Alternative spelling: Culiciformes
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil 1-332
Parent taxon: Culicidae according to V. A. Baranov and J. T. Haug 2021
See also Harbach 2007, Meigen 1818, Pielowska et al. 2018, Szadziewski 2019 and Szadziewski and Giłka 2011
Sister taxa: Anophelinae, Burmaculicinae, Neoculicites, Paleoculicis
Subtaxa: Aedini Culicini Culisetini Mansoniini Toxorhynchitini
Type: Culex
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), French Polynesia (1), Tanzania (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Mexico (2)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (4)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections including 48 occurrences