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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
846
2770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
147
597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
50
316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
5 Families width 316 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge50SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids37SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito208SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies20SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Kenya
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
32
87
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
17
209
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
20
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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