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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
12552
43810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
648
12549
43801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
622
12414
43343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
9699
34661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
106
1670
6839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
316
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
104
678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Taiwan
5 Families width 678 Species and 10 Subspecies
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge213SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids182SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito240SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies39SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Taiwan
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
72
395
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
29
244
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
3
39
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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