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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
689
6869
20473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
686
6864
20468
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
615
6657
19979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
373
5421
17205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
88
950
2617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
289
825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
87
183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Germany
6 Families width 183 Species
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids101SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito37SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge28SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Germany
87 Genera with 183 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1905Ochlerotatus13SpeciesTaxom
Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Amblylexis Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Amianta Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Amphipromeca Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1944Malaria Mosquitoes5SpeciesTaxom
Arctopelopia Fittkau, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Auchenophorites Carpenter, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Burmeisteria Salter, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Carbochironomus Reiss & Kirs..., 19901SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocladius Kieffer, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1862Glassworm3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomus Meigen, 1870Non-biting midges15SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Corynoneura Winnertz, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1870Typical Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Culiciscolex Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1944Midge12SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1864Cool Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtomides Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Demeijerea Kruseman, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Demicryptochironomus Lenz, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Dixa Meigen, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Empidocampe Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Endochironomus Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Eukiefferiella Thienemann, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gegenemene Handlirsch, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebeur, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrissocladius Spärck, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Krenopelopia Fittkau, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Krenopsectra Reiss, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Krenosmittia Thienemann &..., 19441SpeciesTaxom
Lasiodiamesa Kieffer, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Macropelopia Thienemann, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1944Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Metriocnemus van der Wulp, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Micropsectra Kieffer, 201311SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Neoculicites Evenhuis, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Orthocladius van der Wulp, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Paraboreochlus Thienemann, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Parakiefferiella Thienemann, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Parametriocnemus Goetghebeur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paraphaenocladius Thienemann, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectra Reiss, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Parochlus Enderlein, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Pelopia Meigen, 19443SpeciesTaxom
Pelopiina Statz, 02SpeciesTaxom
Pentaneurella Fittkau & Mu..., 19831SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Prodiamesa Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Propexis Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Psectrocladius Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Psectrotanypus Kieffer, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Rhopaloscolex Bode, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Sergentia Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Simulia Olfers, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 194510SpeciesTaxom
Smittia Holmgren, 20005SpeciesTaxom
Sphallonymphites Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Stempellina Thienemann &..., 19442SpeciesTaxom
Stempellinella Brundin, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Tanypus Meigen, 19445SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 2017Green Midges7SpeciesTaxom
Thienemannia Kieffer, 19851SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Germany
183 Species
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen, 1818Small woodland mosquito
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Finlaya) geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Ochlerotatus geniculatus Olivier, 1791
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) annulipes (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Ochlerotatus annulipes Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantans (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Ochlerotatus cantans Meigen, 1818
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavescens (Müller, 1764)⇒ Ochlerotatus flavescens Müller, 1764
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes decticus Howard, Dyar..., 1917And Knab
Aedes mitchellae Dyar, 1905
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Amblylexis gibberata A. Bode, 1953
Amianta eurycephala A. Bode, 1953
Amphipromeca acuta A. Bode, 1953
Anopheles (Anopheles) claviger Meigen, 1804
Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, 1818Common anopheles mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926
Anopheles (Anopheles) plumbeus Stephens, 1828Milktree
Anopheles rottensis G. Statz, 1944
Arctopelopia griseipennis van der Wulp, 1859
Atrichopogon brunnescens G. Statz, 1944
Auchenophorites sculpturatus A. Bode, 1953
Bezzia longipennis G. Statz, 1944
Carbochironomus improvisus Reiss & Kirs..., 1990
Ceratopogon alpheus von Heyden, 1870
Ceratopogon nieves Havelka, 1976
Ceratopogon tontoeguri Havelka, 1980
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) laminatus Brundin, 1947
Chaetocladius (Chaetocladius) minutissimus Goetghebuer, 1942
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) crystallinus De Geer, 1776Phantom larva
Chaoborus (Chaoborus) flavicans Meigen, 1830
Chaoborus tertiarius C. von Heyden, 1862
Chironomus (Chironomus) atrella Townes, 1945
Chironomus (Chironomus) plumosus Linnaeus, 1758Buzzer midge
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Chironomus (Chironomus) tentans Fabricius, 1805
