Culicoidea

Superfamily of flies

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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Extant Diptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Nematocera

Axymyiomorpha	Axymyiidae

Culicoidea	Dixidae (meniscus midges) Corethrellidae (frog-biting midges) Chaoboridae (phantom midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Chironomoidea	Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting midges)

Blephariceromorpha	Blephariceridae (net-winged midges) Deuterophlebiidae (mountain midges) Nymphomyiidae

Bibionoidea	Bibionidae (march flies, lovebugs)
Anisopodoidea	Anisopodidae (wood gnats)
Sciaroidea (fungus gnats)	Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Keroplatidae (predatory fungus gnats) Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked fungus gnats) Mycetophilidae Rangomaramidae (long-winged fungus gnats) Sciaridae (dark-winged fungus gnats)

Perissommatomorpha	Perissommatidae

Scatopsoidea	Canthyloscelidae Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies, or dung midges) Valeseguyidae
Psychodoidea	Psychodidae (moth flies)

Ptychopteromorpha	Ptychopteridae (phantom crane flies) Tanyderidae (primitive crane flies)

Trichoceroidea	Trichoceridae (winter crane flies)
Tipuloidea (crane flies)	Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies) Limoniidae (limoniid crane flies) Pediciidae (hairy-eyed craneflies) Tipulidae (large crane flies)

Suborder Brachycera

Asiloidea	Apioceridae (flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas flies) Mythicomyiidae Scenopinidae (window flies) Therevidae (stiletto flies)
Empidoidea	Atelestidae Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) Empididae (dagger flies, balloon flies) Homalocnemiidae Hybotidae (dance flies) Oreogetonidae Ragadidae
Nemestrinoidea	Acroceridae (small-headed flies) Nemestrinidae (tangle-veined flies)

Platypezoidea	Ironomyiidae (ironic flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed flies)
Syrphoidea	Pipunculidae (big-headed flies) Syrphidae (hoverflies)

Conopoidea	Conopidae (thick-headed flies)
Tephritoidea	Pallopteridae (flutter flies) Piophilidae (cheese flies) Platystomatidae (signal flies) Pyrgotidae Richardiidae Tephritidae (peacock flies) Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies)
Nerioidea	Cypselosomatidae Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies) Neriidae (cactus flies, banana stalk flies)
Diopsoidea	Diopsidae (stalk-eyed flies) Gobryidae Megamerinidae Nothybidae Psilidae (rust flies) Somatiidae Strongylophthalmyiidae Syringogastridae Tanypezidae
Sciomyzoidea	Coelopidae (kelp flies) Dryomyzidae Helcomyzidae Helosciomyzidae Heterocheilidae Huttoninidae Natalimyzidae Phaeomyiidae Ropalomeridae Sciomyzidae (marsh flies) Sepsidae (black scavenger flies)
Sphaeroceroidea	Chyromyidae Heleomyzidae Nannodastiidae Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)
Lauxanioidea	Celyphidae (beetle-backed flies) Chamaemyiidae (aphid flies) Cremifaniidae Lauxaniidae
Opomyzoidea	Agromyzidae (leaf miner flies) Anthomyzidae Asteiidae Aulacigastridae (sap flies) Clusiidae (lekking, or druid flies) Fergusoninidae Marginidae Neminidae Neurochaetidae (upside-down flies) Odiniidae Opomyzidae Periscelididae Teratomyzidae Xenasteiidae
Ephydroidea	Camillidae Curtonotidae (quasimodo flies) Diastatidae (bog flies) Drosophilidae (vinegar and fruit flies) Ephydridae (shore flies) Mormotomyiidae (frightful hairy fly)
Carnoidea	Acartophthalmidae Australimyzidae Braulidae (bee lice) Canacidae (beach flies) Carnidae Chloropidae (frit flies) Inbiomyiidae Milichiidae (freeloader flies)
Lonchaeoidea	Cryptochetidae Lonchaeidae (lance flies)

Muscoidea	Anthomyiidae (cabbage flies) Fanniidae (little house flies) Muscidae (house flies, stable flies) Scathophagidae (dung flies)
Oestroidea	Calliphoridae (blow-flies: bluebottles, greenbottles) Mesembrinellidae Mystacinobiidae (New Zealand batfly) Oestridae (botflies) Rhiniidae Rhinophoridae Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) Tachinidae (tachina flies) Ulurumyiidae
Hippoboscoidea	Glossinidae (tsetse flies) Hippoboscidae (louse flies) Nycteribiidae (bat flies) Streblidae (bat flies)

Stratiomyomorpha

Stratiomyoidea	Pantophthalmidae (timber flies) Stratiomyidae (soldier flies) Xylomyidae (wood soldier flies)

Rhagionoidea	Austroleptidae Bolbomyiidae Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
Tabanoidea	Athericidae (water snipe flies) Oreoleptidae Pelecorhynchidae Tabanidae (horse and deer flies)

Vermileonomorpha

Vermileonoidea	Vermileonidae

Xylophagomorpha

Xylophagoidea	Xylophagidae (awl flies)

List of families of Diptera

Taxon identifiers
Culicoidea	Wikidata: Q2737578 Wikispecies: Culicoidea AFD: CULICOIDEA BioLib: 17367 Fauna Europaea: 11648 Fauna Europaea (new): f6141908-6498-4293-86cc-c59b801e65de NBN: NBNSYS0100019222 NCBI: 41827 NZOR: d13d04bb-5290-4771-8883-70e3e6b8f306 Paleobiology Database: 227803

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