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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region La Virgen (Sarapiquí, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
238
2340
3251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
238
2340
3251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
227
2315
3213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
167
2047
2956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
42
196
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
20
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
9
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for La Virgen
3 Families width 9 Species
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for La Virgen
9 Genera with 9 Species
Anopheles Meigen, 1818
Malaria Mosquitoes0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1976Typical Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for La Virgen
9 Species
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Forcipomyia herediae Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia luteigenua Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in La Virgen
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
4
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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