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Checklist of Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
for Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
348
2667
4080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
348
2667
4080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
333
2610
3989
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
220
2112
3277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
50
276
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
102
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
63
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ryukyu Islands
5 Families width 194 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito54SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge43SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids91SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ryukyu Islands
63 Genera with 194 Species
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H
L
M
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T
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Aedes Meigen, 1979Ochlerotatus15SpeciesTaxom
Allohelea Kieffer, 01SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 2010Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Armigeres Theobald, 1898Cord Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1987Non-biting midges9SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Conchapelopia Fittkau, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1980Frog-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1979Typical Mosquito14SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1908Midge16SpeciesTaxom
Daitoyusurika Sasa & Suzuki, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 06SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19875SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 010SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Heizmannia Ludlow, 1979Metallic Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1859Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Malaya Leicester, 1908Ant Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1905Indistinct Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Okinawayusurika Sasa & Hasegawa, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1903Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Paraboreochlus Thienemann, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Pentapedilum Kieffer, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 193817SpeciesTaxom
Prochironomus Kieffer, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19852SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19725SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 04SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1983Green Midges14SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Topomyia Leicester, 1976Omnivore Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1979Pestle Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1979Heaven Mosquito7SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1973Broadtail Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Yaeprimus Sasa & Suzuki, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Yaequartus Sasa & Suzuki, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Yaequintus Sasa & Suzuki, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Yaesecundus Sasa & Suzuki, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Yaetanytarsus Sasa, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Yaetertius Sasa & Suzuki, 20001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ryukyu Islands
194 Species
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Finlaya) aureostriatus Doleschall, 1857
Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus Theobald, 1901Asian Bush Mosquito
Aedes (Finlaya) togoi Theobald, 1907
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) daitensis Miyagi & Toma, 1980
Aedes (Stegomyia) flavopictus Yamada, 1921
Aedes (Stegomyia) riversi Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Aedes amamiensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes miyarai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes nishikawai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Aedes okinawanus Bohart, 1946
Aedes taiwanus Lien, 1968
Aedes watasei Yamada, 1921
Aedes yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Allohelea inflativena
Alluaudomyia pseudomarginalis Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962
Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri Baisas & Hu, 1936
Anopheles (Anopheles) saperoi Bohart & Ingram, 1946
Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis Wiedemann, 1828Chinese malaria mosquito
Anopheles yaeyamaensis Somboon & Ha..., 2010
Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus Coquillett, 1898
Atrichopogon palmatus Tokunaga, 1962
Atrichopogon snyderi Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia micronyx Kieffer, 1921
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus (Chironomus) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Chironomus circumdatus Kieffer, 1916
Chironomus daitoabeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus daitobeceus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus daitocedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus daitodeeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus daitoefeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Chironomus okinawanus Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) vanderwulpi Edwards, 1929
Conchapelopia okisimilis Sasa, 1991
Conchapelopia togapallida Sasa & Okazawa, 1992
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes van der Wulp, 1881
Corethrella (Corethrella) urumense Miyagi, 1980
Corynoneura isigaheius Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) albofasciatus Staeger, 1839
Cryptochironomus hentonensis Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
Cryptotendipes daitogeheus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Culex (Culex) epidesmus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Culex) fuscocephala Theobald, 1907Alpine woodsorrel
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926
Culex (Culiciomyia) pallidothorax Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Culiciomyia) ryukyensis Bohart, 1946
Culex (Eumelanomyia) hayashii Yamada, 1917
Culex (Eumelanomyia) okinawae Bohart, 1953
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) bicornutus Theobald, 1910
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cinctellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) infantulus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) tuberis Bohart, 1946
Culex ryukyuanus Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) flavipunctatus Kitaoka, 1975
Culicoides (Avaritia) jacobsoni Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Avaritia) wadai Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) arakawai Arakawa, 1910
Culicoides (Culicoides) indianus Macfie, 1932
Culicoides (Culicoides) sumatrae Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Oecacta) okinawensis Arnald, 1956
