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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Puntarenas (Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
449
6881
12638
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
448
6880
12638
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
426
6775
12409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
307
5895
11252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
1042
1380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
134
230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
63
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Puntarenas
6 Families width 167 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids5SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito110SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge35SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge9SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae (Schiner, 1868)Dixid Midges0SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Puntarenas
63 Genera with 167 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1909Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1856Ochlerotatus13SpeciesTaxom
Allohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1926Malaria Mosquitoes9SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 200411SpeciesTaxom
Baeodasymyia Clastrier & ..., 19993SpeciesTaxom
Baeohelea Wirth & Blanton, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1939Frog-biting midges9SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1906Typical Mosquito40SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 2004Midge5SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1903Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1909Crabhole Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Endotribelos Grodhaus, 1987
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19767SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1938Shoulder Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1906Brushy Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lauterborniella Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1915Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1970Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Neobezzia Wirth & Rata..., 19721SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Onirion Peyton & Har..., 2000Dream Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1907Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1995Canopy Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Schizonyxhelea Clastrier, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Simuilum
0SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 18468SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1954Heaven Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1906Bromeliad Mosquito13SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puntarenas
167 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes allotecnon Kumm, Komp &..., 1940
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes brevis Berlin, 1969
Aedes gubernatoris Giles, 1901
Aedes podographicus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes quadrivittatus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes septemstriatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Aedes spinosus Berlin, 1969
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes terrens Walker, 1856
Amerohelea vargasi Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Kerteszia) neivai Howard, Dyar..., 1906Little walnut
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Pearly prickleback
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) strodei Root, 1926Bee wattle
Atrichopogon asuturus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon bicuspis Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon colossus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon didymothecae Macfie, 1953
Atrichopogon gamboai Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon homopterus (Kieffer, 1919)⇒ Atrichopogon lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon lobatus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon magnus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon quartibrunneus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon tirzae Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon yolancae Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Baeodasymyia christopheri Borkent, 1999
Baeodasymyia lydiae Borkent, 1999
Baeodasymyia michaeli Borkent, 1999
Baeohelea nana Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Bezzia nigritibialis Spinelli, 1991
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Corethrella (Corethrella) amabilis Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) curta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) douglasi Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) incompta Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) orthicola Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) puella Shannon & De..., 1928
Corethrella (Corethrella) ramentum Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) rotunda Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) selvicola Lane, 1939
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Anoedioporpa) restrictor Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) antunesi Lane &Whitman, 1943
Culex (Carrollia) babahoyensis Levi-castillo, 1953
Culex (Carrollia) bihaicola Dyar & Núñe..., 1928
Culex (Carrollia) metempsytus Dyar, 1921
Culex (Carrollia) secundus Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Carrollia) urichii Coquillett, 1906
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) ousqua Dyar, 1918
Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
Culex (Culex) pseudostigmatosoma Strickman, 1990
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Culex) thriambus (Dyar, 1921)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) egcymon Dyar, 1923
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) panocossa Dyar, 1923Tropical mosquito
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) psatharus Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) tecmarsis Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Micraedes) erethyzonfer Galindo & Bl..., 1954
Culex (Microculex) jenningsi Dyar & Knab, 1907
Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Neoculex) derivator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Tinolestes) latisquama Coquillett, 1906
Culicoides annettae Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culicoides chaverrii Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culicoides monicae Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culicoides paraignacioi Spinelli, 1993
Culicoides ronderosae Spinelli & B..., 2004
Culiseta particeps Adams, 1903
Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901Crabhole mosquito
Deinocerites costaricensis Adames & Hogue, 1970
Deinocerites nicoyae Adames & Hogue, 1970
Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909
Forcipomyia copanensis Utmar & Wirth, 1976
Forcipomyia digita Spinelli, Ma..., 2004
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia harpa Spinelli & B..., 2004
Forcipomyia leei Wirth & Rata..., 1978Longhair phlox
Forcipomyia microtoma Kieffer, 1917
Forcipomyia sabalitensis Utmar & Wirth, 1976
Haemagogus (Conopostegus) leucotaeniatus Komp, 1938
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) aeritinctus Galindo & Tr..., 1967
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) chalcospilans Meigen, 1804
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) iridicolor Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) janthinomys Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) mesodentatus Komp & Kumm, 1938
Johnbelkinia ulopus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Limatus asulleptus Olivier, 1812
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma (Howard, Dyar..., 1915)⇒ Culex allostigma Howard, Dyar..., 1915
Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
Mansonia leberi Boreham, 1970
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Nannoodes pseudocistela A. Handlirsch, 1906
Neobezzia costaricae Wirth & Rata..., 1972
Onirion regale Peyton & Har..., 2000
Orthopodomyia fascipes Coquillett, 1906
Orthopodomyia phyllozoa Dyar & Knab, 1907
Parabezzia blantoni Wirth, 1965
Parabezzia unguis Wirth, 1965Downy phlox
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Sabethes (Peytonulus) undosus Coquillett, 1906
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus Fabricius, 1805
Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Von Humboldt, 1819
Sabethes hadrognathus Harbach, 1995
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Hemicnetha) pulverulentum Knab, 1915
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) panamense Fairchild, 1940
Simulium (Psilopelmia) quadrivittatum Loew, 1862Butte County checkerbloom
Simulium (Psilopelmia) samboni Jennings, 1915
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Xenosimulium) tarsatum Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960
Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906
Toxorhynchites superbus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia trapidoi Galindo, Bla..., 1954
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) pseudopecten Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Decamyia) ulocoma Theobald, 1903
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa Dyar, 1928
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) ypsipola Dyar, 1922
Wyeomyia (Triamyia) aporonoma Dyar & Knab, 1906
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) scotinomus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) simmsi Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia circumcincta Dyar & Knab, 1907
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Wyeomyia melanocephala Dyar & Knab, 1906

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Puntarenas
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
38
40
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
23
119
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
2
8
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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