Culicomorpha
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Culicomorpha
| image = AnophelesGambiaemosquito.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Diptera
| subordo = Eudiptera
| infraordo = Culicomorpha
| subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
| subdivision =
Culicoidea
Chironomoidea
See text for families.
}}
Culicomorpha is a infraorder of Eudiptera. It includes mosquitoes, black flies, and several extinct species of insect.
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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 -midges
Extinct families
- Asiochaoboridae (Upper Jurassic)
- Architendipedidae (Upper Triassic)
- Protendipedidae (Middle Jurassic)
- Mesophantasmatidae (Middle Jurassic)