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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
151
4728
39323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
40
1153
11412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
8
396
4013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
8 Families width 4013 Species and 19 Subspecies
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge978SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge46SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1892SpeciesTaxom
Corethrellidae (Wood & Borkent, 1986)Frog biting midge1SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito571SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges77SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies413SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges35SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in North America
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
321
2870
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
4
48
695
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
27
448
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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