Culicomorpha

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Culicomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Nematocera Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamilies
Culicoidea Chironomoidea See text for families.

Culicomorpha is a infraorder of Nematocera. It includes mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insect.

[edit] Classification

Extant families

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

Extinct families

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