Family Culicidae

Total number of species: 120.

List of Culicidae types

List of undetermined Culicidae

Genus Species Author No. of specs. or
vials in collection
Biogeographic
Region
Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) 24 Palaearctic
Aedes albolineatus (Theobald, 1904) 4 Oriental
Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) 2 Oriental
Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) 30 Oriental
Aedes alboscutellatus (Theobald, 1905) 1 Australasian
Aedes andamanensis Edwards, 1922 1 Oriental
Aedes annulipes (Meigen, 1830) 74/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes assamensis (Theobald, 1908) 1 Oriental
Aedes aurantius (Theobald, 1907) 4 Oriental
Aedes butleri Theobald, 1901 1 Oriental
Aedes canadensis (Theobald, 1901) 4 Nearctic
Aedes cantans (Meigen, 1818) 113/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes carmenti Edwards, 1924 42 Australasian
Aedes caspius (Pallas, 1771) 23/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes cataphylla Dyar, 1916 139/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes cinereus Meigen, 1818 32/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes communis (De Geer, 1776) 106/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes detritus (Haliday, 1833) 14/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes diantaeus Howard, Dyar et Knab, 1913 15 Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) 40/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes excrucians (Walker, 1856) 28/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes flavescens (Müller, 1764) 50 Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) 35 Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes gurneyi Stone & Bohart, 1944 12 Australasian
Aedes hebrideus Edwards, 1926 3 Australasian
Aedes imprimens (Walker, 1861) 1 Oriental
Aedes leucomelas (Meigen, 1804) 16 Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes lineatus (Taylor, 1914) 30 Australasian
Aedes macrodixoa Dyar & Shannon, 1925 2 Oriental
Aedes mediopunctatus perplexus (Leicester, 1908) 6 Oriental
Aedes melanopterus (Giles, 1904) 2 Oriental
Aedes nigrinus (Eckstein, 1918) 5 Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889) 8 Australasian
Aedes ostentatio (Leicester, 1908) 2 Oriental
Aedes punctor (Kirby in Richardson, 1837) 116/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes quadripunctis (Ludlow, 1910) 1 Oriental
Aedes riparius Dyar et Knab, 1907 4 Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes rusticus (Rossi, 1790) 52/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes scapularis (Rondani, 1848) 3 Neotropical
Aedes sollicitans (Walker, 1856) 1 Nearctic
Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821) 4 Neotropical
Aedes uncus (Theobald, 1901) 1 Oriental
Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) 4 Nearctic
Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) 4/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Aedes vexans nocturnus (Theobald, 1903) 3 Oriental
Aedomyia catasticta Knab, 1909 1 Oriental
Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann, 1821 1 Neotropical
Anopheles albitarsis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878 4 Neotropical
Anopheles claviger (Meigen, 1804) 37/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Anopheles cruzii Dyar & Knab, 1908 2 Neotropical
Anopheles darlingi Root, 1926 1 Neotropical
Anopheles farauti Laveran, 1902 1 Australasian
Anopheles farauti Laveran, 1902 3 Australasian
Anopheles franciscoi Reid, 1962 11 Oriental
Anopheles maculipennis Meigen, 1818 3 Palaearctic
Anopheles maculipennis (complex) Meigen, 1818 59/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Anopheles oswaldoi (Peryassu, 1921) 3 Neotropical
