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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
271
1469
2337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
271
1469
2337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
253
1436
2291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
194
1288
2132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
38
108
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
41
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
2
7
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melbourne
2 Families width 17 Species
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito13SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melbourne
7 Genera with 17 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1889Ochlerotatus6SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1920Typical Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1937Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Finlaya Theobald, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhinocladius Edwards, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Stictocladius Edwards, 19612SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melbourne
17 Species
Aedes (Edwardsaedes) imprimens (Walker, 1860)⇒ Edwardsaedes imprimens Walker, 1861
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes alboannulatus (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Dobrotworskyius alboannulatus Macquart, 1850
Aedes imperfectus (Dobrotworsky, 1962)⇒ Ochlerotatus imperfectus Dobrotworsky, 1962
Aedes rubrithorax (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Dobrotworskyius rubrithorax Macquart, 1850
Aedes sagax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus sagax Skuse, 1889
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) australicus Dobrotworsky..., 1953Australian house mosquito
Culex (Culex) globocoxitus Dobrotworsky, 1953
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Melanoconion) phlogistus Dyar, 1920
Culiseta (Culicella) inconspicua Lee, 1937
Rhinocladius tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917
Stictocladius uniserialis Freeman, 1961
Stictocladius victoriensis Freeman, 1961

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Melbourne
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
4
13
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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