Culicomorpha
(mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CHIRONOMOIDEA
biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies
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 		Superfamily 30 subtaxa 86 images 39 ident. refs
CULICOIDEA
mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges
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 		Superfamily 9 subtaxa 111 images 15 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 20 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
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