CULICOIDEA
(mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CHAOBORIDAE
phantom midges
Family 2 subtaxa 49 images
Chaoborus
phantom midges
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 49 images
CULICIDAE
mosquitoes, gnats
Larva (Click to open)
 		Family 6 subtaxa 62 images 14 ident. refs
DIXIDAE
meniscus midges
Family 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
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)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
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