Culicidae

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.]

Culicidae Meigen, 1818

Primary references

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Links

• Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory
• Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Systematic Catalog of Culicidae