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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Region Andina (Colombia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
415
4153
7110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
414
4152
7110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
386
3992
6839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
3179
5669
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
52
476
747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
150
235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
96
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Region Andina
6 Families width 133 Species
Chironomidae (Erichson, 1842)Chironomids9SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito83SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge35SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge0SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae (Schiner, 1868)Dixid Midges0SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Region Andina
96 Genera with 133 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1909Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1901Ochlerotatus20SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Alotanypus Roback, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1922Malaria Mosquitoes15SpeciesTaxom
Antillocladius Sæther, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Apedilum Townes, 1945
0SpeciesTaxom
Apsectrotanypus Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Barbadocladius Cranston & K..., 2011
0SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Caladomyia Sawedal, 1981
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocladius Kieffer, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800
Glassworm0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1989Non-biting midges2SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1962
Frog-biting midges0SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1906Typical Mosquito23SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1967Midge16SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 04SpeciesTaxom
Deinocerites Theobald, 1907Crabhole Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Djalmabatista Fittkau, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Endotribelos Grodhaus, 1987
0SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Fittkauimyia Karunakaran, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19728SpeciesTaxom
Gigantodax Enderlein, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1913Shoulder Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Hudsonimyia Roback, 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Johnbelkinia Zavortink, 1979
Brushy Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lopescladius Oliveira, 1967
0SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1848Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Melanoconion Theobald, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1908Indistinct Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 19071SpeciesTaxom
Onconeura Andersen & S..., 2005
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1904
Red Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracladius Hirvenoja, 1973
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraheptagyia Brundin, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pelomus Reiss, 1989
0SpeciesTaxom
Phoniomyia Theobald, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Podonomus Philippi, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1819Gang Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Rheopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Sabethes Robineau-Des..., 1827
Canopy Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Saetheria Jackson, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 18466SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromias Curtis, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1960Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Telmatopelopia Murray & Fit..., 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannimyia Fittkau, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901
Carnivorous Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1905Hairy-Lipped Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1905Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Xestochironomus Sublette & W..., 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Zavrelimyia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Region Andina
133 Species
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes bogotanus Arnell, 1976
Aedes deficiens Arnell, 1976
Aedes dupreei Coquillett, 1904
Aedes eleanorae Berlin, 1969
Aedes euiris Dyar, 1922
Aedes euplocamus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes fluviatilis Lutz, 1904
Aedes fulvus Wiedemann, 1828
Aedes hortator Marks, 1907
Aedes leei Berlin, 1969
Aedes marinkellei Berlin, 1969
Aedes nubilus Theobald, 1903
Aedes osornoi Berlin, 1969
Aedes pectinatus Arnell, 1976
Aedes scapularis Rondani, 1848
Aedes scutellalbum Boshell-Manr..., 1939
Aedes serratus Theobald, 1901
Alluaudomyia youngi Spinelli & W..., 1984
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) calderoni Wilkerson, 1991
Anopheles (Anopheles) malefactor Dyar & Knab, 1907
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Anopheles (Anopheles) peryassui Dyar & Knab, 1908
Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901Cottonwood
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribá..., 1878Pearly prickleback
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) argyritarsis Robineau-Des..., 1827
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) benarrochi Gabaldon, Co..., 1941
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) nuneztovari Gabaldon, 1940
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi Peryassú, 1922
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli Gabaldon, Co..., 1940
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) strodei Root, 1926Bee wattle
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus Neiva & Pinto, 1922
Antillocladius laviejae Ospina-Torre..., 2018
Atrichopogon homopterus (Kieffer, 1919)⇒ Atrichopogon lucorum Meigen, 1818
Brachypogon hugoi Spinelli & G..., 1994
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus columbiensis Wulker, Subl..., 1989Biting midge
Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) albicosta Peryassú, 1908
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nigricans Coquillett, 1904
Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) venezuelensis Theobald, 1912
Cryptochironomus baeus (Kieffer, 1923)⇒ Chironomini baeus Kieffer, 1923
Culex (Aedinus) amazonensis Lutz, 1905
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) secundus Bonne-Wepste..., 1920
Culex (Culex) camposi Dyar, 1925
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) levicastilloi Lane, 1945
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
Culex (Culex) saltanensis Dyar, 1928
Culex (Culex) usquatus Dyar, 1918
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi Lutz, 1904
Culex (Microculex) imitator Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Tinolestes) latisquama Coquillett, 1906
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Avaritia) suarezi Rodriguez & ..., 1986
Culicoides (Culicoides) monticola Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides (Trithecoides) barreti Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides ameliae Browne, 1980
Culicoides andicola Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides andinus Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides caucaensis Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides marinkellei Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides orjuelai Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides paraignacioi Spinelli, 1993
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides popayanensis Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides puracensis Wirth & Lee, 1967
Culicoides tamboensis Wirth & Lee, 1967
Dasyhelea borgmeieri Wirth & Waugh, 1976
Dasyhelea cacaoi
Dasyhelea soriai
Dasyhelea winderi
Deinocerites colombianus Adames, 1971
Deinocerites melanophylum Dyar & Knab, 1907
Dicrotendipes paxillus Guha, Chaudh..., 1982
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia argenteola Macfie, 1939
Forcipomyia catarinensis Marino & Spi..., 2002
Forcipomyia convexipenis Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia hatoensis Utmar & Wirth, 1976
Forcipomyia puracensis Wirth & Dow, 1972
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) anastasionis Dyar, 1921
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) andinus Osorno-mesa, 1944
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) celeste Dyar & Nunez..., 1927
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) equinus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) lucifer Howard, Dyar..., 1913
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mimomyia clavipalpus Theobald, 1908
Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) angustivittatus Dyar & Knab, 1907
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribá..., 1891
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albipes Theobald, 1907
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Psorophora) lineata Von Humboldt, 1819
Simulium (Hemicnetha) paynei Vargas, 1942Hairyjoint meadowparsnip
Simulium (Notolepria) exiguum (Roubaud, 1906)⇒ Simulium lutzi Knab, 1913
Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) limbatum (Knab, 1915)⇒ Simulium vorax Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Simulium) metallicum Bellardi, 1859
Simulium (Xenosimulium) tarsatum Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia glauca Macfie, 1939Clustered frostweed
Stilobezzia similans Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanytarsus breda Roback, 1960
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Trichoprosopon pallidiventer Lutz, 1905
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) arthrostigma Lutz, 1905

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Region Andina
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
70
44
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
24
83
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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