Biology:Culicoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of flies

Culicoidea
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A female Culiseta longiareolata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Malloch, 1917
Families

The Culicoidea are a superfamily within the order Diptera.[1][2] The following families are included within the Culicoidea:

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q2737578 entry