Culicidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamiliae (3): Anophelinae – Culicinae – †Burmaculicinae

Overview of genera (44 + 3†)

Aedeomyia – Aedes – Anopheles – Armigeres – Ayurakitia – Bironella – Borichinda – Chagasia – Coquillettidia – Culex – Culiseta – Deinocerites – Eretmapodites – Ficalbia – Galindomyia – Haemagogus – Heizmannia – Hodgesia – Isostomyia – Johnbelkinia – Kimia – Limatus – Lutzia – Malaya – Mansonia – Maorigoeldia – Mimomyia – Nyctomyia – Onirion – Opifex – Orthopodomyia – Paraedes – Psorophora – Runchomyia – Sabethes – Shannoniana – Topomyia – Toxorhynchites – Trichoprosopon – Tripteroides – Udaya – Uranotaenia – Verrallina – Wyeomyia – Zeugnomyia – †Aetheapnomyia – †Burmaculex – †Eoaedes

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, except fossils, minus (1) Tipula; plus (1) Nyctomyia.]

Name

Culicidae Meigen, 1818

References

Primary references

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Vernacular names

ak: Ntontom
অসমীয়া: মহ
беларуская: Камары
বাংলা: মশা
català: Mosquit
Deutsch: Stechmücke
eʋegbe: Emu
English: Mosquitoes
suomi: Hyttyset
français: Moustique
hrvatski: Komarci
hts: Xhuhi-ko
magyar: Szúnyogfélék
հայերեն: Մոծակներ
日本語: カ科
Līvõ kēļ: Knoušõļd
polski: Komarowate
davvisámegiella: Čuoikkat
Kiswahili: mbu
Tagalog: Lamok
Türkçe: Sivrisinek
vèneto: Sginsała
中文: 蚊科

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