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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
888
4611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
194
1583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
73
626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
5 Families width 626 Species and 5 Subspecies
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge309SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids28SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito279SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies7SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
37
337
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
35
282
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
7
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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