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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Spitsbergen Island (Spitsbergen, Norway)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
164
626
969
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
164
626
969
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
160
620
962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
133
549
881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
41
122
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
36
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
2
20
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Spitsbergen Island
2 Families width 39 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids36SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Spitsbergen Island
20 Genera with 39 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1838Ochlerotatus3SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1869Non-biting midges2SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1932Snow Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobaenus Fries, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Hydrosmittia Saether & Fe..., 19421SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19241SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1999Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Spitsbergen Island
39 Species
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818Small woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nigripes Zetterstedt, 1838
Camptocladius brachytomus (Kieffer, 1922)⇒ Limnophyes brachytomus Kieffer, 1922
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) holmgreni Jacobson, 1898
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) perennis Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Chironomus) lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1850)⇒ Chironominae lugens Kieffer, 1906
Chironomus brevinervis (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Orthocladiinae brevinervis Holmgren, 1869
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) gelidus Kieffer, 1922
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) lestralis Edwards, 1924
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) tibialis (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Cricotopus reversus Hirvenoja, 1973
Cricotopus (Isocladius) glacialis Edwards, 1922
Diamesa (Diamesa) aberrata Lundbeck, 1898
Diamesa (Diamesa) arctica (Boheman, 1865)⇒ Pseudodiamesa arctica Malloch, 1919
Diamesa (Diamesa) bertrami Edwards, 1935
Diamesa (Diamesa) bohemani Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Hydrobaenus conformis Holmgren, 1869Small-spike false nettle
Hydrosmittia ruttneri Strenzke & T..., 1942
Limnophyes eltoni Edwards, 1922
Limnophyes pumilio Holmgren, 1869
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) acutus Saether, 1995
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) fuscipes Meigen, 1818
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) ursinus Holmgren, 1869
Micropsectra radialis Goetghebuer, 1939
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) telochaetus Langton, 1985
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) decoratus Holmgren, 1869
Orthocladius (Pogonocladius) consobrinus Holmgren, 1869
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Procladius (Holotanypus) culiciformis Linnaeus, 1767
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) barbimanus Edwards, 1929
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) limbatellus (Holmgren, 1869)⇒ Psectrocladius oxyura Langton, 1985
Psectrocladius (Psectrocladius) ventricosus Kieffer, 1925
Pseudosmittia oxoniana (Edwards, 1922)⇒ Hydrosmittia oxoniana Edwards, 1922
Smittia brevipennis Boheman, 1856
Smittia extrema Holmgren, 1869
Smittia flexinervis Kieffer, 1911
Tanypus (Tanypus) punctipennis Meigen, 1818
Tanytarsus heliomesonyctios Langton, 1999

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Spitsbergen Island
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
19
36
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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