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Taxonomy
Culiciformes was named by Meigen (1818). It is extant. Its type is Culex.
It was corrected as Culicinae by Harbach (2007), Szadziewski and Giłka (2011), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2019) and Baranov and Haug (2021).
It was assigned to Tipulariae by Meigen (1818); and to Culicidae by Harbach (2007), Szadziewski and Giłka (2011), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2019) and Baranov and Haug (2021).
It was corrected as Culicinae by Harbach (2007), Szadziewski and Giłka (2011), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2019) and Baranov and Haug (2021).
It was assigned to Tipulariae by Meigen (1818); and to Culicidae by Harbach (2007), Szadziewski and Giłka (2011), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2019) and Baranov and Haug (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Culiciformes Meigen p. XXXIII |
| 2007 | Culicinae Harbach |
| 2011 | Culicinae Szadziewski and Giłka p. 766 |
| 2018 | Culicinae Pielowska et al. p. 242 |
| 2019 | Culicinae Szadziewski p. 522 |
| 2021 | Culicinae Baranov and Haug p. 19 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Culicinae Meigen 1818
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Tr. Aedini Neveu-Lemaire 1902
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G. Aedes Meigen 1818
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G. Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribalzaga 1891
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†Ochlerotatus protolepis Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Culex petrifactellus Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
†Ochlerotatus serafini Szadziewski 1998
Invalid names: Taeniorhynchus Lynch Arribalzaga 1891 [synonym]
Tr. Culicini Meigen 1818
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G. Culex Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Culex (Neoculex) Dyar 1905
Culex annulirostris Skuse 1889
†Culex damnatorum Scudder 1890
†Culex ekaterinae Giłka et al. 2021
†Culex erikae Szadziewski and Szadziewska 1985
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Invalid names: Aedes perkunas Podenas 1999 [synonym]
†Culex flavus Gistl 1831
†Culex malariager Poinar 2005
†Culex protorhinus Cockerell 1915
†Culex vectensis Edwards 1923
†Culex winchesteri Cockerell 1919
Tr. Culisetini Belkin 1962
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G. Culiseta Felt 1904
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†Culiseta gedanica Szadziewski and Giłka 2011
†Culiseta kishenehn Harbach and Greenwalt 2012
†Culiseta lemniscata Harbach and Greenwalt 2012
Tr. Mansoniini Belkin 1962
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G. Coquillettidia Dyar 1905
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Subg. Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) Dyar 1905
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†Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) adamowiczi Szadziewski et al. 2019
†Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) gedanica Szadziewski et al. 2019
†Coquillettidia cockerelli Edwards 1923
Tr. Toxorhynchitini Theobald 1905
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G. Toxorhynchites Theobald 1901 [elephant mosquito]
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Subg. Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) Theobald 1901
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†Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) mexicanus Zavortink and Poinar 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available