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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Palau (Micronesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
1164
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
1164
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
208
1113
1774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
129
778
1258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
40
173
442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
11
75
263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
38
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Palau
4 Families width 178 Species and 2 Subspecies
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito24SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge95SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids58SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Palau
38 Genera with 178 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1946Ochlerotatus13SpeciesTaxom
Allohelea Kieffer, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1927Malaria Mosquitoes2SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19597SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1928Non-biting midges8SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1901Typical Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1959Midge13SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 195922SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Ficalbia Theobald, 1903
Small Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 192330SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1820Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 196410SpeciesTaxom
Pontomyia Edwards, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 196411SpeciesTaxom
Rhagosmittia Ferrington &..., 19351SpeciesTaxom
Semiocladius Sublette & W..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19642SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Stenochiyonomus1SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 195915SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1985Green Midges12SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1904Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1957Broadtail Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Palau
178 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aedes (Lorrainea) amesii Ludlow, 1903
Aedes (Lorrainea) fumidus Edwards, 1928
Aedes (Lorrainea) lamelliferus Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) dybasi Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Stegomyia) hensilli Farner, 1945
Aedes (Stegomyia) palauensis Bohart, 1956
Aedes dorseyi Knight, 1946
Aedes gressitti Bohart, 1956
Aedes hui Bohart, 1956
Aedes kabaenensis Brug, 1939
Aedes lewelleni Starkey & Webb, 1946
Allohelea insularis Tokunaga, 1941
Alluaudomyia bipunctata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Anopheles (Anopheles) barbirostris van der Wulp, 1884
Anopheles (Anopheles) barbumbrosus Strickland &..., 1927
Atrichopogon arciforceps Tokunaga, 1941
Atrichopogon armaticaudalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon brevicornis Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon fenestriscutum Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon raripilipennis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon spinicaudalis Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia maculifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia nigrialula Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia spinositibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) bicoloris Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) calipterus Kieffer, 1908
Chironomus (Chironomus) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) crassicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumatisetigerus Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) praeapicalis Tokunaga, 1964
Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Clunio pacificus Edwards, 1926
Compterosmittia claggi Tokunaga, 1964
Compterosmittia tuberculifera Tokunaga, 1964
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1964
Cryptochironomus javae Kieffer, 1924
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Eumelanomyia) malayi Leicester, 1908
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culicoides (Avaritia) obscurus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) pungens (De Meijere, 1909)⇒ Culicoides obscurus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Culicoides) peregrinus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) guttifer De Meijere, 1907
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) histrio Johannsen, 1946
Culicoides (Oecacta) esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) flavimaculinotalis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) kusaiensis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Oecacta) yasumatsui Tokunaga, 1941
Culicoides (Trithecoides) ardentissimus Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Trithecoides) palauensis Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea carolinensis Tokunaga, 1941
Dasyhelea dybasi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea flavescens Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea fumala Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea furcillifera Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea gressitti Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea insularis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea insulicola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea intonsa Debenham, 1987
Dasyhelea nigripygma Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea palauensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea parvistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea raripilosa Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea sagittifera Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea striipennis Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea subperfida Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea subscutellata Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea truncata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea vittula Tokunaga, 1959
Downeshelea mcdanieli Tokunaga, 1959
Endochironomus palauensis Tokunaga, 1964
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) squamianulipes Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) bituberculifera Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) yapensis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) fascicauda Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) punctipes Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) swezeyana Tokunaga & M..., 1959Midge
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) spinipenis Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) unitheca Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) flavitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) gressitti Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) ornata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) subspadicifascia Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) hamaticauda Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) oligarthra Saunders, 1957Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) chrysopipennis Wirth, 1966
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) feminae Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Saliohelea) deminuta Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) borbonica Clastrier, 1959Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) unituberculata Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) carolinea Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) hamata Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) masaakii Debenham, 1989
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) pectinunguis De Meijere, 1923
Kiefferulus longilobus Kieffer, 1916Midge
Lutzia fuscana Wiedemann, 1820
Mallochohelea sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Monohelea palauensis Tokunaga, 1959
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) convexum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) palauense Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) trukense Tokunaga, 1940
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorpus Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) concomitatum Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) dybasi Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) medivittatum Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) spadix Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) yapense Tokunaga, 1964
Pontomyia oceana Tokunaga, 1964Hyssopleaf asphead
Pseudosmittia bicinctura Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia brachydicrana Edwards, 1927
Pseudosmittia dupia Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia dupla Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia insulsa Johannsen, 1946
Pseudosmittia kraussi Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia maculiventris Edwards, 1933Biting midge
Pseudosmittia palauensis Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia tokunagi Ferrington &..., 2011
Pseudosmittia triangula Tokunaga, 1964
Pseudosmittia zonata Tokunaga, 1964
Rhagosmittia maculiventris Edwards, 1935
Semiocladius brevicornis Tokunaga, 1964
Serromyia esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Simulium (Inseliellum) palauense Stone, 1964
Smittia bicinctura (Tokunaga, 1964)⇒ Orthocladiinae bicinctura Tokunaga, 1964
Stempellina emarginata Tokunaga, 1964
Stempellina gressitti Tokunaga, 1964
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1964
Stenochiyonomus sabroski
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) calcaris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fulviscuta Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fuscigenua Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) latiforceps Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia latiforceps latiforceps
Stilobezzia latiforceps setigera Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) pallidicornis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) spadicicoxalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) subsoror Tokunaga, 1941
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) tenuiforceps Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) truncata Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) unifascidorsalis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) subviridis Macfie, 1934
Stilobezzia setigera Tokunaga, 1959
Tanytarsus dybasi Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus halophilae Edwards, 1926
Tanytarsus insulicola Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus lamnicaudus Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus latiforceps Edwards, 1941
Tanytarsus magnihamatus Tokunaga, 1933Hyssopleaf asphead
Tanytarsus ovatus Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus pelagicus Tokunaga, 1933Hyssopleaf asphead
Tanytarsus ponapensis Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus simplex Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus tricuspis Tokunaga, 1964
Tanytarsus upoluensis Ashe, 1985
Thalassomya maritima Wirth, 1947Florida phlox
Thalassomya sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1964Hyssopleaf asphead
Uranotaenia balfouri Theobald, 1904
Verrallina pipkini Bohart, 1957

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Palau
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
30
153
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
7
24
Family
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