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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
479
5421
11764
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
478
5419
11762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
463
5359
11600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
4321
9644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
76
571
1255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
14
64
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
32
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northwest Mexico
5 Families width 155 Species
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito70SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids7SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge56SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies21SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northwest Mexico
32 Genera with 155 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1902Ochlerotatus16SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1820Malaria Mosquitoes10SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito19SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1953Midge24SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 197810SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1909Crabhole Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 199311SpeciesTaxom
Georgecraigius Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1938Shoulder Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19735SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1939Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1908Gang Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 195020SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Tlalocomyia Wygodzinsky ..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1896Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northwest Mexico
155 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 burgeri Zavortink, 1972Mat prickly gilia
Aedes laguna Arnell & Nie..., 1972
Aedes mitchellae Dyar, 1905
Aedes monticola Belkin & McD..., 1957Western treehole mosquito
Aedes muelleri Dyar, 1920
Aedes nigromaculis Ludlow, 1906Medium-sized pasture floodwater mosquito
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes purpureipes Aitken, 1941
Aedes schicki Zavortink, 1972Mat prickly gilia
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes thelcter Dyar, 1918
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi Coquillett, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) fausti Vargas, 1943Cutleaf meadowparsnip
Anopheles (Anopheles) franciscanus Mccracken, 1904
Anopheles (Anopheles) freeborni Aitken, 1939
Anopheles (Anopheles) judithae Zavortink, 1969
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Clunio fuscipennis Wirth, 1952Florida phlox
Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856Cattail Mosquito
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar, 1922
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted 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) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Micraedes) schicki Berlin, 1969
Culex (Neoculex) arizonensis Bohart, 1949
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culicoides (Amossovia) cochisensis Wirth & Blanton, 1967
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides (Oecacta) furens Poey, 1851
Culicoides arizonensis Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides bajensis Wirth & Assi..., 1979
Culicoides boydi Wirth & Mullens, 1992
Culicoides cacticola Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides copiosus Root & Hoffman, 1937Schaffner's wattle
Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides hieroglyphicus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides hoguei Wirth & Assi..., 1979Longleaf phlox
Culicoides insolatus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides iphthimus Zhou & Lee, 1984
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides kettlei Breidenbaugh..., 1999
Culicoides melleus Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides mohave Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957
Culicoides ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides sitiens Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides werneri Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides willistoni Wirth & Blanton, 1953
Culiseta impatiens Walker, 1848Snow mosquito
Culiseta incidens Thomson, 1869Fish pond mosquito
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) fasciigera Kieffer, 1925
Dasyhelea bajaensis
Dasyhelea bajensis Wirth, 1978
Dasyhelea cactorum Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea griseola Wirth, 1978
Dasyhelea longicerci
Dasyhelea pentalineata Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea pollex Borkent & Fo..., 1986
Dasyhelea ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea sonorensis Wirth, 1978
Deinocerites epitedeus Knab, 1907
Deinocerites mcdonaldi Belkin & Hogue, 1959
Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909
Dixella cumbrica Peters, 1966Philadelphia blackberry
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia baueri Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Forcipomyia cochisei Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Forcipomyia desertensis Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Forcipomyia dorsalis Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia goniognatha Wirth & Mess..., 1971Longleaf phlox
Forcipomyia leptognatha Wirth & Mess..., 1971Longleaf phlox
Forcipomyia pricei Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Forcipomyia sinuosa Dow & Wirth, 1972
Forcipomyia werneri Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) mesodentatus Komp & Kumm, 1938
Leptoconops doyeni Spinelli & R..., 1993
Leptoconops freeborni Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Leptoconops torrens Townsend, 1893
Leptoconops vargasi Clastrier & ..., 1978
Leptoconops werneri Wirth, 1973Smooth phlox
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
Palpomyia armatipes Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Palpomyia bottimeri Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Palpomyia linsleyi Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Palpomyia subaspera Coquillett, 1901
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paryphoconus sonorensis Wirth & Rata..., 1972
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Psorophora (Grabhamia) columbiae Dyar & Knab, 1906Dark rice field mosquito
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Grabhamia) signipennis Coquillett, 1904
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Psorophora (Psorophora) stonei Vargas, 1956
Psorophora horrida (Dyar & Knab, 1908)⇒ Psorophora horridus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries, 1824
Simulium (Hemicnetha) bricenoi Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Hemicnetha) canadense Hearle, 1932Scarlet larkspur
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Hemicnetha) yepocapense Dalmat, 1949
Simulium (Nevermannia) carbunculum Adler, Curri..., 2004
Simulium (Nevermannia) pugetense Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) haematopotum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) mediovittatum Knab, 1915Coastal seepweed
Simulium (Psilopelmia) ochraceum Walker, 1861Black fly
Simulium (Psilopelmia) trivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) zempoalense Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Psilozia) argus Williston, 1893
Simulium (Simulium) bustosi Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) iriartei Vargas & al., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) jobbinsi Vargas & Pal..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum (Lundström, 1911)⇒ Simulium tuberosum Lundström, 1911
Simulium ethelae Dalmat, 1950
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanypus parastellatus Sublette, 1964
Tlalocomyia alticola Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Toxorhynchites rutilus Coquillett, 1896Elephant Mosquito
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia sapphirina Osten Sacken, 1868
Uranotaenia socialis Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Northwest Mexico
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
14
63
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
16
71
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
2
21
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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