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides amamiensis (Tokunaga, 1937)⇒ Culicoides sumatrae Macfie, 1934
Culicoides arnaudi Wirth & Hubert, 1961
Culicoides asiana
Culicoides longidens
Culicoides morisitai Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides nibleyi Wirth & Hubert, 1962
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Daitoyusurika daitofegea Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Dasyhelea breviforceps
Dasyhelea claviculifera
Dasyhelea luteicauda
Dasyhelea okinawensis
Dasyhelea robustiforceps
Dasyhelea symmetria
Dicrotendipes inouei Hashimoto, 1984
Dicrotendipes pelochloris Kieffer, 1912
Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus Becker, 1908
Dicrotendipes yaeyamanus Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
Einfeldia sasai Yamamoto & Y..., 2018
Eukiefferiella daitoquerea Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Eukiefferiella isigaefeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Eukiefferiella yaraensis Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) adhesipes Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fidens Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia fascicornis
Forcipomyia monilis (Goetghebuer, 1934)⇒ Forcipomyia glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia nibleyi
Forcipomyia subpallida
Harnischia daitoheia Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Heizmannia kana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Limnophyes iriopequesus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Limnophyes isigafegeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Lutzia vorax Bellardi, 1859Graceful asterella
Malaya genurostris Leicester, 1908
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Metriocnemus isigageheus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Metriocnemus ryutanus Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Microchironomus teruyai Sasa, 1991
Microtendipes iriocedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) elegans Taylor, 1914
Mimomyia (Etorleptiomyia) luzonensis Ludlow, 1905
Monopelopia okigenga Sasa, 1991
Nilobezzia javanensis Macfie, 1934
Okinawayusurika otsurui Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Orthopodomyia anopheloides Giles, 1903
Paraboreochlus okinawanus Kobayashi & ..., 1999
Paracladopelma daitoijea Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Paramerina divisa Walker, 1856
Paramerina okimaculata Sasa, 1991
Pentapedilum daitojekeum Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Pentapedilum daitokeleum Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Pentapedilum iriodeeum Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) medivittatum Tokunaga, 1964
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) pedatum Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum asoprimum Bidawid & Fi..., 1995
Polypedilum benokiense Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Polypedilum crassistyla Kawai, Inoue..., 1998
Polypedilum daitoneoum Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Polypedilum iriofegeum Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Polypedilum iriogeheum Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Polypedilum isigabeceum Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Polypedilum kunigamiense Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Polypedilum miyakoense Hasegawa & Sasa, 1987
Polypedilum okiharaki Sasa, 1991
Polypedilum okipallidum Sasa, 1991
Polypedilum tananense Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Polypedilum unifascium Tokunaga, 1938
Prochironomus irioheius Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Pseudosmittia nishiharaensis Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Pseudosmittia togadistalis (Sasa, Watana..., 1992)⇒ Pseudosmittia gracilis Goetghebuer, 1913
Pseudosmittia topei Lehmann, 1979
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) chalybeatus Edwards, 1929
Rheocricotopus isigadeeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Rheocricotopus okifoveatus Sasa, 1991
Rheotanytarsus fluminis Kawai & Sasa, 1985
Simulium (Gomphostilbia) okinawaense Takaoka, 1976
Simulium (Nevermannia) batoense Edwards, 1934
Simulium (Simulium) oshimanum Shiraki, 1935
Simulium (Simulium) suzukii Rubtsov, 1963
Simulium (Wallacellum) yonakuniense Takaoka, 1972
Smittia gusukuensis Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Stenochironomus irioijeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Stenochironomus okialbus Sasa, 1990
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) alba Tokunaga, 1940
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) festiva Kieffer, 1911
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia okinawensis
Tanytarsus daitoopeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Tanytarsus daitopequeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2001
Tanytarsus formosanus Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus iriolemeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Tanytarsus iriomeneus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Tanytarsus irioneous Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Tanytarsus irioopeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Tanytarsus isigacedeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Tanytarsus kitaokinawanus Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Tanytarsus miyakobrevis Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988
Tanytarsus okuboi Sasa & Kikuchi, 1986
Tanytarsus ovatus Johannsen, 1932
Tanytarsus pontophilus Tokunaga, 1933
Tanytarsus tamagotoi Sasa, 1983
Thienemanniella okigrata Sasa, 1991
Topomyia (Suaymyia) yanbarensis Miyagi, 1976
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bambusa Yamada, 1917
Tripteroides yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) nivipleura Leicester, 1908
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) novobscura Barraud, 1934
Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) yaeyamana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lateralis Ludlow, 1905Field pansy
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) macfarlanei Edwards, 1914
Uranotaenia ohamai Tanaka, Mizu..., 1975
Uranotaenia ryukyuana Tanaka, Mizu..., 1979
Verrallina atriisimilis Tanaka & Miz..., 1973
Verrallina iriomotensis Tanaka & Miz..., 1973
Yaeprimus isigaabeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Yaequartus iriokeleus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Yaequintus irioquereus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Yaesecundus iriobeceus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000
Yaetanytarsus iriomotensis Sasa, 1991
Yaetertius iriojekeus Sasa & Suzuki, 2000

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Ryukyu Islands
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
46
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
16
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
5
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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