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The '''Culicomorpha''' are an [[infraorder (biology)|infraorder]] of [[Nematocera]], including [[mosquito]]es, [[black fly|black flies]], and several extant and extinct families of insects. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Borkent |first=Art |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/807999306 |title=The pupae of Culicomorpha : morphology and a new phylogenetic tree |date=2012 |publisher=Magnolia Press |isbn=978-1-86977-957-3 |location=Auckland, N.Z. |oclc=807999306}}</ref> They originated 176 million years ago, in the Triassic period. There are phylogenetic patterns that are used to interpret bionomic features such as differences in the nature of blood-feeding by adult females, daytime or nighttime feeding by adult females, and occurrence of immature stages in aquatic habitats. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Borkent |first=Art |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/807999306 |title=The pupae of Culicomorpha : morphology and a new phylogenetic tree |date=2012 |publisher=Magnolia Press |isbn=978-1-86977-957-3 |location=Auckland, N.Z. |oclc=807999306}}</ref> |
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The '''Culicomorpha''' are an [[infraorder (biology)|infraorder]] of [[Nematocera]], including [[mosquito]]es, [[black fly|black flies]], and several extant and extinct families of insects. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948 |
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Culicoidea | |
The Culicomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, including mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insects. [1] They originated 176 million years ago, in the Triassic period. There are phylogenetic patterns that are used to interpret bionomic features such as differences in the nature of blood-feeding by adult females, daytime or nighttime feeding by adult females, and occurrence of immature stages in aquatic habitats. [2]
Classification
Extant families
- Superfamily Culicoidea
- Dixidae -meniscus midges
- Corethrellidae -frog-biting midges
- Chaoboridae -phantom midges
- Culicidae -mosquitoes
- Superfamily Chironomoidea
- Thaumaleidae -solitary midges
- Simuliidae -black flies and buffalo gnats
- Ceratopogonidae -biting midges
- Chironomidae -nonbiting midges
Extinct families
- Asiochaoboridae (Upper Jurassic)
- Architendipedidae (Upper Triassic)
- Protendipedidae (Middle Jurassic)
- Mesophantasmatidae (Middle Jurassic)
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- ^ Borkent, Art (2012). The pupae of Culicomorpha : morphology and a new phylogenetic tree. Auckland, N.Z.: Magnolia Press. ISBN 978-1-86977-957-3. OCLC 807999306.
- ^ Borkent, Art (2012). The pupae of Culicomorpha : morphology and a new phylogenetic tree. Auckland, N.Z.: Magnolia Press. ISBN 978-1-86977-957-3. OCLC 807999306.