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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Oslo (East Norway, Norway)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
393
3280
7609
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
391
3277
7606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
372
3239
7538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
280
2843
6897
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
72
633
1549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
208
583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
77
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Oslo
6 Families width 142 Species
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids105SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito12SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge14SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge4SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges6SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Oslo
77 Genera with 142 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1830Ochlerotatus6SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Camptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1794Glassworm3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1838Non-biting midges17SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17945SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1839Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1776Cool Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Diplocladius Kieffer, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsidia Sæther, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19934SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19097SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Mochlonyx Loew, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19493SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Paracladius Hirvenoja, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectra Reiss, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19281SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 1943
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1838Green Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Thaumalea Ruthe, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Tvetenia Tvetenia, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oslo
142 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) aspera Roback, 1959
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantans (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Ochlerotatus cantans Meigen, 1818
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856Woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) brunnipes Meigen, 1804
Brillia longifurca (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Brillia flavifrons Johannsen, 1905
Brillia modesta (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Brillia bifida Kieffer, 1909
Bryophaenocladius ictericus Meigen, 1830
Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Ceratopogon niveipennis Meigen, 1818
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) perennis Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) crystallinus De Geer, 1776Phantom larva
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus (Peusomyia) pallidus Fabricius, 1794
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Chironominae lugens Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) prasinus Meigen, 1804
Chironomus (Chironomus) pseudothummi Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus flaveolus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus latus (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Chironominae latus Staeger, 1839
Chironomus littorellus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Chironominae littorellus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus punctatus Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus pusio (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Orthocladiinae pusio Meigen, 1830
Chironomus sociellus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chironominae sociellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Chironomus viridis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Glyptotendipes viridis Macquart, 1834
Cladopelma virescens (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Cladopelma edwardsi Kruseman, 1933
Clinotanypus nervosus Meigen, 1818
Conchapelopia melanops Meigen, 1818
Corynoneura atomaria Zetterstedt, 1850
Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tibialis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Cricotopus reversus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tremulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cricotopus (Isocladius) glacialis Edwards, 1922
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) psittacinus Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Cryptochironomus bavaricus Goetghebuer, 1939
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) vagans Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culicoides (Culicoides) pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758Biting midge
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Oecacta) pictipennis (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis Stephens, 1825
Culiseta (Culiseta) alaskaensis Ludlow, 1906
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) flavoscutellata Zetterstedt, 1850
Demicryptochironomus (Demicryptochironomus) vulneratus Zetterstedt, 1838
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Diplocladius cultriger Kieffer, 1908Prairie fameflower
Dixa (Coquillettidia) borealis Martini, 1928
Dixa (Coquillettidia) nebulosa Meigen, 1830
Dixa (Coquillettidia) puberula Loew, 1849
Dixella aestivalis Meigen, 1818
Dixella amphibia De Geer, 1776
Dixella nigra Stæger, 1840
Edwardsidia philhygra Edwards, 1931
Einfeldia mendax Stora, 1936
Endochironomus dispar (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Synendotendipes dispar Meigen, 1830
Endochironomus tendens Fabricius, 1775
Eukiefferiella brevicalcar Kieffer, 1911
Eukiefferiella claripennis Lundbeck, 1898
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Gymnometriocnemus (Gymnometriocnemus) subnudus Edwards, 1929
Gymnometriocnemus (Rhaphidocladius) brumalis Edwards, 1929
Gymnometriocnemus (Rhaphidocladius) volitans Goetghebuer, 1940
Gymnometriocnemus kamimegavirgus Sasa & Hirab..., 1993
Halocladius (Halocladius) variabilis Staeger, 1839Marine midge
Heterotrissocladius marcidus Walker, 1856
Lauterborniella agrayloides Kieffer, 1911
Limnophyes habilis Walker, 1856
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes prolongatus (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Limnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Macropelopia nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Mallochohelea nitida Macquart, 1826
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) albolineatus Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) picipes Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra contracta Reiss, 1965
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra klinki Stur & Ekrem, 2006
Micropsectra notescens Walker, 1856
Micropsectra pallidula Meigen, 1830
Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939
Micropsectra roseiventris Kieffer, 1909
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Mochlonyx fuliginosus Felt, 1905
Nanocladius (Nanocladius) rectinervis Kieffer, 1911
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) thienemanni Kieffer, 1906Pygmy fameflower
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) dentifer Brundin, 1947Chironomid
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) nudipennis Goetghebuer, 1949
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) armipes Meigen, 1838
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) flavipes Meigen, 1804
Palpomyia lacteipennis Remm, 1976
Paracladius alpicola Zetterstedt, 1850
Paramerina divisa Walker, 1856
Parametriocnemus stylatus Kieffer, 1924
Paraphaenocladius exagitans Johannsen, 1905
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paraphaenocladius pseudirritus Strenzke, 1950
Parapsectra styriaca Reiss, 1969
Paratanytarsus penicillatus Goetghebuer, 1928
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratendipes duplicatus Johannsen, 1937Dewflower
Paratrichocladius rufiventris Meigen, 1830
Phaenopsectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) pedestre Meigen, 1830
Polypedilum (Tripodura) pullum Zetterstedt, 1838
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Rheocricotopus (Rheocricotopus) fuscipes Kieffer, 1909Pygmy fameflower
Serromyia femorata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Serromyia morio (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia leucopogon Meigen, 1804
Stictochironomus pictulus Meigen, 1830
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Tanypus (Tanypus) punctipennis Meigen, 1818
Tanypus melanurus (Doleschall, 1856)⇒ Zavrelimyia melanura Meigen, 1804
Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963Sulphur mallow
Tanytarsus ejuncidus Walker, 1856
Tanytarsus heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923
Tanytarsus productus Zetterstedt, 1838
Thaumalea (Helodon) testacea Ruthe, 1831
Thienemannia gracei Edwards, 1929
Thienemanniella obscura Brundin, 1947
Thienemannimyia carnea Fabricius, 1805
Thienemannimyia northumbrica Edwards, 1929
Tribelos intextus (Walker, 1856)⇒ Tribelos intextum Walker, 1856
Tvetenia calvescens Edwards, 1929

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Oslo
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
69
119
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
7
22
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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