Culicoidea

Culicoidea
A female Culiseta longiareolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Culicoidea Malloch, 1917
Families
Dixidae Corethrellidae Chaoboridae Culicidae

The Culicoidea are a superfamily within the order Diptera. The following families are included within the Culicoidea:

• Dixidae – meniscus midges
• Corethrellidae – frog-biting midges
• Chaoboridae – phantom midges
• Culicidae – mosquitoes

References[]

• McAlpine, J.F., B.V. Peterson, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, and D.M. Wood. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 1. Agriculture Canada Monograph 27.1981.

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