Culicomorpha
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Culicomorpha is a infraorder of Nematocera. It includes mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insect.
[edit] Classification
Extant families
- Superfamily Culicoidea
- Dixidae -meniscus midges
- Corethrellidae
- Chaoboridae -phantom midges
- Culicidae -mosquitoes
- Superfamily Chironomoidea
- Thaumaleidae -solitary midges
- Simuliidae -black flies and buffalo gnats
- Ceratopogonidae -biting midges
- Chironomidae -non-biting midges
Extinct families
- Asiochaoboridae (Upper Jurassic)
- Architendipedidae (Upper Triassic)
- Protendipedidae (Middle Jurassic)
- Mesophantasmatidae (Middle Jurassic)
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