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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region North-Central Mexico (Central Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
381
3211
5854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3210
5853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
364
3146
5687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
240
2486
4623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
224
386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
36
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
26
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North-Central Mexico
5 Families width 115 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito76SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge14SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies22SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North-Central Mexico
26 Genera with 115 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1970Ochlerotatus19SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1827Malaria Mosquitoes14SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito25SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1960Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Georgecraigius Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1903Shoulder Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1896Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1939Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1819Canopy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 194622SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1896Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1924Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1905Bromeliad Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North-Central Mexico
115 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) kummi Edwards, 1930Hell's Canyon woodlandsnail
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 bimaculatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes idahoensis Theobald, 1903
Aedes muelleri Dyar, 1920
Aedes purpureipes Aitken, 1941
Aedes quadrivittatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes shannoni Vargas & Downs, 1950
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Aedes vargasi Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Anopheles (Anopheles) aztecus Hoffmann, 1935Red mulberry
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) fausti Vargas, 1943Cutleaf meadowparsnip
Anopheles (Anopheles) franciscanus Mccracken, 1904
Anopheles (Anopheles) judithae Zavortink, 1969
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) parapunctipennis Martini, 1932Crown of thorns
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Bezzia mexicana Spinelli, 1991
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) erythrothorax Dyar, 1907
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culex) thriambus (Dyar, 1921)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Melanoconion) peccator Dyar & Knab, 1909
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Neoculex) apicalis (Adams, 1903)⇒ Psorophora cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Culex (Neoculex) arizonensis Bohart, 1949
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Dasyhelea huasteca Huerta & Iba..., 1999
Dasyhelea ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea scissurae Macfie, 1937Bushy frostweed
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia mexicana Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Forcipomyia nodosa Saunders, 1959
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lutzia (Lutzia) bigoti Hart, 1896
Mesosmittia guanajensis Andersen & M..., 2002
Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
Palpomyia bottimeri Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries, 1824
Simulium (Hemicnetha) bricenoi Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) freemani Vargas & Najera, 1949
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pulverulentum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Hemicnetha) solarii Stone, 1948Smallflower mock buckthorn
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Hemicnetha) yepocapense Dalmat, 1949
Simulium (Notolepria) exiguum (Roubaud, 1906)⇒ Simulium lutzi Knab, 1913
Simulium (Notolepria) gonzalezi Vargas & Dia..., 1953
Simulium (Psilopelmia) bivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) dugesi Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Psilopelmia) gonzalezherrejoni Diaz Najera, 1969
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Psilopelmia) samboni Jennings, 1915
Simulium (Psilopelmia) trivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilozia) argus Williston, 1893
Simulium (Simulium) hunteri Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Simulium) iriartei Vargas & al., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Xenosimulium) ganalesense Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites rutilus Coquillett, 1896Elephant Mosquito
Uranotaenia syntheta (Dyar & Shannon, 1924)⇒ Uranotaenia anhydor Dyar, 1907
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) celaenocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia guatemala Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia mitchellii Theobald, 1905Bromeliad mosquito

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in North-Central Mexico
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
9
16
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
16
77
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
22
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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