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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Suffolk (East England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
450
3941
7805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
449
3940
7805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
426
3841
7616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
295
3275
6837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
75
632
1322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
177
393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
81
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Suffolk
6 Families width 154 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids55SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito67SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge10SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies13SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge2SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Suffolk
81 Genera with 154 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1909Scaly Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1889Ochlerotatus23SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Anatopynia Johannsen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1820Malaria Mosquitoes11SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Austrosimulium Tonnoir, 1889New Zealand black fly2SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Botryocladius Cranston & E..., 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1830Glassworm2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1908Non-biting midges12SpeciesTaxom
Cladopelma Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelopynia Freeman, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1901Typical Mosquito17SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1758Midge5SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1776Cool Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 20183SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Halocladius Hirvenoja, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Harnischia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Harrisius Freeman, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Hodgesia Theobald, 1919Tiny Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Larsia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Microchironomus Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19433SpeciesTaxom
Paraborniella Freeman, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracladopelma Harnisch, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracnephia Rubtsov, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralimnophyes Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Pellucidomyia Macfie, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Pentaneura Philippi, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19616SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Riethia Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 193611SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Synorthocladius Thienemann, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 2003Green Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Trichoprosopon Theobald, 1848Hairy-Lipped Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1868Heaven Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Verrallina Theobald, 1947Broadtail Mosquito3SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Xenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Zavreliella Kieffer, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Suffolk
154 Species
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta Knab, 1909Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Aedes (Finlaya) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Ochlerotatus geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Aedes (Finlaya) notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Rampamyia notoscriptus Skuse, 1889
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905)⇒ Neomelaniconion lineatopenne Ludlow, 1905
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Ochlerotatus annulipes Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantans (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Ochlerotatus cantans Meigen, 1818
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantator Coquillett, 1903Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Ochlerotatus detritus Haliday, 1833
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) vigilax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vigilax Skuse, 1889
Aedes aculeatus (Theobald, 1903)⇒ Ochlerotatus aculeatus Theobald, 1903
Aedes alternans (Westwood, 1836)⇒ Mucidus alternans Westwood, 1835
Aedes gahnicola (Marks, 1947)⇒ Finlaya gahnicola Marks, 1947
Aedes multiplex (Theobald, 1903)⇒ Ochlerotatus multiplex Theobald, 1903
Aedes procax (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus procax Skuse, 1889
Aedes purpuriventris (Edwards, 1926)⇒ Ochlerotatus purpuriventris Edwards, 1926
Aedes rubrithorax (Macquart, 1850)⇒ Dobrotworskyius rubrithorax Macquart, 1850
Aedes silvestris (Dobrotworsky, 1960)⇒ Ochlerotatus silvestris Dobrotworsky, 1961
Aedes spilotus (Marks, 1963)⇒ Ochlerotatus spilotus Marks, 1963
Aedes tortilis Theobald, 1903
Aedes tremulus Theobald, 1903
Aedes vittiger (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus vittiger Skuse, 1889
Anatopynia plumipes Fries, 1823
Anopheles (Anopheles) atratipes Skuse, 1889Jau jau
Anopheles (Anopheles) atroparvus van Thiel, 1927
Anopheles (Anopheles) bancroftii Giles, 1902Black Australian anopheline
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) daciae Linton, Nico..., 2004
Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926
Anopheles (Cellia) farauti Laveran, 1902Australian malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) hilli Woodhill & Lee, 1944
Anopheles (Cellia) kochi Dönitz, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) meraukensis Venhuis, 1932
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820Peirson's false bindweed
