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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
132
528
782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
132
528
782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
127
518
769
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
95
457
698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
21
42
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
16
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
11
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tobago
4 Families width 58 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito51SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge4SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tobago
11 Genera with 58 Species
Aedes Meigen, 1970Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1931Malaria Mosquitoes3SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Corethrella Freeman, 1942Frog-biting midges2SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1903Typical Mosquito45SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Haemagogus Linnaeus, 1927Shoulder Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1896Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tobago
58 Species
Aedes berlini Schick, 1970Neto hoja zarzabacoa de dos hojas
Anopheles (Anopheles) apicimacula Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902
Anopheles (Anopheles) neomaculipalpus Curry, 1931
Atrichopogon caribbeanus Ewen & Saunders, 1958
Bezzia gibbera Coquillett, 1905
Corethrella (Corethrella) badia Borkent, 2008
Corethrella (Corethrella) travassosi Lane, 1942
Culex (Aedinus) accelerans Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Aedinus) amazonensis Lutz, 1905
Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Carrollia) urichii Coquillett, 1906
Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906Typical mosquito
Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) habilitator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Melanoconion) atratus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) caudelli Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) comminutor Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) contei Duret, 1968
Culex (Melanoconion) crybda (Dyar, 1924)⇒ Culex epanatasis Dyar, 1922
Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar, 1918
Culex (Melanoconion) eastor Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) epanatasis Dyar, 1922
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) evansae Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Melanoconion) idottus Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) lucifugus Komp, 1936
Culex (Melanoconion) pedroi Sirivanakarn..., 1980
Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) portesi Senevet & Ab..., 1941
Culex (Melanoconion) putumayensis Matheson, 1934
Culex (Melanoconion) serratimarge Root, 1927Huisachillo
Culex (Melanoconion) simulator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) spissipes Theobald, 1903
Culex (Melanoconion) vomerifer Komp, 1932
Culex (Melanoconion) ybarmis Dyar, 1920
Culex (Melanoconion) zeteki Dyar, 1918
Culex (Micraedes) bisulcatus Coquillett, 1906
Culex (Microculex) azymus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Microculex) consolator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Microculex) imitator Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Microculex) inimitabilis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Microculex) pleuristriatus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Microculex) stonei Lane & Whitman, 1943
Culex (Nomina) americanus (Coquillett, 1906)⇒ Culex bisulcatus Coquillett, 1906
Culex (Nomina) decorator Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Phenacomyia) corniger Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Downeshelea deanei Felippe-Baue..., 1995
Forcipomyia caribbeana Saunders, 1956
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) celeste Dyar & Nunez..., 1927
Simulium (Xenosimulium) tarsatum Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) pertinans Williston, 1896

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Tobago
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
1
4
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
2
6
53
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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