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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Louisiana (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
420
3632
7047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
419
3629
7044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
397
3553
6870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
271
2937
5698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
345
554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
98
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Louisiana
16 Families width 177 Species and 3 Subspecies
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids28SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae (Meigen, 1818)Mosquito44SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges11SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge28SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies31SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat7SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies5SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges2SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Canthyloscelidae Enderlein, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies12SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Tanyderidae Alexander, 1919Primitive crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Louisiana
98 Genera with 177 Species
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Ablabesmyia Johannsen, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1902Ochlerotatus12SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1901Malaria Mosquitoes8SpeciesTaxom
Aprionus Kieffer, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Asheum Sublette & S..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Baeoura Alexander, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Bittacomorpha Westwood, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Brachypremna Osten Sacken, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Bradysia Winnertz, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Bruggmanniella Tavares, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocladius van der Wulp, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyia Fischer von ..., 1978Pine Pitch Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Celticecis Gagne, 1897Hackberry Gall Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1823Glassworm1SpeciesTaxom
Chernovskiia Sæther, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinotanypus Kieffer, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Cnephia Enderlein, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Coelotanypus Kieffer, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Colobostema Enderlein, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Cricotopus van der Wulp, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1856Typical Mosquito11SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1926Midge5SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Dicranoptycha Osten Sacken, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Docosia Winnertz, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Einfeldia Kieffer, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Epicypta Winnertz, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Erioptera Meigen, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Eugnophomyia Alexander, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Exiliscelis Hutson, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19027SpeciesTaxom
Gephyraulus Rübsaamen, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Geranomyia Haliday, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Gillotia Kieffer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Helius Lepeletier &..., 18551SpeciesTaxom
Hovatipula Alexander, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Karshomyia Felt, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Labrundinia Fittkau, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Limnophila Macquart, 1823Limnophila Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1907Sand Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Macrocera Meigen, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1856Submarine Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Megistocera Wiedemann, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Microtendipes Kieffer, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Molophilus Curtis, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Nanocladius Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Nephrotoma Meigen, 1805Tiger Crane Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Nilotanypus Kieffer, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribá..., 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Opsion Gistl, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Parachironomus Lenz, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paratendipes Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1940love bug1SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Procladius Skuse, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Protoplasa Osten Sacken, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Psorophora Robineau-Des..., 1908Gang Mosquito6SpeciesTaxom
Psychoda Latreille, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Rhegmoclemina Enderlein, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Sciara Meigen, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Setomima Enderlein, 1937
0SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 2003Green Midges8SpeciesTaxom
Taxodiomyia Gagne, 1911Cypress Gall Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Telmatoscopus Eaton, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Tipula Linnaeus, 1775Cranefly9SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1906Carnivorous Mosquito2SpeciesTaxom
Trichocera Meigen, 1776Winter gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Trichopsychoda Tonnoir, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Trisopsis Kieffer, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Ulomyia Haliday, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribá..., 1901Heaven Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Wyeomyia Theobald, 1909Bromeliad Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Xenochironomus Kieffer, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Louisiana
177 Species and 3 Subspecies
Ablabesmyia rhamphe Sublette, 1964
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Aedimorphus vexans Meigen, 1830
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans Walker, 1856Eastern salt marsh mosquito
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedes atlanticus Dyar & Knab, 1906Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes dupreei Coquillett, 1904
Aedes flavifrons (Skuse, 1889)⇒ Ochlerotatus flavifrons Skuse, 1889
Aedes infirmatus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821Black Salt Marsh Mosquito
Aedes tormentor Dyar & Knab, 1906Woodland floodwater mosquito
Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823)⇒ Ochlerotatus triseriatus Say, 1823
Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, 1902Plains floodwater mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) atropos Dyar & Knab, 1906
Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi Coquillett, 1903
Anopheles (Anopheles) bradleyi King, 1939Heartscale
Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Anopheles (Anopheles) freeborni Aitken, 1939
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say, 1823Spotted wing mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus Say, 1824Common malaria mosquito
Anopheles (Anopheles) walkeri Theobald, 1901Walker'S Anopheles
Aprionus bostrichus Berest, 1997
Asheum beckae Sublette, 1964
Atrichopogon levis Coquillett, 1901Biting midge
Atrichopogon websteri Coquillett, 1901
Baeoura trichopoda trichopoda Alexander, 1930
Bezzia glabra Coquillett, 1902
Bittacomorpha clavipes Fabricius, 1781Eastern Phantom Crane Fly
Brachypremna dispellens Walker, 1861Feay's milkweed
Bradysia mesochra Shaw, 1941
Bruggmanniella bumeliae Felt, 1907
Camptocladius tritoma (Kieffer, 1921)⇒ Orthocladiinae tritoma Kieffer, 1921
Cecidomyia reburrata Gagne, 1978
Celticecis spiniformis Patton, 1897Hackberry Thorn Gall Midge
Chaoborus (Sayomyia) punctipennis Say, 1823
Chernovskiia amphitrite Townes, 1945
Clinotanypus aureus Roback, 1971Clammy clover
Cnephia ornithophilia Davies, Pete..., 1962
Cnephia pecuarum Riley, 1887Southern buffalo gnat
Coelotanypus tricolor Loew, 1861
Colobostema variatum Cook, 1956
Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856Cattail Mosquito
Cricotopus (Isocladius) tricinctus Meigen, 1818
Cricotopus (Isocladius) trifasciatus Meigen, 1813Non-biting midge
Cryptochironomus ponderosus Sublette, 1964
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus, 1758Common house mosquito
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald, 1901White-dotted mosquito
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett, 1896Common mosquito
Culex (Culiciomyia) inornata (Theobald, 1905)⇒ Culiseta inornata Williston, 1893
Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Culex (Melanoconion) peccator Dyar & Knab, 1909
Culex (Neoculex) apicalis (Adams, 1903)⇒ Psorophora cingulata Fabricius, 1805
Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Culicoides (Amossovia) arboricola Root & Hoffman, 1937Schaffner's wattle
Culicoides (Amossovia) guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901)⇒ Culicoides meijerei Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides biguttatus Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides haematopotus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides mississippiensis Hoffman, 1926
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) corinneae Gosseries, 1991
Dasyhelea grisea Coquillett, 1901
Dicranomyia paramorio platysoma Alexander, 1933
Dicranomyia (Nealexandriaria) anisota Alexander, 1973
Dicranoptycha nigripes Osten Sacken, 1860Black hawthorn
Dicrotendipes modestus Say, 1823
Dilophus orbatus (Say, 1823)⇒ Dilophus sayi Hardy, 1959
Docosia melita Chandler & Gatt, 2000
Einfeldia natchitocheae Sublette, 1964
Epicypta lepida Chandler, 1981
Epiphragma (Epiphragma) solatrix Osten Sacken, 1860
Erioptera (Mesocyphona) caliptera Say, 1823
Erioptera (Mesocyphona) parva Osten Sacken, 1860Black hawthorn
Eugnophomyia luctuosa Osten Sacken, 1860Black hawthorn
Exiliscelis californiensis Hutson, 1977Paper birch
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) brevipennis Macquart, 1826
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pictoni Macfie, 1938Georgia frostweed
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fusicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia squamipes (Coquillett, 1902)⇒ Forcipomyia lefanui Carter, 1916
Forcipomyia texana Long, 1902
Gephyraulus diplotaxis Solinas, 1982
