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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
284
3410
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
284
3410
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
3369
5276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
195
2933
4819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
51
341
380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
54
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
23
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sarapiquí
4 Families width 19 Species
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito9SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge7SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids3SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sarapiquí
23 Genera with 19 Species
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Aedes Meigen, 1762Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1818
Malaria Mosquitoes0SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Baeodasymyia Clastrier & ..., 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Baeohelea Wirth & Blanton, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Cacaohelea Wirth & Grogan, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1916Non-biting midges1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Compterosmittia Sæther, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1962
Frog-biting midges0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1954Typical Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Limatus Theobald, 1901Royal Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Monopelopia Fittkau, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1907Red Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sarapiquí
19 Species
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Atrichopogon didymothecae Macfie, 1953
Cacaohelea glukhovae Borkent & Pi..., 2008
Cacaohelea youngi Wirth & Grogan, 1988
Chironomus astenus Kieffer, 1916
Compterosmittia nerius Curran, 1930
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma (Dyar, 1907)⇒ Culex peus Speiser, 1904
Culex (Eumelanomyia) macrostylus Sirivanakarn..., 1976
Culex (Micraedes) erethyzonfer Galindo & Bl..., 1954
Forcipomyia herediae Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia luteigenua Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Limatus durhamii Theobald, 1901
Monopelopia caraguata Mendes, Marc..., 2003
Orthopodomyia phyllozoa Dyar & Knab, 1907
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Wyeomyia abebela Dyar & Knab, 1908
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Sarapiquí
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
15
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
8
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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