Culicomorpha
(mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)

Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CHIRONOMOIDEA
biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies
Superfamily 29 subtaxa 18 trophisms 47 references
CULICOIDEA
mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges
Superfamily 7 subtaxa 2 trophisms 23 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 197 images of Culicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
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