecacta) univittatus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) picturatus Kremer & Deduit, 1961
Culicoides biarcuatus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides bodemheimeri Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides derisor Callot & Kremer, 1965
Culicoides faghihi Naval, 1971
Culicoides firuzae Dzhafarov, 1958
Culicoides flavipes Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides flavirostris Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides jumineri Callot & Kremer, 1969
Culicoides langeroni Kieffer, 1921
Culicoides maritime Kieffer, 1924
Culicoides mesghalii Naval, 1973
Culicoides micromaculatus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides miuntissimus Zetterstedt, 1855
Culicoides mystacinus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides neomontanus Wirth, 1976Siberian phlox
Culicoides pseudopallidus Khalaf, 1961
Culicoides puripennis Austen, 1921
Culicoides quadrivittatus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides quinquermaculatus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides simulans (Vimmer, 1932)⇒ Culicoides travisi Vargas, 1949
Culicoides subneglectus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides tentorius Austen, 1921
Culicoides travisi Vargas, 1949
Culicoides trivittatus Vimmer, 1932
Culicoides vidourlensis Callot, Krem..., 1968
Culicoides vitreipennis Austen, 1921
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) subochrea Edwards, 1921
Dasyhelea dasyptera Goetghebuer, 1934
Dicrotendipes pilosimanus (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes quaturodecimpunctatus Goetghebuer, 1936
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dixa kaplani Wagner, Frei..., 1992
Dixa punctata Wiedemann, 1830
Dixella golanensis Wagner, Frei..., 1992
Dixella israelis Wagner, Frei..., 1992
Dixella laeta (Loew, 1849)⇒ Dixella martinii Peus, 1934
Dixella martinii Peus, 1934
Dixella obscura Loew, 1849Meniscus midges
Forcipomyia brachypetiolata Vimmer, 1918
Forcipomyia flavomaculata Vimmer, 1928
Forcipomyia immaculata Vimmer, 1928
Forcipomyia ochracea Vimmer, 1928
Greniera dobyi Beaucournu &..., 1987
Halocladius (Halocladius) mediterraneus Hirvenoja, 1973
Kiefferulus chloronotus Kieffer, 1911
Kolenohelea levantica Alwin-Kownac..., 2016
Leptoconops montigena Clastrier, 1981
Levitinia freidbergi Saguez & Bra..., 1987
Limnophyes lindneri Goetghebuer, 1934
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Microchironomus lendli Kieffer, 1918
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Nilodorum brevibucca Kieffer, 1922
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) caspius Pallas, 1771
Plhudsonia acuticauda Saether, 1992
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laterale Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) subovatum Freeman, 1958
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) kibatiense Goetghebuer, 1936
Polypedilum czernyi Vimmer, 1934
Polypedilum genesareth Kieffer, 1915
Polypedilum pseudoscalaenum Vimmer, 1934
Polypedilum tiberiadis Kieffer, 1915
Procladiini tiberiadis Kieffer, 1914
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Serromyia diabolica Dominiak & M..., 2015
Serromyia galilaeae Alwin-Kownac..., 2016
Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries, 1824
Simulium (Nevermannia) flavipes (Austen, 1921)⇒ Simulium aureum Fries, 1824
Simulium (Wilhelmia) bravermani Beaucournu-S..., 1986
Stictochironomus caffrarius Kieffer, 1921
Trichotanypus tiberiadis (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Procladiini tiberiadis Kieffer, 1914
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) unguiculata Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Virgatanytarsus arduennensis Goetghebuer, 1922
Virgatanytarsus hulensis Kugler, 1973
Virgatanytarsus nigricornis Goetghebuer, 1935
Virgatanytarsus subreflexens Freeman, 1955

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Israel
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
29
101
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
9
48
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
3
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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