Culicomorpha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Culicomorpha
Superfamiliae: Chironomoidea - Culicoidea - Simulioidea

References

Borkent, A. 2012: The pupae of Culicomorpha—morphology and a new phylogenetic tree. Zootaxa 3396: 1–98. Preview Reference page.
Pawlowski, J. et al. 1996: Phylogeny of the infraorder Culicomorpha (DipteraNematocera) based on 28S RNA gene sequences. Systematic entomology, 21(2): 167–178. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1996.d01-5.x
Saether, O.A. 2000: Phylogeny of Culicomorpha (Diptera). Systematic entomology, 25(2): 223–234. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2000.00101.x PDF

Vernacular names
français: Culicomorphes
日本語: カ下目
中文: 蚊下目

The Culicomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, including mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insects.

Classification

Extant families

Superfamily Culicoidea
Dixidae -meniscus midges
Corethrellidae -frog-biting midges
Chaoboridae -phantom midges
Culicidae -mosquitoes
Superfamily Chironomoidea
Thaumaleidae -solitary midges
Simuliidae -black flies and buffalo gnats
Ceratopogonidae -biting midges
Chironomidae -nonbiting midges

Extinct families

Asiochaoboridae (Upper Jurassic)
Architendipedidae (Upper Triassic)
Protendipedidae (Middle Jurassic)
Mesophantasmatidae (Middle Jurassic)