Chironomus albidus (Konstantinov, 1956)⇒ Polypedilum convictum Walker, 1856
Chironomus antiquus C. von Heyden, 1859
Chironomus bavaricus (Wulker & Ryser, 1983)⇒ Cryptochironomus bavaricus Goetghebuer, 1939
Chironomus bituminosus von Heyden, 1870
Chironomus decrepitus von Heyden, 1870
Chironomus dorminans Heyden, 1870
Chironomus gaudini O. Heer, 1865
Chironomus maturus Johannsen, 1908Cypselea
Chironomus obsoletus Heer, 1849
Chironomus oeningensis O. Heer, 1849
Chironomus palaemon von Heyden, 1870
Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) pallidus Kieffer, 1922
Corynoneura lobata Edwards, 1924Palmer's asterella
Cricotopus (Isocladius) ornatus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) sylvestris Fabricius, 1794Phantom midge
Cryptochironomus (Cryptochironomus) obreptans Walker, 1856
Cryptochironomus bavaricus Goetghebuer, 1939
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Neoculex) apicalis (Adams, 1903)⇒ Psorophora cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Culex ceyx Heyden, 1870
Culiciscolex gibberatus A. Bode, 1953
Culicoides abbreviatipennis G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides atratus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides austerus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides bicolor G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides elongatulus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides gracilior G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides jucundus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides liliputanus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides obesus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides obscuratus G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides tenuipennis G. Statz, 1944
Culicoides ventralis G. Statz, 1944
Culiseta (Culiseta) annulata Schrank, 1776Banded mosquito
Culiseta (Culiseta) glaphyroptera Schiner, 1864
Cyrtomides maculatus A. Bode, 1953
Dasyhelea unbedarfti Havelka, 1978
Demeijerea rufipes Linnaeus, 1761
Demicryptochironomus (Irmakia) neglectus Reiss, 1988
Dixa (Coquillettidia) maculata Meigen, 1818
Dixa (Coquillettidia) puberula Loew, 1849
Dixella aestivalis Meigen, 1818
Empidocampe retrocrassata A. Bode, 1953
Endochironomus albipennis Meigen, 1830
Eukiefferiella coerulescens Kieffer, 1926
Eukiefferiella fittkaui Lehmann, 1972
Eukiefferiella tirolensis Goetghebuer, 1938
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) alacris Winnertz, 1852
Gegenemene sinuosa M. Kliver, 1883
Heterotrissocladius changi Saether, 1975Alpine French-honeysuckle
Krenopsectra acuta Goetghebuer, 1934
Krenosmittia boreoalpina Goetghebuer, 1944
Lasiodiamesa sphagnicola Kieffer, 1925
Macropelopia fittkaui Ferrarese & ..., 1987
Macropelopia nebulosa Meigen, 1804
Mansonia martinii G. Statz, 1944
Mansonia varivestita G. Statz, 1944
Metriocnemus (Metriocnemus) eurynotus Holmgren, 1883
Micropsectra attenuata Reiss, 1969
Micropsectra bumasta Gilka & Jazd..., 2010
Micropsectra contracta Reiss, 1965
Micropsectra junci Meigen, 1818
Micropsectra notescens Walker, 1856
Micropsectra pallidula Meigen, 1830
Micropsectra pharetrophora Fittkau & Reiss, 1999
Micropsectra schrankelae Stur & Ekrem, 2006
Micropsectra seguyi Casas & Laville, 1990
Micropsectra sofiae Stur & Ekrem, 2006
Micropsectra subletteorum Anderson, St..., 2013
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Neoculicites ceyx von Heyden, 1870
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) telochaetus Langton, 1985
Orthocladius (Orthocladius) decoratus Holmgren, 1869
Orthocladius (Symposiocladius) lignicola Kieffer, 1915Redmaids
Palpomyia korni Havelka, 1980
Palpomyia limnochares Macfie, 1940
Paraboreochlus minutissimus Strobl, 1895
Parametriocnemus stylatus Kieffer, 1924
Paraphaenocladius exagitans Johannsen, 1905
Paraphaenocladius impensus Walker, 1856
Paraphaenocladius pseudirritus Strenzke, 1950
Parapsectra mendli Reiss, 1983
Paratanytarsus austriacus Kieffer, 1924
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes albimanus Meigen, 1818
Parochlus kiefferi Garrett, 1925
Pelopia obscura G. Statz, 1944
Pelopia pagasti G. Statz, 1944
Pelopia thienemanni G. Statz, 1944
Pelopiina exuvia G. Statz, 1944
Pelopiina pupa
Pentaneurella katterjokki Fittkau & Mu..., 1983
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) albicorne Meigen, 1838
Polypedilum (Polypedilum) nubeculosum Meigen, 1804
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) convictum Walker, 1856
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Propexis incerta A. Bode, 1953
Psectrotanypus varius Fabricius, 1787
Pseudorthocladius (Pseudorthocladius) curtistylus Goetghebuer, 1921Maiden fern
Rhopaloscolex brevis A. Bode, 1953
Rhopaloscolex longus A. Bode, 1953
Sergentia psiloptera Edwards, 1935
Serromyia alphea L. von Heyden, 1870
Serromyia bicolor Borkent, 1990
Simulia pasithea von Heyden, 1870
Simulium (Eusimulium) velutinum Santos Abreu, 1922
Simulium (Hellichiella) latipes Meigen, 1804Bog marshcress
Simulium (Hemicnetha) smarti Vargas, 1946
Simulium (Psilopelmia) callidum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilopelmia) ochraceum Walker, 1861Black fly
Simulium (Psilopelmia) veracruzanum Vargas, Pala..., 1946
Simulium (Simulium) argyreatum (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Simulium noelleri Friederichs, 1920
Simulium (Simulium) ornatum Meigen, 1818
Simulium capricorne Leon, 1945
Simulium carolinae Leon, 1945
Smittia amoena Caspers, 1988
Smittia edwardsi Goetghebuer, 1932Clambering polypody
Smittia neria
Smittia scutellosetosa Caspers, 1988
Smittia stercoraria (Rossaro & Le..., 2000)⇒ Camptocladius stercorarius De Geer, 1776
Sphallonymphites decurtatus A. Bode, 1953
Stempellina bausei Kieffer, 1911
Stempellina ciliaris Goetghebuer, 1944
Stempellinella edwardsi Spies & Saether, 2004
Stempellinella flavidula Edwards, 1929
Stenochironomus (Petalopholeus) fascipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Stenochironomus (Stenochironomus) hibernicus Edwards, 1929
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) veterana G. Statz, 1944
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Tanypus dorminans von Heyden, 1870
Tanypus obscurus (Macquart, 1826)⇒ Tanypus fuscus Freeman, 1955
Tanypus pagasti Statz, 1944
Tanypus palaemon von Heyden, 1870
Tanypus thienemanni Statz, 1944
Tanytarsus debilis Meigen, 1830
Tanytarsus heusdensis Goetghebuer, 1923
Tanytarsus lestagei Goetghebuer, 1922
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus miriforceps Kieffer, 1921
Tanytarsus occultus Brundin, 1949
Tanytarsus pseudoheusdensis Lin, Stur & ..., 2017
Thienemannia libanica Laville & Mo..., 1985

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in West Germany
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
66
129
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
19
43
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
1
2
11
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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