Culicomorpha

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Nematocera Higher classification Nematocera		Phylum Arthropoda Scientific name Culicomorpha Rank Infraorder

Lower classifications Mosquito, Non‑biting midges, Sandflies, Black fly, Chaoboridae

The Culicomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, including mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insects.

Classification

Extant families

Superfamily Culicoidea

Dixidae -meniscus midges

Corethrellidae -frog-biting midges

Chaoboridae -phantom midges

Culicidae -mosquitoes

Superfamily Chironomoidea

Thaumaleidae -solitary midges

Simuliidae -black flies and buffalo gnats

Ceratopogonidae -biting midges

Chironomidae -nonbiting midges

Extinct families

Asiochaoboridae (Upper Jurassic)

Architendipedidae (Upper Triassic)

Protendipedidae (Middle Jurassic)

Mesophantasmatidae (Middle Jurassic)

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