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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
162
941
2654
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
161
939
2651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
154
914
2611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
127
848
2442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
41
406
1578
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
95
573
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
34
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
3 Families width 171 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito69SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge101SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
34 Genera with 171 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1946Ochlerotatus21SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1899Malaria Mosquitoes7SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1963Cord Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19667SpeciesTaxom
Bironella Theobald, 1931Biró Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Cellia Theobald, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1989Typical Mosquito12SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1908Midge24SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Finlaya Theobald, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 191721SpeciesTaxom
Hebetula Wirth & Debe..., 19664SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Leehelea Debenham, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1903Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1947Ant Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Molpemyia Theobald, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Patmarksia Reinert, Har..., 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 196318SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1865Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1946Pestle Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1963Heaven Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1947Broadtail Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 18651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
171 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) nocturnus Thoebald, 1903
Aedes (Aedimorphus) trukensis Bohart, 1956
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Edwardsaedes) imprimens (Walker, 1860)⇒ Edwardsaedes imprimens Walker, 1861
Aedes (Finlaya) hollandius King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) josephinae (Marks, 1958)⇒ Finlaya josephinae Marks, 1958
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Finlaya) novalbitarsis King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Finlaya) wallacei Edwards, 1926
Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) aurimargo (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Leptosomatomyia aurimargo Edwards, 1922
Aedes (Lorrainea) dasyorrhus (King & Hoogs..., 1946)⇒ Lorrainea dasyorrhus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes (Mucidus) aurantius (Theobald, 1907)⇒ Mucidus aurantius Theobald, 1907
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) purpuraceus Brug, 1932
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) vigilax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vigilax Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Scutomyia) albolineatus Theobald, 1904
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1859)⇒ Stegomyia scutellaris Walker, 1858
Aedes albilabris Edwards, 1925
Aedes alternans (Westwood, 1836)⇒ Mucidus alternans Westwood, 1835
Aedes dobodurus King & Hoogs..., 1946
Aedes keefei King & Hoogs..., 1946
Alluaudomyia bifasciata Tokunaga, 1963
Alluaudomyia immaculata Tokunaga, 1963
Alluaudomyia jimmensis Tokunaga, 1963
Alluaudomyia tenuistylata Tokunaga, 1959
Anopheles (Cellia) farauti Laveran, 1902Australian malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) hilli Woodhill & Lee, 1944
Anopheles (Cellia) kochi Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) longirostris Brug, 1928
Anopheles (Cellia) novaguinensis Venhuis, 1933
Anopheles (Cellia) punctulatus Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) subpictus Grassi, 1899Apple maggot
Armigeres (Armigeres) milnensis Lee, 1944
Armigeres (Armigeres) papuensis Peters, 1963
Atrichopogon bifasciatus Kieffer, 1917
Atrichopogon longicalcaris Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon novaguinensis Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon quateriharpagonum Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon simplicifurcatus Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia dividua Tokunaga, 1966
Bezzia longiforceps Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia maai Tokunaga, 1966
Bezzia micronyx Kieffer, 1921
Bezzia papuae Tokunaga, 1966
Bezzia vittata Tokunaga, 1966
Bezzia zonatipes Tokunaga, 1966
Bironella (Bironella) gracilis Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Bironella (Brugella) travestita Brug, 1928
Bironella derooki (Söesilo & Va..., 1931)⇒ Bironella soesiloi Strickland &..., 1931
Bironella soesiloi Strickland &..., 1931
Brachypogon (Sarissohelea) maai Tokunaga, 1964
Clinohelea hollandiae Tokunaga, 1966
Clinohelea papuensis Tokunaga, 1966
Clinohelea tenuipes Tokunaga, 1966
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) xanthogaster Malloch, 1915Golden mosquito
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) squamosus Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culiciomyia) fragilis Ludlow, 1903
Culex (Culiciomyia) papuensis Taylor, 1914
Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Eumelanomyia) brevipalpis Giles, 1902
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bergi Belkin, 1962
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cylindricus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fraudatrix Theobald, 1905
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) gagnei Evenhuis, 1989