Atrichopogon levis Coquillett, 1901Biting midge
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) bancrofti Taylor, 1918
Austrosimulium (Novaustrosimulium) furiosum Skuse, 1889
Bryophaenocladius ictericus Meigen, 1830
Ceratopogon punctatus (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Culicoides punctatus Meigen, 1804
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) crystallinus De Geer, 1776Phantom larva
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl, 1960
Chironomus (Chironomus) aprilinus Meigen, 1818
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) cloacalis Atchley & Ma..., 1971
Chironomus (Chironomus) luridus Strenzke, 1959
Chironomus (Chironomus) melanescens Keyl, 1961
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus bifurcatus Wuelker, Mar..., 2009
Chironomus intersectus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Chironominae intersectus Meigen, 1838
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Cladopelma curtivalva Kieffer, 1917
Coelopynia pruinosa Freeman, 1961
Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) linealis Skuse, 1889
Corynoneura coronata Edwards, 1924
Cryptochironomus griseidorsum Kieffer, 1917
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889Common Banded Mosquito
Culex (Culex) globocoxitus Dobrotworsky, 1953
Culex (Culex) habilitator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) palpalis Taylor, 1912Wood-Mason's rattail
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) torrentium Martini, 1925
Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Eumelanomyia) oresbius Harbach & Ra..., 1988
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cylindricus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) fraudatrix Theobald, 1905
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) hilli Edwards, 1922
Culex (Melanoconion) phlogistus Dyar, 1920
Culex (Neoculex) fergusoni Taylor, 1914
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culicoides (Avaritia) chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Avaritia) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952
Culicoides (Culicoides) pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758Biting midge
Culiseta (Culicella) fumipennis Stephens, 1825
Culiseta (Culicella) inconspicua Lee, 1937
Culiseta (Culicella) litorea Shute, 1928Pepper maggot
Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans Theobald, 1901
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Dicrotendipes nervosus Staeger, 1839
Dixa (Coquillettidia) nebulosa Meigen, 1830
Dixa (Coquillettidia) puberula Loew, 1849
Dixa falcata Moulton, 2018
Dixella aestivalis Meigen, 1818
Dixella amphibia De Geer, 1776
Dixella attica Pandazis, 1933
Dixella autumnalis Meigen, 1838
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) barbipes Staeger, 1839
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) pallens Meigen, 1804
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) paripes Edwards, 1929
Halocladius (Halocladius) varians Staeger, 1839
Hodgesia cairnsensis Taylor, 1919
Kiefferulus intertinctus Skuse, 1889
Kiefferulus martini Freeman, 1961
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Microchironomus deribae Freeman, 1957
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) lignicola Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) smolandicus (Brundin, 1947)⇒ Orthocladius holsatus Goetghebuer, 1937
Orthocladius kiefferulus (Goetghebuer ..., 1943)⇒ Orthocladiinae kiefferulus Goetghebuer ..., 1943
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Pentaneura inconspicua Malloch, 1915
Phaenopsectra punctipes Wiedemann, 1817
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) leei Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) sordens Wulp, 1874
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubifer Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) oresitrophum Skuse, 1889
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) tonnoiri Freeman, 1961
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Procladius (Procladius) paludicola Skuse, 1889Jau jau
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Riethia stictoptera Kieffer, 1917
Simulium (Edwardsellum) damnosum Theobald, 1903
Simulium (Eusimulium) angustipes Edwards, 1915
Simulium (Metomphalus) hargreavesi Gibbins, 1934
Simulium (Metomphalus) medusaeforme Pomeroy, 1920
Simulium (Metomphalus) vorax Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Morops) nicholsoni Mackerras & ..., 1948
Simulium (Nevermannia) lundstromi Enderlein, 1921
Simulium (Nevermannia) nigritarse Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Nevermannia) ruficorne Macquart, 1838
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) mcmahoni Meillon, 1940
Simulium (Pomeroyellum) rotundum Gibbins, 1936
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia stercoraria (Rossaro & Le..., 2000)⇒ Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) watsoni Freeman, 1961
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Synorthocladius tripilatus (Edwards, 1929)⇒ Synorthocladius semivirens Kieffer, 1909
Tanypus (Tanypus) kraatzi Kieffer, 1912
Tanytarsus fuscithorax Skuse, 1889
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus wirthi Ekrem, Suble..., 2003
Thienemanniella majuscula Edwards, 1924
Trichoprosopon digitatum Rondani, 1848Mock buckthorn
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) albescens Taylor, 1914
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) apicalis Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pygmaea Theobald, 1901
Uranotaenia sapphirina Osten Sacken, 1868
Verrallina (Verrallina) funerea Theobald, 1903
Verrallina (Verrallina) lineata Taylor, 1914
Verrallina (Verrallina) multifolium King & Hoogs..., 1947

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Suffolk
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
64
65
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
14
76
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
3
13
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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