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Checklist for Infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Mosquitoes and Midges)
and region Utah (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
461
4259
11358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
459
4254
11354
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
437
4182
11198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
3329
9096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
653
1497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
150
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
74
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Utah
6 Families width 168 Species
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito38SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids66SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge29SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae (Schiner, 1868)Dixid Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies33SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Utah
73 Genera with 168 Species
#ABCDEFHLMNOPRST
Aedes Meigen, 1916Ochlerotatus28SpeciesTaxom
Anatopynia Johannsen, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1823Malaria Mosquitoes3SpeciesTaxom
Apedilum Townes, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Brillia Kieffer, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Ceratoculicoides Wirth & Rata..., 19521SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1915Non-biting midges4SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 19886SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotendipes Lenz, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1877Typical Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1952Midge6SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1869Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19873SpeciesTaxom
Diamesa Meigen, 1959Snow Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Eucorethra Underwood, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Eusimulium Roubaud, 01SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19724SpeciesTaxom
Hydrobaenus Fries, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Labrundinia Fittkau, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Nilothauma Kieffer, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
OrthocladiinaeOrthoclads3SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19575SpeciesTaxom
Pagastia Oliver, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Paracladius Hirvenoja, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paramerina Fittkau, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Paratrichocladius Thienemann, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Phaenopsectra Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19456SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 01SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodiamesa Goetghebuer, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosmittia Goetghebeur, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1904Gang Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Rheotanytarsus Thienemann &..., 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Simuilum
0SpeciesTaxom
Simuium1SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 182324SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Stegopterna Enderlein, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Stictochironomus Kieffer, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1856Green Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Thienemanniella Kieffer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Twinnia Stone & Jamn..., 19271SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Utah
168 Species
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818Small woodland mosquito
Aedes (Aedimorphus) nigrostriatus Barraud, 1927
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Christophersiomyia) chionodes Belkin, 1962
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cataphylla Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians Walker, 1856Woodland mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) hexodontus Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pullatus Coquillett, 1904Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sierrensis Ludlow, 1905Tree hole mosquito
Aedes (Ochrelotatus) dorsalis Meigen, 1830Brown saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes atropalpus Coquillett, 1902
Aedes campestris Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes fitchii Felt & Young, 1904Woodland mosquito
Aedes hendersoni Cockerell, 1918
Aedes idahoensis Theobald, 1903
Aedes implicatus Vockeroth, 1954Rocky Mountain fringed gentian
Aedes increpitus Dyar, 1916Woodland mosquito
Aedes melanimon Dyar, 1924Medium-sized saltmarsh mosquito
Aedes nevadensis Chapman & Barr, 1964
Aedes nigromaculis Ludlow, 1906Medium-sized pasture floodwater mosquito
Aedes niphadopsis Dyar & Knab, 1918
Aedes schizopinax Dyar, 1929
Aedes spencerii Theobald, 1901
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Aedes varipalpus Coquillett, 1902Western tree-hole mosquito
Aedes ventrovittis Dyar, 1916Black Snow Mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) freeborni Aitken, 1939
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Apedilum subcinctum Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Atrichopogon borkenti Wirth, 1994
Bezzia amana Meillon & Wirth, 1981
Bezzia cockerelli Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Bezzia nigripes Wirth & Grogan, 1983Clearwater phlox
Bezzia nobilis Winnertz, 1852
Brillia retifinis Saether, 1969Alpine sweetvetch
Bryophaenocladius astis Roback, 1957
Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Ceratoculicoides longipennis Wirth, 1952
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus pausatus A. L. Melander, 1949
Chironomus utahensis Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) nigrovittatus Goetghebuer, 1922
Cladotanytarsus marki Sublette, 1998
Clinohelea dimidiata Adams, 1903
Corynoneura diara Roback, 1957Cusp clover
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) annulator Goetghebuer, 1927Anglevein fern
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) bicinctus Meigen, 1818Midge
