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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
5554
13778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
542
5540
13730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
512
5443
13568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
333
4250
11221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
88
815
1953
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
232
580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
81
189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Portugal
7 Families width 189 Species and 2 Subspecies
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito39SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids109SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge24SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae (Schiner, 1868)Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies12SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Portugal
81 Genera with 189 Species
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Aedeomyia Theobald, 1878Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1916Ochlerotatus7SpeciesTaxom
Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1940Malaria Mosquitoes6SpeciesTaxom
Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1830Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1910Non-biting midges7SpeciesTaxom
Clunio Haliday, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 18187SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito17SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1970Midge10SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1932Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 18603SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1945Snow Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Lymnophyes4SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1925Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19314SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 17712SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads1SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1872Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyiinae1SpeciesTaxom
Parachaetocladius Wulker, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichlocladius1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrissocladius ZavÍel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenospectra1SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19703SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 191012SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 18845SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1933Green Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Telmatogeton Schiner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Telmatopelopia Murray & Fit..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomya Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassomyia Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Thalassosmittia Strenzke & R..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Thaumalea Ruthe, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Heaven Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Virgatanytarsus Pinder, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 18303SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
189 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) squamipennis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Tropical mosquito
Aedes (Finlaya) echinus Edwards, 1920
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) berlandi Seguy, 1921
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Rusticoidus) rusticus Rossi, 1790
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes eatoni Edwards, 1916
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) peryassui Dyar & Knab, 1908
Anopheles amictus amictus
Anopheles (Cellia) cinereus Theobald, 1901
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli Gabaldon, Co..., 1940
Apsectrotanypus trifascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus Meigen, 1830
Boreoheptagyia legeri Goetghebuer, 1933
Brachypogon (Isohelea) griseipennis Stora, 1945
Bryophaenocladius illimbatus Edwards, 1929
Bryophaenocladius subvernealis Edwards, 1929
Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Cardiocladius capucinus Zetterstedt, 1850
Cardiocladius freyi Stora, 1936
Ceratopogon griseipennis Stora, 1945
Ceratopogon succinotus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Palpomyiinae succinotus Meigen, 1818
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) melaleucus Meigen, 1818
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Chironomus) alpestris Goetghebuer, 1934
Chironomus (Chironomus) cingulatus (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) venustus (Pinder, 1978)⇒ Chironomini venustus Pinder, 1978
Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Einfeldia dorsalis Meigen, 1818
Chironomus annularis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Chironomus plumosus Linnaeus, 1758
Chironomus atripes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Chironomini atripes Kieffer, 1910
Clunio marinus Haliday, 1855
Coquillettidia chrysonotum Peryassú, 1922
Corynoneura clavicornis (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Corynoneura coronata Edwards, 1924
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) beckeri Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) similis Goetghebuer, 1921
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) vierriensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cricotopus vitripennis (Meigen accep..., 1818)⇒ Halocladius vitripennis Meigen, 1818
Culex (Culex) bahamensis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) duplicator Dyar & Knab, 1909
Culex (Culex) laticinctus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) mimeticus Noe, 1899
Culex (Culex) molestus Forskal, 1775Underground mosquito
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) theileri Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) torrentium Martini, 1925
Culex (Culex) univittatus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Maillotia) hortensis Ficalbi, 1889
Culex hortensis maderensis Mattingly, 1955
Culex (Maillotia) pilifera Theobald, 1907