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917Horse hypersensitive biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) fulvus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) jacobsoni Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Culicoides) novaguineanus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Culicoides) peregrinus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Haemophoructus) gentilis Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Marksomyia) pseudostigmatus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) guttifer De Meijere, 1907
Culicoides (Oecacta) semicircum Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Remmia) oxystoma (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides (Tokunagahelea) geocheloneoides Dyce & Meisw..., 1995
Culicoides (Tokunagahelea) mikros Dyce & Meisw..., 1995
Culicoides (Tokunagahelea) pygmaeus Tokunaga, 1963
Culicoides (Trithecoides) culiciphagus Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) hollandiensis Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) hyalinus Tokunaga, 1962
Culicoides (Trithecoides) icircumbasalis Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) leei Tokunaga, 1960
Culicoides (Trithecoides) maculiscutellaris Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) meijerei Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides (Trithecoides) subimmaculatus Lee & Reye, 1953
Culicoides (Trithecoides) victoriae Macfie, 1941
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Dasyhelea subgrata Tokunaga, 1961
Echinohelea hardyi Tokunaga, 1963
Echinohelea pictipennis Tokunaga, 1963
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) squamianulipes Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) adjecta Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) fascicauda Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) mira Johannsen, 1931
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) punctumalbum Kieffer, 1917
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) swezeyana Tokunaga & M..., 1959Midge
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) crocea Debenham, 1983
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) maculosicrura Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) quinqueremis Debenham, 1987
Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) novaguineae Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) abbaekiefferi Debenham, 1987
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) flavitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) adhesipes Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) odonatiphila Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) borbonica Clastrier, 1959Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) quateriungula Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) tipulivora Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia (Warmkea) flaviventris Kieffer, 1917
Hebetula atypipennis Tokunaga, 1966
Hebetula imparunguis Kieffer, 1917
Hebetula maai Tokunaga, 1966
Hebetula sarmensis Tokunaga, 1966
Johannsenomyia abdominalis Tokunaga, 1966
Johannsenomyia maai Tokunaga, 1966
Johannsenomyia novaeguineae Tokunaga, 1966
Leehelea hollandiensis Tokunaga, 1966
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) siamensis Park & Kano, 1961
Leptoconops (Styloconops) albiventris Meijere, 1915Nono blanc des plages
Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903
Malaya genurostris Leicester, 1908
Malaya leei Wharton, 1947
Mansonia (Mansonioides) septempunctata Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Nilobezzia maai Tokunaga, 1966
Palpomyia lacorum Debenham, 1989
Palpomyia laensis Tokunaga, 1966
Palpomyia novaeguineae Tokunaga, 1966
Palpomyia stella Tokunaga, 1966
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) bifurcata Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) brandti Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) centripictura Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) crassiforceps Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) maai Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) postcervix Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) setigeripes Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) similisegmenta Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) spinifemorata Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) thyridofera Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) basizonata Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) flavizonata Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) hollandia Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) notata De Meijere, 1907
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) palpalis Tokunaga, 1963
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) subviridis Macfie, 1934
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) unifasciata Tokunaga, 1963
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) inornatus Walker, 1865
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) argenteiventris Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bimaculipes Theobald, 1905
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) littlechildi Edwards, 1930
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) quasiornatus Taylor, 1915
Tripteroides confusus Lee, 1946
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) diagonalis Brug, 1934
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) obscura Edwards, 1915Elegant asterella
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) albescens Taylor, 1914
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) argyrotarsis Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) tibialis Taylor, 1919
Uranotaenia atra Krober, 1912Wood sorrel
Uranotaenia paranovaguinensis Peters, 1963
Verrallina (Verrallina) carmenti Edwards, 1924
Verrallina (Verrallina) foliformis Loew, 1866
Verrallina (Verrallina) lineata Taylor, 1914
Verrallina (Verrallina) quadrispinata King & Hoogs..., 1947
Zavreliella instabilis Walker, 1865

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Papua Region
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
17
102
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
17
69
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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