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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
623
8303
28781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
620
8294
28770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
594
8148
28351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
405
6866
24763
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
110
1527
5960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
28
444
1794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
187
773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Canada
7 Families width 773 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge129SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge5SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids394SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito132SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges11SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies97SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges5SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in West Canada
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
150
523
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
20
148
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
17
102
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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