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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Nicaragua (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
424
4260
8007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
423
4259
8007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
403
4172
7847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
259
3357
6494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
64
488
652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
84
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
47
152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nicaragua
5 Families width 152 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito100SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids9SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge32SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nicaragua
47 Genera with 152 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1907Ochlerotatus12SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1820Malaria Mosquitoes8SpeciesTaxom
Antillocladius Sæther, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Chagasia Cruz, 1928Basal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1901Glassworm2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Coelotanypus Kieffer, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 2008Frog-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1915Typical Mosquito30SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1968Midge21SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1909Crabhole Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Diplocladius Kieffer, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 01SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1921Shoulder Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 01SpeciesTaxom
Isostomyia Coquillett, 1914Grasping Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lipurometriocnemus Saether, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1915Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Neobezzia Wirth & Rata..., 19721SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1907Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Paralauterborniella Lenz, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1901Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Runchomyia Theobald, 1905Filament Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1819Canopy Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Shannoniana Lane & Cerqu..., 1908Toothy Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 18598SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1905Hairy-Lipped Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1891Heaven Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1975Bromeliad Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nicaragua
152 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes allotecnon Kumm, Komp &..., 1940
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes gubernatoris Giles, 1901
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes septemstriatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes sexlineatus Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes thorntoni Dyar & Knab, 1907
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) fausti Vargas, 1943Cutleaf meadowparsnip
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai Howard, Dyar..., 1906Little walnut
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Antillocladius pluspilalus Saether, 1982
Bryophaenocladius pichinensis Wang, Anders..., 2005
Chagasia bathana Dyar, 1928
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) albatus Johnson, 1921Michaux's stitchwort
Chaoborus brasiliensis Theobald, 1901
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Clinohelea horacioi Lane, 1944
Coelotanypus olmecus Roback, 1965
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) arribalzagae Theobald, 1903
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Corethrella (Corethrella) squamifemora Borkent, 2008
Culex (Anoedioporpa) corrigani Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Carrollia) babahoyensis Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) ousqua Dyar, 1918
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) usquatus Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) epanatasis Dyar, 1922
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) kummi Komp & Rozeboom, 1951
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) serratimarge Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Melanoconion) zeteki Dyar, 1918
Culex (Microculex) jenningsi Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Tinolestes) latisquama Coquillett, 1906
Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Oecacta) shortti Smith & Swam..., 1932
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides crescentris Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides efferus Fox, 1952
Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides luteoventus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides lyrinotatus Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides metagonatus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides propriipennis Macfie, 1948
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides trinidadensis Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides xanifer Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Deinocerites epitedeus Knab, 1907
Deinocerites howardi Belkin & Hogue, 1959
Deinocerites nicoyae Adames & Hogue, 1970
Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909
Diplocladius cultriger Kieffer, 1908Prairie fameflower
Downeshelea chiapasi
Forcipomyia harpa Spinelli & B..., 2004
Forcipomyia leei Wirth & Rata..., 1978Longhair phlox
Goeldichironomus amazonicus Fittkau, 1968Midge
Haemagogus (Conopostegus) clarki Galindo, Car..., 1953
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) chalcospilans Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) iridicolor Dyar, 1921
Heteromyia wokei
Isostomyia espini Martini, 1914
Johnbelkinia leucopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Johnbelkinia longipes Fabricius, 1805
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lipurometriocnemus longicosta Oliver, 1985
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Monohelea chiapasi Lane & Wirth, 1964
Monohelea chirusi Lane & Wirth, 1964
Neobezzia blantoni Wirth & Rata..., 1972
Orthopodomyia phyllozoa Dyar & Knab, 1907
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paryphoconus terminalis Coquillett, 1904
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens Philip, 1941
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Runchomyia (Ctenogoeldia) magna Theobald, 1905
Sabethes (Peytonulus) undosus Coquillett, 1906
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Shannoniana fluviatilis Theobald, 1903
Shannoniana moralesi Dyar & Knab, 1919
Shannoniana schedocyclium Dyar & Knab, 1908
Simulium (Hemicnetha) earlei Vargas & Najera, 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) downsi Vargas, Pala..., 1946Hedge parsley
Simulium (Psilopelmia) haematopotum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) panamense Fairchild, 1940
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Stenochironomus leptopus Kieffer, 1906
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites superbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Trichoprosopon pallidiventer Lutz, 1905
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) geometrica Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia nataliae Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia (Triamyia) aporonoma Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) melanopus Dyar, 1919
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) simmsi Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia arborea Galindo, Car..., 1951
Wyeomyia chalcocephala Adisoemarto ..., 1975

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Nicaragua
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
23
41
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
23
103
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
8
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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