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Culicidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Culicidae

Name

Homonyms
Culicidae
Common names
Emu in Ewe
Gelsen in German
Humhutu in Shona
Knoušõļd in language.
Komarci in Croatian
Komarowate in Polish
Lamok in Tagalog
Makika in language.
Mingkin in language.
Montsana in Tswana
Moschgieder in language.
Mosquit in Catalan–Valencian
Mosquito in English
Mosquito in English
Mosquito in English
Mosquitoes in English
Mosquitoes in English
Mosquitos in English
Mosquitos in English
Moustique in French
Moustiques in French
Mozzies in English
Muskiete in Afrikaans
Mustiken in Luxembourgish
Namu Katipo in Maori
Ntontom in Akan
Nyamuk in Malay
Pin'oit in language.
Pistesääsklased in Estonian
Schnaken in German
Sginsała in language.
Sivrisinek in Turkish
Sivrisinekgiller in Turkish
Skeeter in English
Staunsen in German
Stechmücke in German
Stechmücken in German
Stechmücken in German
Stikmyg in Danish
Stikmyg in Danish
Szúnyogfélék in Hungarian
Tikrieji Uodai in Lithuanian
Tzintzula in Sardinian
Waeroa in Maori
Xhuhi-ko in language.
Zagimeg in Ojibwa
Zancudos in Spanish
Zanzare in Italian
dura in language.
hyttynen in Finnish

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002)
  4. De Pauw, N. & Vannevel, R. (eds.) (1991)
  5. Giles, G. M. J. (1902) A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae together with descriptions of all species noticed up to the present date http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/6341
  6. Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. <em>Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.</em> 70: 338pp.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Harbach (2007) The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny
  9. Haren, J.C.M. van & Verdonschot, P.F.M. (1995)
  10. Nilsson, A. (ed.) (1997)
  11. Pape, Blagoderov & Mostovski (2011) Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (red.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Sabrosky (1999) Family-Group Names in Diptera. An annotated catalog
  14. Smith, K.G.V. (1989)
  15. Teskey, H. J.,McAlpine, J. F.,Stone, A.,Shewell, G. E.,Wood, D. M.,Vockeroth, J. R.,Peterson, B. V. (1981) Chapter 25. Culicidae http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/3324
  16. Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton and Daniel Strickman, 2021: null. Mosquitoes of the World, vol. 1 and 2. ix + 1308.
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