Anopheles plumbeus Stephens, 1828 5 Palaearctic (Danish)
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901 1 Neotropical
Anopheles punctipennis (Say, 1823) 7 Nearctic
Anopheles triannulatus (Neiva & Pinto, 1922) 3 Neotropical
Anopheles vagus limosus King, 1932 2 Oriental
Armigeres aureolineatus (Leicester, 1908) 5 Oriental
Armigeres digitatus (Edwards, 1914) 2 Oriental
Armigeres joloensis (Ludlow, 1904) 19 Oriental
Armigeres joloensis (Ludlow, 1904) 30 Oriental
Armigeres lacuum Edwards, 1922 50 Australasian
Armigeres setifer Delfinado, 1966 1 Oriental
Coquillettidia richiardii (Ficalbi, 1889) 19 Palaearctic (Danish)
Culex annulirostris Skuse, 1889 2 Australasian
Culex annulirostris Skuse, 1889 4 Australasian
Culex atracus Colless, 1960 3 Australasian
Culex erraticus (Dyar & Knab, 1906) 2 Nearctic
Culex fuscanus Wiedemann, 1820 1 Oriental
Culex gelidus Theobald, 1901 1 Oriental
Culex gibbulus Delfinado, 1966 1 Oriental
Culex halifaxii Theobald, 1903 1 Oriental
Culex incognitus Baisas, 1938 1 Oriental
Culex insulani Sirivanakarn, 1968 1 Australasian
Culex mimulus Edwards, 1915 1 Oriental
Culex nigropunctatus Edwards, 1926 7 Oriental
Culex pachecoi Baisas, 1935 1 Oriental
Culex papuensis (Taylor, 1904) 1 Oriental
Culex pipiens (complex) Linnaeus, 1758 307/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Culex pipiens fatigans Wiedemann, 1828 7 Oriental
Culex pullus Theobald, 1905 3 Australasian
Culex pullus Theobald, 1905 9 Australasian
Culex reidi Colless, 1965 1 Oriental
Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 2 Australasian
Culex tarsalis Coquillett, 1896 4 Nearctic
Culex territans Walker, 1856 2 Nearctic
Culiseta alaskaensis (Ludlow, 1906) 2 Palaearctic (Danish)
Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776) 128 Palaearctic (Danish)
Culiseta fumipennis (Stephens, 1825) 5 Palaearctic (Danish)
Culiseta inornata Williston; 1893 7 Nearctic
Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart, 1838) 2 Palaearctic
Culiseta morsitans (Theobald, 1901) 27/Alc. Palaearctic (Danish)
Culiseta subochrea (Edwards in Wesenberg-Lund, 1921) 5 Palaearctic (Danish)
Ficalbia elegans (Taylor, 1914) 1 Oriental
Ficalbia fusca (Leicester, 1908) 1 Oriental
Haemagogus capricornii (Lutz, 1904) 1 Neotropical
Haemagogus splendens Williston, 1896 1 Neotropical
Hodgesia solomonis Belkin, 1962 13 Australasian
Johnbelkinia longipes (Fabricius, 1805) 1 Neotropical
Limatus durhami Theobald, 1901 1 Neotropical
Mansonia chrysonotum (Peryassu, 1922) 1 Neotropical
Mansonia dives (Schiner, 1868) 1 Oriental
Mansonia fuscopennata (Theobald, 1904) 2 African
Mansonia humeralis (Dyar & Knab, 1916) 2 Neotropical
Mansonia nigrosignata (Edwards) 48 Oriental
Mansonia titillans (Walker, 1848) 2 Neotropical
Mansonia uniformis (Theobald, 1901) 6 African
Mansonia uniformis (Theobald, 1901) 10 Australasian
Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius, 1794) 6 Nearctic
Psorophora confinnis (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891) 3 Neotropical
Psorophora cyanescens (Coquillett, 1902) 1 Nearctic
Psorophora ferox (Humboldt, 1819) 6 Neotropical
Psorophora lutzi (Theobald, 1901) 1 Neotropical
Psorophora varipes (Coquillett, 1904) 1 Neotropical
Sabethes albiprivus Lutz, 1923 2 Neotropical
Tripteroides binotatus Belkin, 1950 1 Australasian
Tripteroides novohanoverae Peters, 1963 1 Australasian
Uranotaenia argyrotarsis Leicester, 1908 1 Oriental
Uranotaenia laguensis Baisas, 1935 1 Oriental
Uranotaenia nivea Leicester, 1908 1 Oriental
Uranotaenia philippinensis Delfinado, 1966 1 Oriental
Uranotaenia rossi Delfinado, 1966 4 Oriental

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