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) globistylus Roback, 1957Cusp clover
Cricotopus (Cricotopus) infuscatus Malloch, 1915
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cricotopus bifurcatus Cranston & O..., 1988
Cryptotendipes darbyi Sublette, 1960
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex proavitus Scudder, 1877
Culicoides grandensis Grogan & Phi..., 2008
Culicoides hawsi Wirth & Rowley, 1971Wild sweetwilliam
Culicoides hieroglyphicus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides jacksoni Atchley, 1970
Culicoides neomontanus Wirth, 1976Siberian phlox
Culicoides reevesi Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans Theobald, 1901
Culiseta incidens Thomson, 1869Fish pond mosquito
Dasyhelea ancora Coquillett, 1902
Dasyhelea pseudoincisurata Waugh & Wirth, 1976Davis horsenettle
Dasyhelea sublettei Wirth, 1987
Diamesa ancysta Roback, 1959
Dicrotendipes cryptius Epler, 1987
Dixa californica Bigot, 1892Horse purslane
Einfeldia pagana Meigen, 1838
Eucorethra underwoodi Underwood, 1903Water parsnip
Eukiefferiella coerulescens Kieffer, 1926
Eusimulium hardyi
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) frutetorum Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia pilosa Coquillett, 1902
Forcipomyia sonora Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Forcipomyia tenuichela Dow & Wirth, 1972
Hydrobaenus anteilis (Roback, 1957)⇒ Orthocladiinae anteilis Roback, 1957
Hydrobaenus astis (Roback, 1957)⇒ Orthocladiinae astis Roback, 1957
Hydrobaenus traenis (Roback, 1957)⇒ Bryophaenocladius astis Roback, 1957
Labrundinia pilosella Loew, 1866
Leptoconops americanus Carter, 1921
Leptoconops foulki Clastrier & ..., 1978
Leptoconops reesi Clastrier & ..., 1978
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Micropsectra logani Johannsen, 1928
Micropsectra nigripila Johannsen, 1905
Micropsectra polita Malloch, 1919
Nilothauma babiyi Rempel, 1937
Orthocladiinae anteilis Roback, 1957
Orthocladiinae astis Roback, 1957
Orthocladiinae traenis Roback, 1957
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) mallochi Kieffer, 1919
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) nigritus (Malloch, 1915)⇒ Paratrichocladius spiesi Ashe & O´Con..., 2012
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) obumbratus Johannsen, 1905Disphyma
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) trigonolabis Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Orthocladius septris Roback, 1957
Pagastia partica Roback, 1957
Palpomyia occidentalis Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Palpomyia plebeja Loew, 1861
Palpomyia tibialis Meigen, 1818
Parachironomus chaetaolus Sublette, 1960
Paracladius conversus Walker, 1856
Parakiefferiella subaterrimus Malloch, 1915
Paramerina smithae Sublette, 1964
Paraphaenocladius nasthecus Saether, 1969
Paratanytarsus dubius Malloch, 1915
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes basidens Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Paratendipes thermophilus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Paratrichocladius nitidus Malloch, 1915
Paratrichocladius rufiventris Meigen, 1830
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) laetum Meigen, 1818
Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum Schrank, 1803
Polypedilum apicatum Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Polypedilum simulans (Townes, 1945)⇒ Polypedilum halteralis Coquillett, 1901
Polypedilum sulaceps Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Probezzia flavonigra Coquillett, 1905
Procladius nubifer
Prosimulium flaviantennum Stains & Kno..., 1940
Prosimulium longilobum Peterson & D..., 1960Swamp blackberry
Prosimulium shewelli Peterson & D..., 1960Swamp blackberry
Prosimulium uinta Peterson & D..., 1960Swamp blackberry
Prosimulium unicum Twinn, 1938
Pseudodiamesa pertinax Garrett, 1925
Pseudosmittia digitata Saether, 1981
Psorophora (Grabhamia) signipennis Coquillett, 1904
Simuium stonei
Simulium (Boreosimulium) quadratum Stains & Kno..., 1943
Simulium (Chirostilbia) laneportoi Vargas, 1941Meadowparsnip
Simulium (Eusimulium) pilosum (Knowlton & Rowe, 1934)⇒ Simulium appalachiense Adler, Curri..., 2004
Simulium (Hemicnetha) virgatum Coquillett, 1902
Simulium (Nevermannia) bicorne Dorogostaisk..., 1935
Simulium (Nevermannia) merritti Adler, Curri..., 2004
Simulium (Nevermannia) pugetense Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) bivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) mediovittatum Knab, 1915Coastal seepweed
Simulium (Psilopelmia) trivittatum Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Simulium (Psilopelmia) venator Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilozia) argus Williston, 1893
Simulium (Psilozia) vittatum Zetterstedt, 1838Striped black fly
Simulium (Simulium) appalachiense Adler, Curri..., 2004
Simulium (Simulium) arcticum Malloch, 1914Arctic Black Fly
Simulium (Simulium) corbis (Twinn, 1936)⇒ Simulium murmanum Enderlein, 1935
Simulium (Simulium) decorum Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Simulium (Simulium) defoliarti Stone & Pete..., 1958Alder buckthorn
Simulium (Simulium) nigricoxum Stone, 1952Red buckthorn
Simulium (Simulium) petersoni Stone & DeFo..., 1959
Simulium (Simulium) piperi Dyar & Shannon, 1927Piper´s Black Fly
Simulium (Simulium) rugglesi Nicholson & ..., 1950Pacific stonecrop
Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum (Lundström, 1911)⇒ Simulium tuberosum Lundström, 1911
Simulium (Simulium) venustum Say, 1823Maculate-legged black fly
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia roena Roback, 1957Cusp clover
Stegopterna mutata Malloch, 1914
Stictochironomus palliatus Coquillett, 1902
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia fuscula Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Tanypus nubifer Coquillett, 1905
Tanytarsus pallidicornis Walker, 1856
Thienemanniella elana Roback, 1957Cusp clover
Twinnia nova Dyar & Shannon, 1927New Black Fly

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in Utah
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
57
95
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
10
40
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
7
33
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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