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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Lancaster County (Virginia, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
83
184
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
83
184
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
78
169
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
63
141
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
12
16
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
4
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lancaster County (Virginia)
3 Families width 5 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lancaster County (Virginia)
4 Genera with 5 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1762Ochlerotatus2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1905Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lancaster County (Virginia)
5 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Chironomus decorus Johannsen, 1905Disphyma
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Lancaster County (Virginia)
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
2
1
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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