CULICIDAE
(mosquitoes, gnats)

Interactions where CULICIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(floating) floating adult may be infected by Entomophaga conglomerata an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Entomophaga conglomerata/Entomophaga conglomerataan entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Culicidae/Culicidaemosquitoes, gnatsfloatingadult infects floating adult
(live) live adult may be infected by Entomophthora culicis an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Entomophthora culicis/Entomophthora culicisan entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Culicidae/Culicidaemosquitoes, gnatsliveadult infects live adult

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

CULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu latoBull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143.
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 references
Genus 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats)
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
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 CULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Eutaxa - electronic keys & reference collections www.eutaxa.com
Austen, E.E. 1906 Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Cranston, P.S., Ramsdale, C.D., Snow, K.R. & White, G.B. 1987 Keys to the adults, male hypopygia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae of the British Mosquitoes (Culicidae) with notes on their ecology and medical importance Scientific Publications, No 48, 152pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Lang, W.D. 1920 A handbook of British mosquitoes 125pp, British Museum
Natvig, L.R. 1948 Contributions to the knowledqe of the Danish and Fennoscandian mosquitoes: culicini Suppl. I
Savory, T.H. 1955 The World of Small Animals 160pp, University of London Press
() Snow, K.R. 1990 Mosquitoes Naturalists' Handbooks, 14, 66pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

CULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats):

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