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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
257
1635
3299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
256
1633
3296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
1595
3225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
162
1360
2888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
39
153
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
7
59
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comoro Islands
7 Families width 162 Species and 3 Subspecies
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies42SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito63SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat39SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats8SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae Speiser, 1909Craneflies4SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies5SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comoro Islands
59 Genera with 162 Species
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Achyrolimonia Alexander, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1903Ochlerotatus26SpeciesTaxom
Allodia Winnertz, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Amphineurus Skuse, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Angazidzia Matile, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1932Malaria Mosquitoes4SpeciesTaxom
Aspidionia Colless, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Atypophthalmus Brunetti, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Austrolimnophila Alexander, 04SpeciesTaxom
Chiasmoneura De Meijere, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Clastobasis Skuse, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Conosia van der Wulp, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito20SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1904
Cool Mosquito0SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Epicypta Winnertz, 197920SpeciesTaxom
Eretmapodites Theobald, 1914African Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Exechia Winnertz, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Helius Lepeletier &..., 19542SpeciesTaxom
Helodon Enderlein, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Holorusia Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Hovamyia Alexander, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Hoverioptera Alexander, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Isostomyia Coquillett, 1927Grasping Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Libnotes Westwood, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Limnophila Macquart, 1922Limnophila Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Lutzia Theobald, 1901Predatory Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhina Skuse, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Macrocera Meigen, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Manota Williston, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Mimomyia Theobald, 1977Indistinct Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Mohelia Matile, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Monocentrota Edwards, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Neoempheria Osten-sacken, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Neoplatyura Malloch, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Nephrotoma Meigen, 1960Tiger Crane Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Orimarga Osten Sacken, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1977Red Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Parempheriella Matile, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Phronia Winnertz, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Platyprosthiogyne Enderlein, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Prionocera Loew, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Prosimulium Roubaud, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolimnophila Alexander, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Rhexoza Enderlein, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidia Meigen, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Sciophila Meigen, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Stegomyia Meigen, 17621SpeciesTaxom
Styringomyia Loew, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Tasiocera Skuse, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticomyia Skuse, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhina Loew, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Trentepohlia Bigot, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1912Heaven Mosquito5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
162 Species and 3 Subspecies
Achyrolimonia millotiana Alexander, 1959
Aedes (Aedimorphus) fowleri Charmoy, 1908
Aedes (Fredwardsius) vittatus Bigot, 1861
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) circumluteolus Theobald, 1908
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cataphylla Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Ochlerotatus communis De Geer, 1776
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) hexodontus Dyar, 1916Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) impiger Walker, 1848
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) intrudens Dyar, 1919
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nigripes Zetterstedt, 1838
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) pionips Dyar, 1919
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Ochlerotatus punctor Kirby, 1837
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen, 1838)⇒ Ochlerotatus sticticus Meigen, 1838
Aedes (Skusea) cartroni Ventrillon, 1906
Aedes (Skusea) pembaensis Theobald, 1901Skusea pembaensis
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes (Stegomyia) simpsoni Theobald, 1905
Aedes brunhesi Reinert, 1999
Aedes campestris Dyar & Knab, 1907
Aedes fitchii Felt & Young, 1904Woodland mosquito
Aedes gubernatoris Giles, 1901
Aedes implicatus Vockeroth, 1954Rocky Mountain fringed gentian
Aedes monetus Edwards, 1935
Aedes spencerii Theobald, 1901
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes tortilis Theobald, 1903
Allodia flavorufa Matile, 1979
Amphineurus (Amphineurus) pita Theischinger, 1994
