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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Northwest China (West China, China)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
332
2063
5928
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
332
2063
5928
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
307
2025
5886
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
196
1457
4513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
44
190
487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
14
53
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
17
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northwest China
5 Families width 30 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge11SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids13SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northwest China
17 Genera with 30 Species
Anopheles Meigen, 1828Malaria Mosquitoes2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomaptera Ping, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 2001Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 20018SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Huabeitendipes Hong, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Manlayamyia Kalugina, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Natarsia Fittkau, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Olecryptotendipes Zorina, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 03SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1983Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northwest China
30 Species
Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus Pallas, 1771
Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis Wiedemann, 1828Chinese malaria mosquito
Chironomaptera gregaria C. Ping, 1928
Culicoides tahemanensis Liu & Ma, 2001
Dasyhelea effusa Liu & Yu, 2001
Demicryptochironomus concavus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Demicryptochironomus constrictus Yan, Tang & ..., 2005
Forcipomyia bahelea Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia claudus Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia deformis Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia foliacceus Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia frigidus Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia herbaceus Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia pinjiensis Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Forcipomyia recussus Liu, Yan, Li..., 2001
Harnischia hamata Wang, Zheng ..., 1993
Huabeitendipes wuqiensis Y. C. Hong, 1995
Leptoconops yixini Liu, 1997
Manlayamyia dabeigouensis J. F. Zhang, 1991
Metriocnemus calvescens Saether, 1995
Natarsia qinlingica Cheng & Wang, 2006
Olecryptotendipes lenzi Zorina, 2001
Paraphaenocladius triangulus Saether & Wang, 1995
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum unifascium Tokunaga, 1938
Polypedilum yongsanensis
Simulium (Eusimulium) beiwanense Guo, Zhang, ..., 2008
Simulium (Simulium) truncatum Lundstrom, 1911Short Black Fly
Simulium xiaodaoense Liu, Shi & An, 2004
Tanytarsus tamaduodecimus Sasa, 1983

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Northwest China
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
14
24
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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