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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
320
2218
3746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
318
2216
3744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
306
2167
3663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
206
1748
3051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
56
238
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
11
39
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
6
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mauritius
3 Families width 24 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito22SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mauritius
6 Genera with 24 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1948Ochlerotatus7SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1902Malaria Mosquitoes6SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1908Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 17811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
24 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) fowleri Charmoy, 1908
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Rusticoidus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) mascarensis MacGregor, 1924
Aedes (Stegomyia) vinsoni Mattingly, 1953
Aedes tonkingi Gebert, 1948
Anopheles (Anopheles) coustani Laveran, 1900
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis (Patton, 1905)⇒ Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) maculipalpis Giles, 1902
Anopheles (Cellia) merus Dönitz, 1902
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) thalassius Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Eumelanomyia) insignis Carter, 1911
Culex (Maillotia) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Culex (Neoculex) apicalis (Adams, 1903)⇒ Psorophora cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Forcipomyia pinheyi Clastrier & ..., 1984
Orthopodomyia arboricollis de Charmoy, 1908
Stictochironomus sticticus Fabricius, 1781

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Mauritius
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
4
22
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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