Angazidzia insolita Matile, 1972
Anopheles (Cellia) comorensis Brunhes, Le ..., 1997
Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902African malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Cellia) mascarensis De Meillon, 1947
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) aquasalis Curry, 1932
Aspidionia balachowskyi Matile, 1974
Atypophthalmus (Atypophthalmus) bilobatus Alexander, 1955
Atypophthalmus (Atypophthalmus) comoricola Alexander, 1979
Atypophthalmus (Atypophthalmus) prodigiosus Alexander, 1979
Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) acanthophallus Alexander, 1955
Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) anjouanensis Alexander, 1979
Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) megapophysis Alexander, 1979
Austrolimnophila comorica
Chiasmoneura stylata Matile, 1979
Chiasmoneura tsacasi Matile, 1990
Clastobasis brunhesi Matile, 1979
Conosia angustissima Alexander, 1927
Culex (Culex) andersoni Edwards, 1914
Culex (Culex) bahamensis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Culex) carleti Brunhes & Ra..., 1971
Culex (Culex) comorensis Brunhes, 1977
Culex (Culex) decens Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) ingrami Edwards, 1916
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) simpsoni Theobald, 1905Wood sorrel
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) thalassius Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culiciomyia) cinerellus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Culiciomyia) nebulosus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Eumelanomyia) chauveti Brunhes & Ra..., 1968
Culex (Eumelanomyia) horridus Edwards, 1922
Culex (Eumelanomyia) wigglesworthi Edwards, 1941
Culex (Kitzmilleria) moucheti Evans, 1923
Culex (Melanoconion) atratus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) diura Alexander, 1942
Dicranomyia (Euglochina) comoroensis Alexander, 1959
Dicranomyia corallicola mayotteana Alexander, 1959
Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pauliani Alexander, 1959
Epicypta ambigua Matile, 1979
Epicypta angazidziana Matile, 1979
Epicypta aurata Matile, 1979
Epicypta balkisae Matile, 1979
Epicypta chaetophora Matile, 1979
Epicypta dzialandzea Matile, 1979
Epicypta flavimaculata Matile, 1979
Epicypta flavomarginata Matile, 1979
Epicypta fuscomarginata Matile, 1979
Epicypta hirsutistyla Matile, 1979
Epicypta julieni Matile, 1979
Epicypta lophophora Matile, 1979
Epicypta maculipleura Matile, 1979
Epicypta maculosa Matile, 1979
Epicypta monilis Matile, 1979
Epicypta nigronitida Matile, 1979
Epicypta pilosistyla Matile, 1979
Epicypta seditiosa Matile, 1979
Epicypta surdipleura Matile, 1979
Epicypta tenuis Matile, 1979
Eretmapodites quinquevittatus Theobald, 1901
Eretmapodites subsimplicipes Edwards, 1914
Exechia lydiae Matile, 1979
Exechia pilifera Matile, 1979
Exechia setosa Matile, 1979
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) matileana Alexander, 1979
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) moheliana Oosterbroek, 2009
Helius (Helius) comoreanus Alexander, 1959
Helius stenorhynchus stenorhynchus Alexander, 1954
Helodon alpestris Dorogostaisk..., 1935
Holorusia albovittata Macquart, 1838
Hovamyia armillata Enderlein, 1912
Hovamyia subarmillata Alexander, 1979
Hoverioptera (Hoverioptera) ambricola Alexander, 1951
Isostomyia perturbans Curran, 1927
Libnotes (Afrolimonia) comoreana Alexander, 1959
Libnotes discobolina comorica Alexander, 1965
Limnophila (Limnophila) dictyoptera Alexander, 1922
Limonia comoreana Alexander, 1959
Limonia perdistincta Alexander, 1979
Limonia thaleitrichia Alexander, 1979
Lutzia tigripes De Grandpre ..., 1901
Lygistorrhina nassreddineri Matile, 1979
Macrocera bilucida Matile, 1979
Macrocera exilis Matile, 1972
Macrocera vulcania Matile, 1979
Manota aureonigra Manile, 1979
Manota crassiseta Manile, 1979
Mimomyia grjebinei Brunhes, 1977
Mohelia nigricauda Matile, 1979
Monocentrota comoreana Matile, 1979
Mycetophila karthalae Matile, 1979
Neoempheria anjouana Matile, 1979
Neoempheria moheliana Matile, 1979
Neoplatyura anjouana Matile, 1979
Nephrotoma comoroensis Alexander, 1959
Nephrotoma milloti Alexander, 1959
Nephrotoma sakalava Alexander, 1960
Orimarga (Orimarga) sarophorodes Alexander, 1979
Orthopodomyia comorensis Brunhes, 1977
Orthopodomyia joyoni Brunhes, 1977
Parempheriella setosa Matile, 1979
Phronia flobertae Matile, 1979
Phronia fusconitida Matile, 1979
Phronia riparia Matile, 1979
Platyprosthiogyne moheliana Matile, 1979
Prionocera ominosa Alexander, 1920
Prosimulium fulvum Coquillett, 1902Yellow Gnat
Pseudolimnophila (Calolimnophila) octoseriata Alexander, 1951
Rhexoza processa Cook, 1962
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) aoneurodes Alexander, 1979
Sciophila atrigaster Matile, 1979
Simulium (Meilloniellum) adersi Pomeroy, 1922
Simulium (Psilozia) vittatum Zetterstedt, 1838Striped black fly
Simulium (Xenosimulium) imerinae Roubaud, 1905
Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti Linnaeus, 1762Tiger Mosquito
Styringomyia annulipes Enderlein, 1912
Styringomyia bourbonensis Alexander, 1953
Styringomyia matileana Alexander, 1979
Styringomyia moheliana Alexander, 1959
Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) basispinosa Alexander, 1979
Thrypticomyia seychellensis Edwards, 1912
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) danieleae Alexander, 1979
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) drysdalei Alexander, 1937
Trentepohlia (Mongoma) atrobasalis Alexander, 1959
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) africana Alexander, 1930
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) aurantia Alexander, 1920
Uranotaenia andavakae Doucet, 1950
Uranotaenia comorensis da Cunha Ram..., 2004
Uranotaenia douceti Grjebine, 1953
Uranotaenia mayottensis Brunhes, 1977
Uranotaenia pandani Theobald, 1912

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Comoro Islands
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
2
19
47
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
2
14
68
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
25
46
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Nematocera (Latreille 1825)
Nematocera (Latreille 1825)


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