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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | USA (Colorado) | Culex winchesteri (105005) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Culex damnatorum (122090) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Montana) | Culex sp. (224195) Culiseta kishenehn (135664 135665) Culiseta kishenehn, Culiseta lemniscata (135666) Culiseta sp. (151911) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Culex ekaterinae (209304) Culiseta gedanica (216854) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Aedes damzeni (110735) Aedes perkunas (140808) Culex erikae (123221) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Culex erikae, Culiseta gedanica, Coquillettidia sp., Aedes hoffeinsorum (123419) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Aedes serafini, Aedes serafini, Coquillettidia gedanica, Coquillettidia adamowiczi (110737) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Aedes sp., Culex protolepis, Culex protorhinus, Culex petrifactellus, Culex vectensis, Taeniorhynchus cockerelli (123959) Culex protorhinus, Aedes protolepis (21976 123960) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany | Culex sp. (169856) | |
| MP 23 | France | Culicinae indet. (123913) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Culex sp. (122407) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Culex sp. (123945) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Mansonia martinii, Mansonia varivestita (122010) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Toxorhynchites mexicanus (125757) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | Culiseta sp., Ochlerotatus sp. 1, Ochlerotatus sp. 2 (21977) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Culex malariager (124475) Culiseta sp. (122982) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Culex sp., Aedes sp. (154909) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia (Austral Islands) | Culex annulirostris (143893) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | Culex flavus (155717) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Culex loewi (129861) |