Culicoidea

Culicoidea
	A female Culiseta longiareolata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Culicoidea; Malloch, 1917
Families
	Dixidae; Corethrellidae; Chaoboridae; Culicidae;

The Culicoidea are a superfamily within the order Diptera.^[1]^[2] The following families are included within the Culicoidea:

Dixidae – meniscus midges
Corethrellidae – frog-biting midges
Chaoboridae – phantom midges
Culicidae – mosquitoes

References

^ Wood, D. M.; Borkent, A. (1989). "Phylogeny and Classilication of the Nematocera". In McAlpine, J.F.; Woods, D.M. (eds.). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 3 (PDF). Ottawa: Agriculture Canada Research Branch.
^ Borkent, A. (2012). "The pupae of Culicomorpha—morphology and a new phylogenetic tree" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3396: 1–98.

McAlpine, J.F., B.V. Peterson, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, and D.M. Wood. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 1. Agriculture Canada Monograph 27.1981.

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[1] Wood, D. M.; Borkent, A. (1989). "Phylogeny and Classilication of the Nematocera". In McAlpine, J.F.; Woods, D.M. (eds.). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 3 (PDF). Ottawa: Agriculture Canada Research Branch.

[2] Borkent, A. (2012). "The pupae of Culicomorpha—morphology and a new phylogenetic tree" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3396: 1–98.

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Culicoidea

A female Culiseta longiareolata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Culicoidea Malloch, 1917
Families
Dixidae Corethrellidae Chaoboridae Culicidae