Culex (Melanoconion) atratus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Neoculex) europaeus da Cunha Ram..., 2003
Culex (Neoculex) impudicus Ficalbi, 1890
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides (Culicoides) almeidae Cambournac, 1970
Culicoides (Culicoides) newsteadi Austen, 1921
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker, 1903)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides nuntius Cambournac, 1970
Culicoides ribeiroi Lemble, Mess..., 1990
Culicoides rochemus Cambournac, 1970
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Culiseta (Culiseta) atlantica Edwards, 1932
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) flavifrons Guérin, 1833
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) flavoscutellata Zetterstedt, 1850
Dasyhelea aristolochiae Rondani, 1860
Diamesa (Diamesa) lavillei Serra-tosio, 1970
Diamesa (Diamesa) permacra Walker, 1856
Diamesa (Nesodiamesa) alata Stora, 1945
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dixa tetrica Peus, 1934
Dixella laeta (Loew, 1849)⇒ Dixella martinii Peus, 1934
Eukiefferiella atlantica (Stora, 1936)⇒ Orthocladiinae atlantica Stora, 1936
Eukiefferiella devonica Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella gracei Edwards, 1929
Eukiefferiella similis Goetghebuer, 1939
Forcipomyia (Dycea) madeira Clastrier, 1991
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Panhelea) aristolochiae Rondani, 1860
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Halocladius vitripennis Meigen, 1818
Larsia curticalcar Kieffer, 1918
Limnophyes habilis Walker, 1856
Limnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Limnophyes minimus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975
Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Limnophyes ninae Saether, 1975Alpine French-honeysuckle
Limnophyes prolongatus (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Limnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Lymnophyes madeirae Saether, 1990
Lymnophyes minimus Meigen, 1818
Lymnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Lymnophyes pentaplastus Kieffer, 1921
Macropelopia nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Mansonia (Mansonia) indubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925
Metriocnemus (Inermipupa) carmencitabertarum Langton & Cobo, 1997
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Micropsectra andalusiaca Marcuzzi, 1950
Micropsectra freyi Stora, 1945
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra lindrothi Goetghebuer, 1931Forkvein polypody
Monohelea maculipennis Coquillett, 1905
Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) eatoni (Edwards, 1916)⇒ Aedes eatoni Edwards, 1916
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) caspius Pallas, 1771
Orthocladiinae atlantica Stora, 1936
Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1908
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) rivicola Kieffer, 1911Quill fameflower
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) thienemanni Kieffer, 1906Pygmy fameflower
Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis Rondani, 1872
Palpomyiinae succinotus Meigen, 1818
Parachaetocladius abnobaeus Wülker, 1959
Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Paramerina cingulata Walker, 1856
Parametriocnemus stylatus Kieffer, 1924
Paraphaenocladius exagitans Johannsen, 1905
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus grimmii Schneider, 1885
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Paratrichlocladius rufiventris Meigen, 1830
Paratrissocladius excerptus Walker, 1856
Phaenospectra flavipes Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Procladius (Holotanypus) choreus Meigen, 1804
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) sordidellus Zetterstedt, 1838
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921Maiden fern
Pseudosmittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) atripes Kieffer, 1913
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) notabilis Caspers, 1987
Rheotanytarsus guineensis Kieffer, 1918
Rheotanytarsus pentapoda Kieffer, 1909
Rheotanytarsus ringei Lehmann, 1970
Simulium (Edwardsellum) damnosum Theobald, 1903
Simulium (Eusimulium) azorense Carlsson, 1963
Simulium (Eusimulium) petricolum Rivosecchi, 1963
Simulium (Meilloniellum) adersi Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Nevermannia) nigritarse Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Nevermannia) ruficorne Macquart, 1838
Simulium (Obuchovia) ibericum Crosskey & S..., 1985
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) bequaerti Gibbins, 1936
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) impukane Meillon, 1936
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) unicornutum Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Simulium) intermedium Roubaud, 1906
Simulium (Xenosimulium) botulibranchium Lutz, 1910
Smittia aterrima Meigen, 1818Seedling bean midge
Smittia brevifurcata Edwards, 1926
Smittia contingens Walker, 1856
Smittia nudipennis Goetghebuer, 1913
Smittia oratavensis Busk, 1884
Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963Sulphur mallow
Tanytarsus curticornis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Tanytarsus brundini Lindeberg, 1963
Tanytarsus madeiraensis Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933Marine splash midge
Telmatopelopia nemorum Goetghebuer, 1921
Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856Cut-leaf water-milfoil
Thalassomyia frauenfeldi (Schiner, 1856)⇒ Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856
Thalassosmittia atlantica Stora, 1936
Thaumalea brincki Vaillant, 1960
Thaumalea subafricana Becker, 1908
Thienemannia gracei Edwards, 1929
Thienemanniella clavicornis Kieffer, 1911
Virgatanytarsus albisutus Santos Abreu, 1918
Zavrelimyia barbatipes Kieffer, 1911
Zavrelimyia nubila Meigen, 1830
Zavrelimyia nubilus Meigen, 1830

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Portugal
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
65
133
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
14
42
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
2
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Culicomorpha at marinespecies.org