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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region South Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
293
1232
1652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
291
1230
1650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
283
1217
1636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
201
1021
1404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
43
127
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Tasmania
3 Families width 8 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae (Newman, 1834)Black flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Tasmania
6 Genera with 8 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1850Ochlerotatus2SpeciesTaxom
Archaeochlus Brundin, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1925New Zealand black fly2SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1920Typical Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1903Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Tripteroides Giles, 1911Pestle Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Tasmania
8 Species
Aedes procax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus procax Skuse, 1889
Aedes rubrithorax (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Dobrotworskyius rubrithorax Macquart, 1850
Archaeochlus bassianus Brundin, 1966
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) victoriae Roubaud, 1906
Austrosimulium tasmaniense (Tonnoir, 1925)⇒ Austrosimulium victoriae Roubaud, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) phlogistus Dyar, 1920
Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903
Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) tasmaniensis Strickland, 1911

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in South Tasmania
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
4
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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