Biology:Culicoidea
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Short description: Superfamily of flies
| Culicoidea | |
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| A female Culiseta longiareolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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:
- Dixidae – meniscus midges
- Corethrellidae – frog-biting midges
- Chaoboridae – phantom midges
- Culicidae – mosquitoes
References
- ↑ Wood, D. M.; Borkent, A. (1989). "Phylogeny and Classilication of the Nematocera". Manual of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 3.. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada Research Branch. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/A54-3-32-eng.pdf.
- ↑ Borkent, A. (2012). "The pupae of Culicomorpha—morphology and a new phylogenetic tree.". Zootaxa 3396: 1–98. https://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.myspecies.info/sites/mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/files/Borkent%202012.pdf.
- 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
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