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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
782
15067
62702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
777
15046
62673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
739
14833
62018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
479
12088
52316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
130
2457
13123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
31
612
3375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
244
1187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West USA
7 Families width 1187 Species
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge331SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge14SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids521SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito132SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges25SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies145SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges19SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Culicomorpha with occurrences in West USA
SuperfamilyChironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
204
852
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCulicoidea
Meigen, 1818
3
23
171
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySimulioidea
Borkent, 2012
2
17
164
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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