Culicomorpha

Culicomorpha
Culicomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamilies

Culicoidea
Chironomoidea
See text for families.

Culicomorpha is an infraorder of Nematocera. It includes mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insect.

Classification

Extant families

Extinct families

  • Asiochaoboridae (Upper Jurassic)
  • Architendipedidae (Upper Triassic)
  • Protendipedidae (Middle Jurassic)
  • Mesophantasmatidae (Middle Jurassic)