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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Kanto (Honshu, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
470
5292
8952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
470
5292
8952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
446
5198
8810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
4427
7653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
62
472
770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
140
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
73
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kanto
4 Families width 177 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids158SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito11SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge5SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae (Newman, 1834)Black flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kanto
73 Genera with 177 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1948Ochlerotatus4SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1771Malaria Mosquitoes1SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1898Cord Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Benthalia Lipina, 01SpeciesTaxom
Biwatendipes Tokunaga, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1972Non-biting midges11SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 198414SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1901Typical Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1957Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1979Snow Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Epoicocladius Sulc & ZavÍ..., 19841SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19795SpeciesTaxom
Eusimulium Roubaud, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Hahayusurika Sasa & Suzuki, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobaenus Fries, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19834SpeciesTaxom
Lipiniella Shilova, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1859Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19845SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Nilodorum Mattoon and ..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19797SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19832SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 193819SpeciesTaxom
Prodiamesa Kieffer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Propsilocerus Kieffer, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19802SpeciesTaxom
Saetheria Jackson, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Sasayusurika Makarchenko, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Spaniotoma Philippi, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Syndiamesa Kieffer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 20103SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1984Green Midges16SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 20024SpeciesTaxom
Tokyobrillia Kobayashi & ..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Trissopelopia Kieffer, 18391SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kanto
177 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Ablabesmyia prorasha Kobayashi & ..., 2002
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) wadai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes nipponicus LaCasse & Ya..., 1948
Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus Pallas, 1771
Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus Coquillett, 1898
Benthalia dissidens
Biwatendipes tsukubaensis Sasa & Ueno, 1993
Boreoheptagyia unica Makarchenko, 1994
Brillia japonica Tokunaga, 1939
Brillia ogasaquinta Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Camptocladius microtomus (Kieffer, 1924)⇒ Orthocladiinae microtomus Kieffer, 1924
Chaetocladius sudagaicedeus Sasa & Tanaka, 2001
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Chironomus (Chironomus) strenzkei (Fittkau, 1968)⇒ Chironomus nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus claggi Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga, 1936
Chironomus nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979
Chironomus nipponensis Tokunaga, 1940
Chironomus plumosulus Golubeva, 1987
Chironomus yoshimatsui Martin e Sub..., 1972
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) ogasaseptimus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) ogasasextus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) triannulatus Macquart, 1826
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cricotopus (Isocladius) tricinctus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus bimaculatus Tokunaga, 1936
Cricotopus metatibialis Tokunaga, 1936
Cricotopus tamadigitatus Sasa, 1981
Cricotopus tamannulatus Sasa, 1981
Cricotopus tamapullus (Sasa, 1981)⇒ Chironomus tamapullus Sas..., 1981
Cricotopus tamasimplex Sasa, 1981
Cricotopus yatabensis Sasa, 1979
Cricotopus yunoquintus Sasa, 1984
Cryptochironomus tamayoroi Sasa, 1983
Cryptotendipes tamacutus Sasa, 1983
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) sasai Kano, Nitaha..., 1954
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culicoides (Amossovia) dendrophilus Amossova, 1957
Demicryptochironomus chuzequartus Sasa, 1984
Diamesa tsukuba Sasa, 1979
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dicrotendipes tamaviridis Sasa, 1981
Endochironomus pekanus Kieffer, 1916
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Epoicocladius chuzeundecimus Sasa, 1984
Eukiefferiella chuzenonus Sasa, 1984
Eukiefferiella chuzeoctavus Sasa, 1984
