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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Provence-Alpes-Cote d´Azur (South France, France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
450
4165
8550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
450
4165
8550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
430
4097
8414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
300
3507
7574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
618
1216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
22
190
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
80
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Provence-Alpes-Cote d´Azur
7 Families width 118 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids53SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito42SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge9SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Provence-Alpes-Cote d´Azur
80 Genera with 118 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1823Ochlerotatus12SpeciesTaxom
Allocladius Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Androprosopa Mik, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1824Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1937Non-biting midges6SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelotanypus Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 18262SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1906Typical Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom
Culicites Meunier, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1957Midge3SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1901Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomella Sæther, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Edwardsidia Sæther, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Eriopterites Meunier, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Helodon Enderlein, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Mochlonyx Loew, 1844
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Neoculicites Evenhuis, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1896Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralauterborniella Lenz, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19333SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1901Gang Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Rheosmittia Brundin, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Schizohelea Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 18186SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1947Green Midges6SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1889Carnivorous Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tribelos Townes, 1945
0SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1868Heaven Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1906Bromeliad Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Provence-Alpes-Cote d´Azur
118 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) aspera Roback, 1959
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Ablabesmyia annulata Say, 1823
Ablabesmyia illinoensis Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes atlanticus Dyar & Knab, 1906Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes canadensis Theobald, 1901Woodland pool mosquito
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes infirmatus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes provocans Walker, 1848
Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823)⇒ Ochlerotatus triseriatus Say, 1823
Androprosopa larvata Mik, 1888
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) perplexens Ludlow, 1907
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus Say, 1824Common malaria mosquito
Atrichopogon levis Coquillett, 1901Biting midge
Bryophaenocladius ictericus Meigen, 1830
Camptocladius brachytomus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Limnophyes brachytomus Kieffer, 1922
Camptocladius tritoma (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Orthocladiinae tritoma Kieffer, 1921
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) piger Goetghebuer, 1913
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus aquisextanus N. Theobald, 1937
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus serresi N. Theobald, 1937
Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856Cattail Mosquito
Corynoneura arctica Kieffer, 1923
Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz, 1846Coville's phlox
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) triannulatus Macquart, 1826
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Eumelanomyia) oresbius Harbach & Ra..., 1988
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culicites depereti Meunier, 1915
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides mulrennani Beck, 1957
Culiseta (Climacura) melanura Coquillett, 1902Black-tailed mosquito
Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans Theobald, 1901
Cyphomella cornea Saether, 1977Western sweetvetch
Dicrotendipes modestus Say, 1823
Dixa (Coquillettidia) maculata Meigen, 1818
Dixa melanderi Peters, 1966Philadelphia blackberry
Dixa tertiaria F. Meunier, 1915
Edwardsidia philhygra Edwards, 1931
Einfeldia storai Goetghebuer ..., 1954
Eriopterites tertiaria Meunier, 1915
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) crassipes Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Helodon pleuralis Malloch, 1914Hairy Sided Black Fly
Lauterborniella agrayloides Kieffer, 1911
Limnophyes natalensis Kieffer, 1914
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus capicola Harrison, 2004
Micropsectra subletteorum Anderson, St..., 2013
Monopelopia tenuicalcar Kieffer, 1918
Neoculicites depereti F. Meunier, 1915
Orthocladius melanosoma (Goetghebuer, 1934)⇒ Orthocladiinae melanosoma Goetghebuer, 1934
Orthopodomyia signifera Coquillett, 1896
Paracladopelma winnelli Jackson, 1977Mohave fishhook cactus
Paralauterborniella nigrohalteralis Malloch, 1915
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratanytarsus natvigi Goetghebuer, 1933
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) perturbans Johannsen, 1932
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum simulans (Townes, 1945)⇒ Polypedilum halteralis Coquillett, 1901
Prosimulium (Prosimulium) rufipes Meigen, 1830
Pseudosmittia smolandica Brundin, 1947
Psorophora (Grabhamia) columbiae Dyar & Knab, 1906Dark rice field mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901
Rheosmittia spinicornis Brundin, 1956
Schizohelea leucopeza Meigen, 1804
Simulium (Byssodon) maculatum Meigen, 1804
Simulium (Nevermannia) carthusiense Grenier & Do..., 1959
Simulium (Nevermannia) silvestre Rubtsov, 1956Woodland Black Fly
Simulium (Simulium) bezzii Corti, 1914
Simulium (Simulium) monticola Friederichs, 1920
Simulium (Simulium) variegatum Meigen, 1818
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Stempellinella fimbriata Ekrem, 2007
Stictochironomus devinctus Say, 1829
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanypus (Tanypus) punctipennis Meigen, 1818
Tanytarsus allicis Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus bathophilus Kieffer, 1911
Tanytarsus guerlus Roback, 1957
Tanytarsus inaequalis Goetghebuer, 1921
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947
Thienemanniella lobapodema Hestenes & S..., 2000
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) speciosus Skuse, 1889
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia sapphirina Osten Sacken, 1868
Wyeomyia mitchellii Theobald, 1905Bromeliad mosquito
Wyeomyia vanduzeei Dyar & Knab, 1906
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Provence-Alpes-Cote d´Azur
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
59
62
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
17
47
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
4
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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