Geranomyia communis (Osten Sacken, 1860)⇒ Limonia communis Osten Sacken, 1859
Geranomyia intermedia Walker, 1848
Geranomyia rostrata (Say, 1823)⇒ Limonia rostrata Say, 1823
Gillotia alboviridis Malloch, 1915
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) periploca Alexander, 1963
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) burgessi Alexander, 1944
Helius (Helius) flavipes Macquart, 1855Melon loco
Hovatipula megalothorax Alexander, 1955
Johannsenomyia argentata Loew, 1861
Karshomyia inusitata Gagne, 1973
Labrundinia pilosella Loew, 1866
Limnophila (Lasiomastix) macrocera Say, 1823
Limonia (Rhipidia) domestica Osten Sacken, 1859Black hawthorn
Lutzomyia (Psathyromyia) shannoni (Dyar, 1929)⇒ Lutzomyia abonnenci Floch H., Ch..., 1947
Lutzomyia anthophora Addis C. J., 1945
Lutzomyia vexator Coquillett, 1907
Macrocera nephrotoma Matile, 1972
Mallochohelea flavidula Malloch, 1914
Mansonia (Mansonia) titillans (Walker, 1848)⇒ Coquillettidia titillans Walker, 1848
Mansonia perturbans (Walker, 1856)⇒ Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856
Megistocera longipennis Macquart, 1838
Microtendipes pedellus De Geer, 1776
Molophilus tanypus tanypus Alexander, 1922
Monohelea macfiei Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Monohelea maculipennis Coquillett, 1905
Mycetophila limata Laffoon, 1957
Mycetophila ocellus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Nephrotoma alterna Walker, 1848
Nephrotoma ferruginea Fabricius, 1805Ferruginous Tiger Crane Fly
Nilotanypus fimbriatus Walker, 1848
Opsion nigra Meigen, 1804
Palpomyia subasper Coquillett, 1901
Parachironomus monochromus (Wulp, 1874)⇒ Parachironomus tenuicaudatus Malloch, 1915
Paratanytarsus laccophilus Edwards, 1929
Paratendipes basidens Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Penthetria heteroptera Say, 1823
Plecia nearctica Hardy, 1940Double-headed bug
Polypedilum gomphus Townes, 1945Coastal plain milkwort
Probezzia ludoviciana Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Probezzia nigra Wirth, 1971
Probezzia rosewalli Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Probezzia smithii Coquillett, 1901
Protoplasa fitchii Osten Sacken, 1859Black hawthorn
Psorophora (Grabhamia) columbiae Dyar & Knab, 1906Dark rice field mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens Philip, 1941
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox Humboldt, 1819Big woods mosquito
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) varipes Coquillett, 1904
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata Fabricius, 1794Gallinipper
Psorophora horrida (Dyar & Knab, 1908)⇒ Psorophora horridus Dyar & Knab, 1908
Psychoda alternata (Say, 1824)⇒ Tinearia alternata Say, 1824
Psychoda alternicula Quate, 1955Newberry's milkvetch
Psychoda cinerea (Banks, 1894)⇒ Psychodocha cinerea Banks, 1894
Psychoda phalaenoides Linnaeus, 1758
Rhegmoclemina parva Cook, 1955
Rhopalomyia solidaginis Loew, 1862Goldenrod Bunch Gall
Sciara dimidiata Say, 1832
Simulium (Hellichiella) congareenarum Dyar & Shannon, 1927
Simulium (Psilozia) vittatum Zetterstedt, 1838Striped black fly
Simulium (Simulium) jenningsi Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia stonei Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Tanytarsus allicis Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus buckleyi Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus dendyi Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus limneticus Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus mendax Kieffer, 1925
Tanytarsus quadratus Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus recens Sublette, 1964
Tanytarsus wirthi Ekrem, Suble..., 2003
Taxodiomyia cupressi Schweinitz, 1822
Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa Osten Sacken, 1878Cypress twig gall midge
Taxodiomyia taxodii Felt, 1911Cypress Leaf Gall Midge
Telmatoscopus (Clogmia) albipunctata Williston, 1893
Telmatoscopus furcatus Kincaid, 1899
Telmatoscopus varitarsis Curran, 1924
Tipula (Lunatipula) disjuncta Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Tipula (Lunatipula) euterpe Theischinger, 1979
Tipula (Lunatipula) rossmani Byers, 2003
Tipula (Triplicitipula) umbrosa Loew, 1863Fendler's globemallow
Tipula (Yamatotipula) caloptera Loew, 1863
Tipula (Yamatotipula) floridensis Alexander, 1926
Tipula (Yamatotipula) furca Walker, 1848Arizona milkweed
Tipula (Yamatotipula) sayi Alexander, 1911
Tipula (Yamatotipula) tricolor Fabricius, 1775Richard's macromitrium moss
Toxorhynchites rutilus Coquillett, 1896Elephant Mosquito
Toxorhynchites septentrionalis Dyar & Knab, 1906
Trichocera (Trichocera) hiemalis De Geer, 1776Winter turnip gnat
Trichopsychoda insulicola Quate, 1954Moth fly
Trisopsis hibisci Felt, 1935
Ulomyia lativentris Berden, 1952
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) lowii Theobald, 1901
Wyeomyia drapetes (Dyar & Knab, 1909)⇒ Wyeomyia arthrostigma Lutz, 1905
Xenochironomus xenolabis Kieffer, 1916

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Louisiana
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
4
19
22
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
50
106
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
9
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPtychopteromorpha
Wood & Borkent, 1986
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
18
32
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Nematocera (Latreille 1825)
Nematocera (Latreille 1825)


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