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Culicini
Tribe Culicini
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder
Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family
Culicidae (Mosquitoes)
Tribe
Culicini
Numbers
30 spp. in 2 genera in our area
(
1
)
, ~800 spp. (of which ~770 are in
Culex
) in 4 genera worldwide
(
2
)
Range
worldwide
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.
The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny
Harbach R.E. 2007. Zootaxa 1668: 591–638.
Contributed by
v belov
on 11 October, 2011 - 8:07am
Last updated 11 October, 2011 - 3:35pm