Eukiefferiella ogasaoctava Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Eukiefferiella tamaflavus Sasa, 1981
Eukiefferiella yasunoi Sasa, 1979
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Glyptotendipes tokunagai Sasa, 1979
Hahayusurika ogasaundecima Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Harnischia japonica Hashimoto, 1984
Kiefferulus umbraticola Yamamoto, 1979
Krenopelopia yunouresia Sasa, 1989
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes tamakireides (Sasa, 1983)⇒ Limnophyes gurgicola Edwards, 1929
Limnophyes tamakitanaides Sasa, 1981
Limnophyes tamakiyoides Sasa, 1983
Lipiniella moderata Kalugina, 1970
Lutzia vorax Bellardi, 1859Graceful asterella
Macropelopia ogasasextdecima Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Metriocnemus ogasadecimus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Metriocnemus tamaokui Sasa, 1983
Microchironomus tener Kieffer, 1918
Micropsectra chuzelonga Sasa, 1984
Micropsectra chuzenotescens Sasa, 1984
Micropsectra chuzeprima Sasa, 1984
Micropsectra kurobemaculata Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
Micropsectra yunoprima Sasa, 1984
Microtendipes famiefeus Sasa, 1996
Microtendipes parachloris Niitsuma, 2017
Microtendipes tamaogouti Sasa, 1983
Microtendipes tsukubaensis Sasa, 1979
Microtendipes umbrosus Freeman, 1955
Nannoodes pseudocistela A. Handlirsch, 1906
Nanocladius tamabicolor Sasa, 1981
Nilodorum tainanus Kieffer, 1912
Orthocladius chuzeseptimus Sasa, 1984
Orthocladius chuzesextus Sasa, 1984
Orthocladius makabensis Sasa, 1979
Orthocladius tamanitidus Sasa, 1981
Orthocladius tamaputridus Sasa, 1981
Orthocladius tamarutilus Sasa, 1981
Orthocladius yugashimaensis Sasa, 1979
Parachironomus frequens Johannsen, 1905
Parachironomus monochromus (Wulp, 1874)⇒ Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Paracladopelma tamahikawai Sasa, 1983
Paracladopelma tamanipparai Sasa, 1983
Parakiefferiella tamatriangulata Sasa, 1981
Parametriocnemus chuzedecimus Sasa, 1984
Parametriocnemus stylatus Kieffer, 1924
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus intricatus Goetghebuer, 1921
Paratanytarsus tamanegi Sasa, 1983
Paratendipes tamafuscus Kobayashi, 1991
Paratendipes tamayubal Sasa, 1983
Paratrichocladius tamaater Sasa, 1981
Paratrissocladius ogasaduodecimus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Paryphoconus telmatophilus Macfie, 1940
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) convexum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) cultellatum Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Polypedilum asakawaense Sasa, 1980
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum japonicum Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum kobotokense Sasa, 1981
Polypedilum kyotoense Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum masudai Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum takaoense Sasa, 1980
Polypedilum tamagohanum Sasa, 1983
Polypedilum tamagoryoense Sasa, 1980
Polypedilum tamaharaki Sasa, 1983
Polypedilum tamahosohige Sasa, 1983
Polypedilum tamanigrum Sasa, 1983
Polypedilum tamasemusi Sasa, 1983
Polypedilum tigrinum Hashimoto, 1983
Polypedilum unifascium Tokunaga, 1938
Prodiamesa chuzenigra Sasa, 1989
Propsilocerus akamusi Tokunaga, 1938
Prosimulium kazukii Takaoka, Sai..., 2018
Psectrocladius aquatronus Sasa, 1979
Psectrocladius yunoquartus Sasa, 1984
Pseudosmittia holsata Thienemann &..., 1940
Pseudosmittia oxoniana (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Hydrosmittia oxoniana Edwards, 1922
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) chalybeatus Edwards, 1929
Rheocricotopus tamabrevis Sasa, 1983
Rheocricotopus tamahumeralis Sasa, 1981
Rheotanytarsus tamaquartus Sasa, 1980
Rheotanytarsus tamaquintus Sasa, 1980
Saetheria tylus Townes, 1945
Sasayusurika aenigmata Makarchenko, 1993
Simulium (Simulium) japonicum (Matsumura, 1931)⇒ Simulium nacojapi Smart, 1944
Simulium (Wilhelmia) lineatum (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Simulium novolineatum Puri, 1933
Smittia pratorum Goetghebuer, 1927
Spaniotoma bifurcata (Tokunaga, 1936)⇒ Orthocladiinae bifurcata Tokunaga, 1936
Stictochironomus sticticus Fabricius, 1781
Stictochironomus tamamontuki Sasa, 1983
Syndiamesa chuzemagna Sasa, 1989
Synorthocladius tamaparvulus Sasa, 1981
Tanypus (Apelopia) neopunctipennis Sublette, 1964
Tanypus (Tanypus) kraatzi Kieffer, 1912
Tanypus nakazatoi Kobayashi, 2010
Tanytarsus angulatus Kawai, 1991
Tanytarsus chuzesecundus Sasa, 1984
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus ogasaquartus Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Tanytarsus ogasatertius Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Tanytarsus oscillans Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus oyamai Sasa, 1979
Tanytarsus takahashii Kawai & Sasa, 1985
Tanytarsus tamadecimus Sasa, 1980
Tanytarsus tamaduodecimus Sasa, 1983
Tanytarsus tamagotoi Sasa, 1983
Tanytarsus tamakutibasi Sasa, 1983
Tanytarsus tamanonus Sasa, 1980
Tanytarsus tonebeceus Sasa & Tanaka, 2000
Tanytarsus unagiseptimus Sasa, 1985
Tanytarsus yunosecundus Sasa, 1984
Thienemanniella chuzeduodecimus Sasa, 1984
Thienemanniella ogasaquardecima Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Thienemanniella ogasaquindecima Sasa & Suzuki, 1997
Thienemanniella tonewquerea Sasa & Tanaka, 2002
Tokyobrillia tamamegaseta Kobayashi, 1991
Trissopelopia longimana Sæther, 1839

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Kanto
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
65
163
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
5
11
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
3
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Culicomorpha at marinespecies.org